Florida Training Requirements
Water Treatment Plant Operators
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
Landfill Operators
Other
More Information on State
Specifications
| Training for Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Operators and Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Operators | |
| Specification | State Requirements |
| Training requirements for WTP and WWTP operators | As of 2000: Provide documentation of completion of approved training course including either (1) one statewide short course (32 hours) within last two years of application date; (2) two regional short courses (16 hours each) within last two years of application date; (3) 6 additional months (1,040 hours) of work experience; or (4) at least 12 semester hours of vo-tech, community college or university level courses in the natural or applied sciences and technology, mathematics, statistics, liberal arts, or social sciences. |
| Coursework approval | As of 2000: Course must be approved by Florida DEP's Operator Certification Program |
| Test completion | Not specified. |
| Certificate of course completion | Required for documentation. |
| Courses Available For Professional Development | |
| Continuing education requirements in the State of
Florida are very specifically limited to those provided by the State
or offered through vo-tech, community
college or universities. Thus, our courses can only be taken for
professional development. Again, our courses cannot currently be
taken for credit to meet Florida training requirements.
However, the following courses may be of interest for professional development:
These and other courses can be taken for professional development. See our complete list of courses for more selections. |
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| Training for Landfill Operators | |
| Specification | State Requirements |
| Training requirements for landfill operators | |
| Coursework approval | |
| Test completion | |
| Certificate of course completion | |
| Current Courses Approved | |
| Other | |
| Specification | State Requirements |
| Training requirements for others | |
| Coursework approval | |
| Test completion | |
| Certificate of course completion | |
| Current Courses Approved | |
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/Wff/bwff/OCP/ocpbook.pdf provides information (in Adobe Acrobat software, only) on the State's Operator Certification Program.