Lab analysts and sampling
For the people who sample, run the bench tests and report the numbers.
Sampling, calibration, bench sheets, and the permit and DMR the numbers end up on. The courses are about the numbers you act on and the ones you report. Watch online and download your certificate the same day.
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Calibration Records and the Flows Nobody Logs
Level 1
Inspectors ask for calibration records, and the flows that never get logged quietly throw off your numbers.
Approved for renewal creditCounts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
DMR Arithmetic: Loads, Removal and the Flow Term
Level 1
Load and percent-removal calculations go wrong in the same few places every month.
Approved for renewal creditCounts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
How Illinois Proves a Violation: Averaging
Level 1
In Illinois, whether a result is a violation depends on the averaging period and the multiplier in your permit.
Approved for renewal creditCounts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Limits That Move: Seasons, Floors and Bands
Level 1
Some limits change with the season, some set a minimum, and some are a range.
Approved for renewal creditCounts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Reading Your NPDES Permit: What It Actually Asks
Level 1
The big-picture one: what your permit requires, in its numbers and its words, and how those requirements become your monthly DMR.
Approved for renewal creditCounts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Why an Ammonia Limit Exists: pH and Temp
Level 1
Ammonia is far more toxic to fish when the water is warm and the pH is high, which is why your limit moves.
Approved for renewal creditCounts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Coming soon (6) - not open for enrolment yet
Written and approved or being approved in Illinois, and still in our final review.
Illinois Effluent Standards: Which Rung, Why
Level 1
Illinois sets your effluent limits by a ladder of standards tied to your plant's class.
Approved — not yet released for enrollmentAwards 1 hour · Technical.
Counts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Introduction to Wastewater: Sources, Treatment
Level 1
A plain-language starting point: where wastewater comes from, how a plant treats it, what a permit asks of the plant, and the basics of staying safe on the job.
Approved — not yet released for enrollmentAwards 1 hour · Technical.
Counts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Reading Your NPDES Permit: Rows and Units
Level 1
The detailed one: the rows of limits, the units and averaging periods behind each number, and the load calculations, so the number you report is the number your permit means.
Approved — not yet released for enrollmentAwards 1 hour · Technical.
Counts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Systematic or Random: Reading a Meter's Errors
Level 1
Mistakes in flow meter readings can come from installation issues like blockage or corrosion, not just the instrument itself.
Pending state approval (Pending)Awards 1 hour · Technical.
Counts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
What a Duplicate Can and Cannot Tell You
Level 2
To deepen operators' understanding of instrument calibration nuances, quality control checks with duplicates, and their practical implications on…
Pending state approval (Pending)Awards 1 hour · Technical.
Counts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Why Your Plant Has the Limits It Has
Level 1
Every limit in your permit has a reason behind it: the stream, your treatment train and your plant's classification.
Approved — not yet released for enrollmentAwards 1 hour · Technical.
Counts toward Class 1-4 operator licenses.
Tools for the reports
DMR Bench
The monthly wastewater DMR, prepared for NetDMR.
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Do the hours count?
Each course awards hours toward your licence renewal. Approval is state by state, and each course page shows whether it is approved in your state.
Lab and compliance courses usually count toward a wastewater operator licence. Where a state licenses lab analysts separately, check the course page for that state.
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