This 18-Hour Package has been created for Wisconsin Wastewater Operators, Basic Level or OIT. Included are the following approved courses:
- Wastewater Treatment Processes - 5 hours
- Maintaining Wastewater Equipment - 5 hours
- Valve Maintenance and Piping System Protection - 4 hours
- Pump Installation and Maintenance - 4 hours
Approved By: Division of Unregulated Administration Bureau Commission Office
- Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Wastewater Treatment Processes [46 Activities]
- 01. Purpose of Treatment
- 02. Sources of Wastewater
- 03. Wastewater Collection Systems
- 04. Typical Treatment Facilities
- 05. Influent
- 06. Preliminary Treatment
- 07. Primary Treatment
- 08. Secondary Treatment
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- 09. Tertiary Treatment
- 10. Disinfection and Effluent Discharge
- 11. Solids Handling
- 12. Screening
- 13. Grinding
- 14. Grit Removal
- 15. Sedimentation
- 16. Factors Affecting Settling Rates
- 17. Types of Clarifiers
- 18. Air Flotation
- 19. Filtration and Effluent Disposal
- 20. Solids in Wastewater
- 21. Chemical Coagulants
- 22. Phosphorus Removal
- 23. Chemical Clarification Equipment
- 24. Disinfection
- 25. Factors Affecting Disinfection
- 26. Disinfection with Chlorine
- 27. Equipment Used in Chlorine Feeding
- 28. Lagoons
- 29. Activated Sludge
- 30. Aeration with Pure Oxygen
- 31. Trickling Filters
- 32. Distribution Systems
- 33. Trickling Filter Operations
- 34. Synthetic Media
- 35. Activated Biofilter Processes (ABF)
- 36. Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC)
- 37. Secondary Clarifiers
- 38. Three Processes
- 39. Sludge Conditioning
- 40. Thickening and Dewatering
- 41. Drying Beds
- 42. Lagoons
- 43. Vacuum Filtration and Filter Presses
- 44. Further Reduction of Water Content
- 45. Composting
- 46. Ultimate Disposal
- Wastewater Treatment Processes [46 Activities]
- Maintaining Wastewater Equipment
- Maintaining Wastewater Equipment [41 Activities]
- 01. Collection Systems
- 02. Pumping Stations
- 03. Pump Operations
- 04. Pump Types
- 05. Pump Maintenance
- 06. Pump Drive Units
- 07. Piping, Ventilation, and Control Systems
- 08. Level Detection
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- 09. Station Operation and Maintenance
- 10. Safety Considerations
- 11. Hand-Cleaned Bar Screens
- 12. Mechanically Cleaned Bar Screens
- 13. Grinders
- 14. Rotating Drum Comminutors
- 15. Stationary Screen Comminutors
- 16. Barminutors
- 17. The Nature of Grit
- 18. Hand-Cleaned Grit Chambers
- 19. Maintaining Hand-Cleaned Grit Chambers
- 20. Detritus Tanks
- 21. Maintaining Detritus Tanks
- 22. Chain and Flight Grit Collectors
- 23. Maintaining Chain and Flight Grit Collectors
- 24. Aerated Grit Chambers and Cyclone Separators
- 25. Maintaining Aerated Grit Chambers
- 26. Sedimentation
- 27. Rectangular Clarifiers
- 28. Scum Removal
- 29. Circular Clarifiers
- 30. Sludge Removal
- 31. Laboratory Testing
- 32. Troubleshooting
- 33. Safety Considerations
- 34. Properties of Flowing Liquids
- 35. Flow Measurement Methods, Including Batch Processes
- 36. Flow Measurement in Open Channels
- 37. Measuring Flow from Freely Discharging Pipes
- 38. Methods of Depth Measurement
- 39. Flow Measurement in Completely Filled Pipes
- 40. Methods of Pressure Measurement
- 41. Maintenance of Flow Measurement Devices
- Maintaining Wastewater Equipment [41 Activities]
- Valve Maintenance and Piping System Protection
- Valve Maintenance and Piping System Protection [53 Activities]
- 01. Valve Materials
- 02. Threaded Connections
- 03. Welded and Brazed Connections
- 04. Flanged Connections
- 05. Valve Installation
- 06. Repairing Gate Valves
- 07. Repairing Globe and Angle Valves
- 08. Repairing Ball Valves
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- 09. Maintaining Plug Valves
