I am the Wastewater operator ...
Published by Ashok Ghantiwala, Waste water treatment plant Trainer/ operator at City of Los Angeles
I am the Wastewater operator trainer at City of Los Angeles. New trainee need some basic training.
Basic Electricity, Basic math related to certification, Basic Piping, valves and schematics, Basic micro-biology, Basic Preventive maintenance, Basic rotating equipment. Plant hydraulics and Safety overview. Once all this trainings are done the need training for the existing equipment and process depend on the area. At city of LA it has been divided in the different section and we train operator by section and let them work in that area for a month before move to next one. Also need to make manuals in simple language for to understand how equipment work. and operating Instruction like start and stop, troubleshooting, Lock out block out for maintenance. All this things need to enter in the manuals.