Water & Environmental Technology, Certificate

Program Code: CC.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.

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

Related Instruction Outcomes

Computation

• 1 course - MTH-082A Wastewater Math I, MTH-082B Waterworks Math I, MTH-082C Wastewater Math II, MTH-082D Waterworks Math II, or MTH-082E Math for High Purity Water
• Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems.

Communication

• 1 course - WR-101 Workplace Writing or WR-121Z Composition I
• Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences.

Human Relations

• 3 credits - Recommended: PSY-101 Human Relations
• Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• successfully pass the state required level-1 certificate/ licensure exams for Oregon water treatment and water distribution;
• pass the Oregon Operator in Training certificate wastewater treatment and collection systems examinations;
• maintain and operate water and waste water treatment facilities and collection and water distribution systems;
• utilize mathematical skills to solve certification exam problems as well as situations experienced at water and waste water facilities;
• conduct and document scientific laboratory experiments as applied to the water and waste water industry and effectively communicate determined quantitative relationships using both graphs and equations;
• exhibit good teamwork skills and serve as effective members of laboratory and project teams;
• articulate and justify technical solutions to an audience through oral, written, and graphical communication;
• communicate the importance of safety in operator daily activities and be good stewards of ethical and professionally work place interactions.

Plan of Study Grid

Fall Term		Credits
MTH-082A	Wastewater Math I	1
MTH-082B	Waterworks Math I	1
WET-110	Wastewater Operations I	3
WET-111	Waterworks Operations I	3
WET-112	Computer Applications for Water and Wastewater Operations	4
WR-101 or WR-121Z	Workplace Writing or Composition I	4
Human Relations requirement		3
PSY-101	Human Relations (Recommended)
	Credits	19
Winter Term
BI-204	Elementary Microbiology	4
MTH-082C	Wastewater Math II	1
MTH-082D	Waterworks Math II	1
WET-120	Wastewater Operations II	3
WET-121	Waterworks Operations II	3
WET-122	Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection Systems	3
WET-123	Environmental Chemistry I	3
	Credits	18
Spring Term
WET-109	Backflow Assembly Operation and Testing	4
WET-130	Wastewater Operations III	4
WET-131	Water Treatment	4
WET-132	Collection & Distribution Lab	1
WET-134	Environmental Chemistry II	3
WET-180	Water & Environmental Projects I	5
	Credits	21
	Total Credits	58

Career opportunities include:

• water and/or liquid waste treatment plant and system operator
• environmental science technician
• and environmental engineering technician
• environmental lab technician
• source control technician
• surface water specialist
• environmental regulator