- 10. Maintaining Check Valves
- 11. General Maintenance
- 12. Special Valves
- 13. Butterfly Valves
- 14. Diaphragm Valves
- 15. Pop Safety Valves
- 16. Relief Valves
- 17. Safety Relief Valves
- 18. Pressure-Reducing and Regulating Valves
- 19. Quick-Opening Valves
- 20. Valve Actuators
- 21. Diaphragm Actuators
- 22. Piston Actuators
- 23. Electric Actuators
- 24. Actuator Installation
- 25. Actuator Maintenance and Repair
- 26. Bourdon Tube
- 27. Bimetallic Gauge
- 28. Bellows Gauge
- 29. Flowmeters
- 30. Rotating Unions
- 31. Accumulators
- 32. Air Receivers
- 33. Application Considerations and Studying the Total System
- 34. Valve Applications
- 35. Valve Materials
- 36. Valve Identification
- 37. Soldered Valve Connections
- 38. Threaded Valve Connections
- 39. Flanged Valve Connections
- 40. Tool Selection
- 41. Valve Location
- 42. Positioning the Valve
- 43. Protecting Hot Pipelines
- 44. Heat Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
- 45. Installing and Maintaining Insulation
- 46. Tracing
- 47. Installing Steam Tracers
- 48. Electric Tracing, Tracing Valves, and Fittings
- 49. Protection From Freezing
- 50. Protection From Corrosives
- 51. Active and Passive Protection
- 52. Inspection of Piping Protection
- 53. Hangers and Supports
- Valve Maintenance and Piping System Protection [53 Activities]
- Pump Installation and Maintenance
- Pump Installation and Maintenance [52 Activities]
- 01. Force and Work
- 02. Power and Horsepower
- 03. Energy
- 04. Velocity and Acceleration
- 05. Static Suction Lift
- 06. Pressure Losses: Friction and Vapor Pressure
- 07. Available and Required Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
- 08. Checking Pump Capacity and Pumping Hot Water
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- 09. Computing Pump Power Requirements and Effects of Operational Factors
- 10. Priming a Pump
- 11. Uses and Types of Packing and Seals
- 12. Packing
- 13. Selecting Packing Material
- 14. Removing Old Packing
- 15. Installing New Packing
- 16. Testing New Packing and Packing Precautions
- 17. Mechanical Seals
- 18. Mechanical Seals Versus Packing
- 19. Types of Mechanical Seals
- 20. Installing Mechanical Seals
- 21. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Packing and Seals
- 22. Installing the Pump and Preparing the Foundation
- 23. Fabricated Steel Baseplates
- 24. Checking Shaft Alignment and Grouting the Baseplate
- 25. Mounting Pump and Motor Separately
- 26. Compensating for Heat and Installing Auxiliary Pump Drives
- 27. Maintaining Centrifugal Pumps
- 28. Inspecting Packing, Seals, and Bearings
- 29. Motor and Drive
- 30. Avoiding Common Pump Problems
- 31. Cavitation
- 32. Ring Seizure
- 33. Overheating
- 34. Pump Operation
- 35. Scheduling Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 36. Preparation, Work Areas, and Rigging
- 37. Moving a Pump
- 38. Disassembling a Pump
- 39. Inspecting Pump Parts
- 40. Checking Clearances
- 41. Reassembling a Pump
- 42. Reinstalling a Pump
- 43. Types of Rotary Pumps
- 44. Gear-Type and Vane-Type Rotary Pumps
- 45. Axial-Flow Pumps
- 46. Installing Rotary Pumps
- 47. Aligning Pump and Piping
- 48. Direction of Rotation
- 49. Pump Start-Up
- 50. Maintaining Rotary Pumps
- 51. Scheduling Inspections and Maintenance
- 52. Troubleshooting Rotary Pumps
- Pump Installation and Maintenance [52 Activities]
- Course Completion
- Mandatory Questionnaire
- Wastewater Treatment Processes - Certificate of Achievement (1 of 4)
- Maintaining Wastewater Equipment - Certificate of Achievement (2 of 4)
- Valve Maintenance and Piping System Protection - Certificate of Achievement (3 of 3)
- Pump Installation and Maintenance - Certificate of Achievement (4 of 4)
- Guaranteed Next Business Day Reporting
