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Summer 2013
Preparing for
Certification Schools
and the Examination
ay is upon us. Time flies. NCRWA has had great success in 2013 with
our Certification Schools. With over a dozen schools taught covering
water distribution and wells, wastewater collections, biological and
physical-chemical, we are continuing to add schools to the 2013
calendar. Offering schools locally gives a system the opportunity to
provide their staff with training, but without the added cost of travel.
The new fiscal year is just around the corner, and we welcome the
opportunity to make available our Certification Schools. We are proud
to have the support of our systems and the many talented and skilled
instructors that make our schools successful.
Did you know that the water and wastewater curricula being taught
during the Certification Schools were intended to be review for exam
preparation? Consider this: all water and wastewater schools are less
than 40 hours in length. Most often this is not sufficient time to learn
a subject thoroughly enough to be a skillful operator at the equivalent
certification level or learn the required topics that may appear on the
State examinations. While we provide training materials including the
Needs to Know and copies of the presentations, it is a necessity for
the student to obtain the reference books and even consider additional
research. What makes these subjects challenging is the variety of topics
that are being covered and the fact that many of the topics are foreign
to some water and wastewater systems. If the treatment or system
technology exists in the State of North Carolina, no matter how obsolete
or outdated, safe bet it will appear in the curricula. If considering taking
a Certification School, visit our website (
) to learn
what books and materials are required for that particular certification.
Our Training Division staff are willing to assist with class and exam
preparation, as well.
What is the most important take away for good school preparation?
Study, Study, Study and Study some more. No matter how confident
the student is in what they have heard or learned in a class, studying is
a requisite.
Please visit our website to find a listing of our upcoming schools. If you
are in need of a certification school that you do not see listed, we will
be happy to schedule one for you.
BY MANDY HALL, NCRWA
