Water and Environmental Technology Department | AAS - Associate of Applied Science Degree | 2 years

You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:

• Successfully pass state level 1 certification exams for Water Treatment, Water Distribution, Wastewater Treatment and Wastewater Collections
• Understand the basics of both water and wastewater operations
• Conduct laboratory analysis for wastewater and water-quality parameters

Careers

Career opportunities include:

• water and/or liquid waste treatment plant and system operator
• environmental science technician
• environmental engineering technician

Careers also include:

• environmental lab technician
• source control technician
• surface water specialist
• environmental regulator

Job Market

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Gainful Employment

Learn more about the cost of education.

Programs that are 12-44 credits that acknowledge a specific skill proficiency to help students gain enhanced employment opportunities are considered state-approved Career Pathways. Certain certificates are eligible for federal financial aid, while others may only be eligible as a segment of an aid-eligible certificate or degree program (Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid Students).

OREGON BACKFLOW AND CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL TRAINING

Become certified as a:

• Backflow Assembly Tester
  CCC offers five-day backflow tester certification courses approved by the Oregon Health Division. Only certified testers can perform the annual backflow assembly test required by the Oregon Plumbing Code and Water Purveyors. The Department of Human Services requires proof of high school diploma or GED certificate in order to complete the certification process.
• Cross Connection Control Specialist
  CCC offers four-day courses for individuals who want to obtain Oregon Department of Human Services certification as cross connection control inspectors. Oregon Community Public Water Systems with more than 300 service connections are required to have a certified individual oversee the cross connection program. The Oregon Department of Human Services will require proof of high school diploma or GED in order to complete the certification process.

Registering Online:

1. Visit this CougarTrax link
2. Click on "Search for Classes/Workshops"
3. At "Course Code Number" (example, SBM-008-05) type XWET
4. Select the checkbox for the corresponding course number
5. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom
6. Complete registration (requires credit or debit card payment)

You may also register for any workshop by either:

• Completing a paper registration (click date of class link on schedule below to print registration form) and mail with check or purchase order ($15 billing fee for purchase order) to:
  Enrollment Services Center
  Clackamas Community College
  19600 Molalla Avenue
  Oregon City, OR 97045
• Or register in person at the Enrollment Services Center in Roger Rook Hall at the CCC Oregon City campus.

Join us for the Annual AWWA Waterworks School at Clackamas Community College!

Register for Waterworks School 2018

• Schedule and Session Descriptions
• Lodging Information
• Vendor's Registration

Bull Run Tour additional $25. Preregistration required.

For more information, contact Naomi Sether at 503-594-3345 or naomis@clackamas.edu.

School Presentations

Basics

• What Does PLC Stand For

Biosolids

• Adventures in Biosolids
• Agronomic Rate for Biosolids Application to Cropland
• City of Bend Building Healthy Solids for the Future
• Comparison of Biosolids Dewater Options
• Complying With State & Federal Biosolids Regulations
• Current Trends in Digester Mixing Technologies
• Optimizing Dewatering
• Digester Technology
• Elements of a BMP
• How to Tell Your Biosolids Story
• Lincoln City WWTP Biosolids on the Coast
• McMinnville WRF
• Scientific Management of Nutrients in Biosolids
• Site Authorizations

Collections

• Managing H2S for Odors and Corrosion Control
• Newberg Inflow and Infiltration Study
• Technologies for Asset Management of Collection Systems
• Trenching and Excavation - Safety and the Role of the Competent Person
• Collection System Management
• Flushables - Are They Really?
• Initial Risk Assessment

Laboratory

• Biochemical Oxygen Demand Do's and Don'ts
• EPA's New MDL Procedure
• Ethics
• From Field to Lab
• Way to Weigh

Operations

• DM Electrical One Line
• IPS Heat Loop
• Odor Control Technology Overview
• Biological Phosphorus Removal
• Chemical Phosphorus Removal
• Excel as a Poor Man's CAD Program
• Switches

Pretreatment

• FOG Energy Recovery at the Treatment Plant
• Pretreatment 101 - Intro to Pretreatment
• Categorical Regulations Primer
• Collection System Trouble Area Improvement Plan
• FOG Chronicles
• Getting the Most Out of Your Industrial User Surveys
• Obstacles and Opportunities Working with Municipalities
• Pretreatment Technologies Crash Course
• Program Elements
• Recovering Cost from High Strength Commercial Customers
• Types of Industrial Waste
• Understanding Industrial Permits
• Using What You've Got!
• What is a SLUG?

Stormwater

• Bee-lieve It or Not
• Boeckman Rd Wildlfe Crossing Structures
• Flood of Information
• Geomorphic and Macroinvert Monitoring
• Green Golf Course Management
• Green Street Lessons Learned
• Oregon Dept. of Agriculture CAFO Program
• Redesign and Reconstruction of Stormwater Outfalls
• Resilience Planning
• School Rain Gardens
• What Do Oregonians Thank About Water
• Willamette Falls Legacy Project

Technology

• Ethernet 101
• Force Main Condition Assessment
• Tri-City Cleargreen Anammox Pilot Project
• Tri-City WRRF PAA Disinfection Experience
• Utilizing Remote Monitoring

PROGRAM CODES: AAS.WATERENVIRONTECH

The Water & Environmental Technology program provides career technical classes combined with field experience.

Classes are offered in day/evening combinations and have enrollment limits to enhance instructional quality and job placement.

Course work emphasizes fundamental aspects of drinking water distribution, drinking water treatment, wastewater collection and wastewater treatment. Course work includes 240 hours of industry cooperative work experience, laboratory methods in environmental chemistry, aquatic microbiology and preparation for the provisional operator in training certification exams.

RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES

Computation (1 course- MTH-082A-E)

• Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems

Communication (1 course- WR-101 Communication Skills: Occupational Writing or WR-121 English Composition)

• Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences

Human Relations (1 course- PSY-101 Human Relations)

• Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals

Physical Education/Health/Safety/First Aid (3 credits- HE-252 First Aid/CPR/AED)

• Use effective life skills to improve and maintain mental and physical well-being.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to perform the following AAS program outcomes in addition to the one year certificate outcomes:

• be more marketable through a second career related work experience;
• attain higher grade certification which will lead to higher wages;
• be certified and licensed as a State of Oregon approved Backflow Assembly Tester;
• develop a thorough understanding of the principles of hydraulics as applied to the water and wastewater industry;
• obtain increased knowledge of bacterial processes used in water and wastewater systems;
• obtain hands-on experience with instrumentation and control systems used in water and wastewater plant operations.

For information contact Matthew LaForce 503-594-3148 or laforce@clackamas.edu.