Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. All operator certification training
courses, with the exception of the transformation facility operator training
course, will be offered by the department or other approved authority at least
once every twelve months.
B. All
operator certification training courses shall, at a minimum, address:
(1) composition of wastes;
(2) facility design;
(3) facility staffing and
operations;
(4) transportation
requirements;
(5) traffic flow
control;
(6) environmental
monitoring;
(7) handling of special
wastes;
(8) identification of
unauthorized wastes, including hot waste, hazardous wastes and materials, and
PCB's;
(9) environmental health and
safety;
(10) waste
diversion;
(11) applicable laws and
rules;
(12) the permitting
process;
(13) documentation,
including manifests, operating records, and reports;
(14) pollution prevention; and
(15) environmental justice.
C. In addition to the requirements
of Subsection B of this section, the landfill operator training course shall
address:
(1) interpretation and use of
engineering plans;
(2) surveying
techniques;
(3) waste
decomposition;
(4) basic geology
and hydrology;
(5) landfill gas
generation and control;
(6)
leachate generation and control;
(7) landfill cover systems;
(8) closure and post-closure care;
(9) vector control; and
(10) odor control.
D. In addition to the requirements of
Subsection B of this section, the recycling facility operator training course
shall address:
(1) equipment operation and
technology;
(2) materials
flow;
(3) quality control;
and
(4) distribution and
marketing.
E. In
addition to the requirements of Subsection B of this section, the
transformation facility operator training course shall address:
(1) theory of combustion;
(2) basic chemistry;
(3) basic thermodynamics;
(4) equipment operation and
technology;
(5) air pollution
control technology;
(6) ash
handling and disposal;
(7) control
room operation;
(8) continuous
emissions monitors and their calibration;
(9) efficacy testing;
(10) waste decomposition; and
(11) waste flow.
F. In addition to the requirements of
Subsection B of this section, the composting facility operator training course
shall address:
(1) basic
microbiology;
(2) basic
chemistry;
(3) waste
decomposition;
(4) compost end use,
distribution and marketing;
(5)
composting equipment operations, care and maintenance;
(6) composting processing methods and
techniques;
(7) quality
control;
(8) yard waste and food
waste collection systems;
(9)
sludge handling;
(10) odor control;
and
(11) vector
control.
G. In addition to
the requirements of Subsection B of this section, the transfer station operator
training course shall address:
(1) controls
and operations;
(2) equipment
operation and technology;
(3) waste
flow;
(4) vehicle operations and
safety;
(5) large waste item
handling;
(6) odor control;
and
(7) vector control.
