Laboratory Basics
Process control testing every operator needs to understand: sampling, key tests, equipment, QA/QC basics and reading results.
Who it is for
Plant operators, operators in training and lab staff who run or review process control tests.
Format
Online, self-paced: 10 timed modules with the manual reading, worked examples and a short check after each module, plus the student manual to download.
Length and price
2 hours, $60.
What you will learn
Taught by Brad Musick. 10 modules. Examples are for training only.
- Why operators need lab literacy (5 min)Process decisions, permit compliance, troubleshooting signals, and safety and quality.
- Core process tests (10 min)The tests every operator should recognize, what each measures and how it is used.
- Sampling fundamentals (15 min)Grab and composite samples, where to sample, preservation and holding times, and chain of custody.
- BOD5 (10 min)The principle of the test and how to read it.
- Solids tests (15 min)TSS, VSS, settleable solids, and MLSS and MLVSS.
- Dissolved oxygen and pH (10 min)Real-time indicators of process health and the probes that measure them.
- Settleability and SVI (10 min)How well the sludge settles, and how SVI is calculated and read.
- Common lab equipment (10 min)Recognizing the tools of process control and what each does.
- QA/QC basics (15 min)Calibration, blanks, duplicates, spikes and standards, control charts and holding times.
- Lab safety for operators (10 min)Protecting yourself and the data.
Free practice tool. Check your settleometer math with the free SVI calculator.
Open the SVI calculatorWhat operators take away
- The ability to recognize the core process control tests and what each one tells you.
- Sampling habits that give data you can trust.
- A working knowledge of lab equipment and QA/QC basics.
- Timed online modules with a short check after each one, a final quiz that opens when every check is passed and the study time is logged, and a certificate of completion from Wastewater Academy™ when you pass it.
- A student manual to download (comes with the class).
Look inside
A few sample pages from the student manual. Tap a page to open it full size.
These are sample pages only. The full student manual comes with the class.
Register
2 hours, $60.
CEU approval for this class is pending with Indiana IDEM, and CEUs are not approved yet. If you need CEU credit, please wait to buy until we announce approval here.
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After you pay, you are taken to a page where you start the online course and download the student manual. Work through the 10 modules in order; each ends with a 4-question check, and you need 3 of 4 to open the next module. The study timer counts time only while a module page is open and in front, and you have been active in the last 5 minutes. The final quiz opens after every check is passed and 1 hour 50 minutes of study are logged. It has 15 questions; you need 80 percent, with up to 3 attempts. After you pass and fill in a short course evaluation, you get a certificate of completion from Wastewater Academy™ in the name you enroll with. Online access, including the course, manual, quiz, and certificate, lasts 90 days from purchase. To see the style of questions first, try a free practice quiz.
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