Water Treatment Operator

Gavilan College Water Resource Management

National (OA)

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Skills

OJT hours

Facilities Operations and Maintenance: Treatment of Water and Wastewater

760

Understand water and/or wastewater treatment concepts and processes and water treatment design parameters.
Evaluate characteristics of source water and/or watershed, including normal characteristics of water and recognizing abnormal systems, compliance inspection processes, and watershed/wellhead protection.
Apply technologies for water resource management, including usage, conservation, and concepts of urban water reuse.
Perform laboratory tasks, including collecting samples, interpreting the analysis, and performing plant processes control analysis.
Understand chemical application, handling, and storage procedures.
Diagnose and troubleshoot equipment.
Apply methods to prevent, identify, and/or respond to water loss or sewage overflow, including leak detection and monitoring at the plant and in the collection or distribution system.
Perform start-up and shut-down procedures.
Identify electrical and hydraulic principles.
Adjust chemical feed rates, flows, and operation of process units.
Calculate dosage rates, prepare chemical, and confirm chemical strength.
Perform physical measurements and process control calculations.
Understand principles and processes of industrial process control software and equipment, such as supervisory control and data acquisition systems

Field Operations: Operations and Maintenance of Water/Wastewater System Infrastructure

660

Operate, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and diagnose system infrastructure equipment.
Have knowledge of cross connection control or prevention and approved backflow methods and devices.
Identify system infrastructure control instrumentation.
Differentiate between normal and abnormal operating conditions and preventive and corrective maintenance.
Determine the type of equipment needed to do the job.
Perform start-up and shut-down procedures

Public Health and Environmental Protection

360

Ensure adherence to all applicable federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local water, wastewater, and bio-solids laws and regulations.
Practice sustainability by using processes that ensure the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of the system.
Take measures to ensure practice of non-polluting activities that conserve energy, water, and resources and are economically efficient, and safe for workers, communities, and consumers.
Demonstrate awareness of the impact of the project’s carbon footprint.
Incorporate standards and practices for achieving water and energy efficiency in all tasks.
Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with regulatory agencies.
Conduct environmental, water, and energy audits.
Ensure compliance with environmental permits and other applicable documents.
Compute design specifications for implementation of conservation practices.
Support water conservation principles, practices, methods, and procedures.
Communicate with the public about key trends and issues related to safe water.
Demonstrate understanding of water scarcity, the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region, and how it can impact the sector.
Recommend water efficiency and conservation techniques to the public.
Conduct proper public health notifications as required.

Safety and Security

220

Recognize potential causes and impacts of unsafe or insecure facility conditions.
Assess risks and likelihood of disasters occurring, including conducting and updating as needed Vulnerability Assessments and Emergency Response Plans.
Facilitate inter-agency communication and planning for emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
Follow the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards regulation.
Understand utility participation in the Mutual Aid and Assistance Network.
Keep abreast of the latest scientific advances to protect drinking water and wastewater systems.
Utilize recommendations from industry associations.
Understand the potential for a cyber-attack to cause an interruption to drinking water and wastewater services and abide by the organization’s water utility cyber security program.

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