Certified wastewater treatment operators and collections system workers are needed to volunteer for training classes to help students prepare for upcoming certification tests.
To become a volunteer trainer contact LABS certification guru Kris Flaig at Kris.Flaig@lacity.org .
“Can I Have Your Attention Please?” Part II: Getting Your Message to the Public.” This full day workshop will provide those in public education, public relations, government affairs, tour guides and management the resources they need to develop and produce proficient quality marketing materials to get their message across. Speakers include LACSD’s very own Basil Hewitt and Joe Haworth.
The one-day session will be hosted at the Metropolitan Water District’s downtown LA facility on Thursday, Oct. 29th. CWEA members can register at the discounted rate of $160! Earn up to 6.3 contact hours.
Southern Sections Collection Systems Committee will host three workshops this year - in Riverside, Orange County and San Diego County
CWEA’s Southern Sections Collection Systems Committee is profiled in the February issue of MSW. The group helps organize three collection systems workshops throughout SoCal every year.
We were not satisfied with just fulfilling the contact hour requirements. We wanted to provide quality education that keeps our members on the cutting edge of new technology and best practices. – Mark Chamberlin, Past President
By Chris Lundeen
Dir. Member & Leader Services
CWEA
The week of January 5, 2009 marked the first week CWEA offered its Technical Certification Program via Computer-Based Testing, after 71 years of paper-and-pencil tests. Sixteen wastewater professionals took the test at the Pearson VUE testing center of their choice…8 took a Collections Systems Maintenance test, 6 took a Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance test, 1 took an operator [Industrial Treatment Plant Operations?] test, and 1 took a Laboratory Analyst test. At least one person took the test in 4 of the 6 vocations. CWEA staff is connecting with these early test-takers to get feedback on their experience.
Ken Mendum of the Yorba Linda Water District and a member of CWEA’s Santa Ana River Basin Section took CWEA’s very first CBT exam (Collections Systems Grade 1)…and passed. We asked him what he thought of the computer-based testing delivery and if there was anything to change or add. Ken’s answer: “it was very user friendly. I would leave it like it is as I found no problem with it.” We asked if he had any difficulty navigating through the exam. Ken’s answer: “None whatsoever.”
Read more about Ken’s experience after the jump…
Turn in your application by November 30th if you wish to apply for CWEA’s first round of computer based testing.
For an application visit: http://cwea.org/cert_howcert_apply_cweaapp.shtml
The first go-round of CWEA’s computer based testing will begin in January.
Applications for the January to March testing period are due before Nov. 30th.
Click here for the application.
For further details on computer based testing visit www.cwea.org/cbt.
Relive your testing days – but this time without the pressure!
The new computerized testing will be given at special centers located throughout Southern California and replaces CWEA’s paper tests. The new computer tests will begin in January 2009 and allows individuals to take the test at their convenience whenever the testing center is open.
Try out CBT in this on-line demonstration, view>
Learn more at www.cwea.org/cbt and please help spread the word!
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