Training Opportunities

Office Of Water Programs, California State Univ.- Sacramento
Phone: 916-278-6142     Fax: 916-278-5959

Technical Learning College (TLC):  Click on Water, Distribution, Wastewater or Collection Courses for course lists.

TPC Training Systems:  Correspondence courses for water and wastewater treatment operators.

Casper College, Workforce Development
Erik Christensen Phone: 1-800-442-2963 x 2085

Northern Wyoming Community College, Workforce and Community Education
Karen St. Clair  Phone 307-674-6446 X4502

Northwest Membrane Operator Association (NWMOA) offers operators of Wyoming and other NW US states continuing education credits.

Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association (RMWEA)  The RMWEA also offers 360Water online courses at a discounted rate!

Midwest Assistance Program (MAP)

Rocky Mountain Section American Water Works Association (RMSAWWA)

Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association (RMWEA)

Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems (WARWS)

Wyoming Water Quality Pollution Control Association (WWQ-PCA)

IACET Approved Online Courses: In an ongoing effort to provide the best training to our operators, online training providers that meet the standard of excellence for online training developed by the International Association of Continuing Education & Training (IACET) are highlighted below.

AdvanceOnline Solutions offers OSHA and HAZWOPER 8-Hour video courses.

American Water College One hour long core topic area classes in Water Treatment, Distribution, Wastewater Treatment or Collection.

CEU Plan Core topic area classes from one to 10 hour long courses in Water Treatment, Distribution, Wastewater Treatment or Collection. IACET approved classes.

Houston Industrial Training Institute offers online courses in both water and wastewater.

Office Of Water Programs, California State Univ.- Sacramento (Ken Kerri)

PDHengineer.com Although designed for engineering continuing education credit, these courses will offer operators a good technical challenge. Select courses from the Environmental Engineering category in either Water Supply or Wastewater Treatment sub-categories.

Technology Transfer Services provides courses in water and wastewater treatment.

The training providers listed below have been approved by the State of Wyoming, but do not yet have IACET accreditation.

360water, Inc. Core topic area classes in Water Treatment, Distribution, Wastewater Treatment or Collection.

American Water Works Association (AWWA) eLearning CE Credit Courses:  Click on Course Catalog for a course list. 

At Your Pace Online (AYPO): Core topic area water and distribution classes from 2 to 24 hours long.

National Environmental Services Center (NESC) is dedicated to helping small drinking water system operators. For operator education and certification training, please go to their Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators page.

Digital 2000 offers video training on OSHA and safety courses.

Vector Solutions offers a mix of core and non-core classes for water and wastewater operators

Water Environment Fund (WEF) WEF has created a complimentary 3 month e-WEF membership (expires June 30, 2020) for new members.  Membership benefits include up to 20% off of their comprehensive online training materials for wastewater treatment professionals.

Water Otter water and wastewater treatment courses that are broken into convenient 30 minute long units,

Zarathom Online offers 1 hour long water and wastewater trainings.

Please contact the DEQ Operator Certification Office prior to attending out of state conferences not listed here to make sure that you will get contact hours!

• NACE International
  National Groundwater Association (NGWA)
• Rocky Mountain Section American Water Works Association (RMSAWWA)
• Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association (RMWEA)
• US EPA Region 8 Pretreatment Association
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)
• Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems (WARWS)
• Wyoming Water Quality Pollution Control Association (WWQ-PCA)

American Water Works (AWWA) 

•  e-Learning  Both self-paced and instructor-led online courses on technical and leadership topics are available.  
  
  
• Webinars Learn about trending topics in the water sector and professional development issues.  All webinars both upcoming and previously aired are available and approved for WY operator training credit.

US EPA Webinar Series  All webinars both upcoming and previously aired are available and approved for WY operator training credit.  Archived webinars must be viewed with a proctor to get contact hours.  Please contact opcert@wyo.gov to make arrangements.

• Sustainable And Healthy Communities Research Webinar Series
• EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series
• Water Research Webinar Series
• Small Water Systems Monthly Webinar Series
• Pretreatment Program Webinars
• NPDES Webinar Series

US EPA Drinking Water Academy  Online training covering federal drinking water requirements and National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.

Water Environment Federation (WEF) WEF has both upcoming and previously aired webinars available.