- Educate and evaluate students as potential employees for the water treatment industry.
- Explain the technical details used in the water treatment industry.
- Qualify Students to take the state exam inn water treatment or water distribution to potentially progress up the operator level system.
Drinking Water Treatment & Distribution
Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution Certificate of Achievement 2021-2022
(Major #C.8401.CA)
The drinking water treatment and distribution certificate program is designed to provide skills and training to current and future water system employees. Students can learn about ¬treatment plant functions including pumping water, engineering systems, treatment strategies, dosing calculations and meeting state standards. The certificate also satisfies the state requirement to take the State Water Resources Quality Control Board certification exams for levels 1through 5. Students can take basic and advanced courses and earn a certificate of achievement for the course sequence. There is another different sequence of classes for the waste water treatment certificate of achievement. Program advisories include English 125/126 and Math 201.
Complete the following program of study. Requirements (19 units minimum).
| Course | Course Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| COUN 47 | Learning Strategies | 2 |
| OT 17 | Job Retention and Responsibilities | 1 |
| WTD 101 | Basic Drinking Water Treatment | 3 |
| WTD 102 | Advanced Drinking Water Treatment | 3 |
| WTD 112 | Water Distribution | 3 |
| WTD 115 | Drinking Water Mathematics | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | ||
| Course | Course Description | Units |
| ENGL 125 or ENGL 1A |
Writing Skills for College or Reading and Composition |
4 |
