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Organized Training Brings Grandparented Operators Up to Snuff
Author(s) -
Cadwell Odetta Cross
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2006.tb01900.x
Subject(s) - certification , agency (philosophy) , operator (biology) , training (meteorology) , engineering management , computer science , engineering , operations management , process management , management , geography , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , meteorology , transcription factor , economics , gene , social science
This article describes an effort by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to revise its operator certification rule in order to meet changing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requirements. IDEM's revision required all nontransient noncommunity systems and all community water systems serving fewer than 100 persons to have a responsible certified operator in charge. To assist the more than 936 affected water systems, IDEM allowed current operators to be grandparented as certified operators for their systems and developed the Indiana Water Operator Training (IWOT) program to train them. The article discusses the program development, how program workshops were tailored to meet the needs of the attending operators, teaching techniques, and the key personnel involved in the program.