Water Treatment Operator Level One – July 2025
60 Hours | 5 Weeks
This course introduces attendees to water operations and processes. You will learn the basic functions and responsibilities of most entry-level operators working at a treatment plant. This is an online instructor-facilitated class. You may structure the course to your own schedule, but homework and completion must meet due dates.
Description
July 14 - August 15, 2025
This course covers the water treatment basic concepts you need to know to pass an entry-level certification exam and/or gain employment in the water industry. This course also provides an excellent overview for current trainees or someone seeking to gain a thorough understanding of water treatment operations processes. In this course, you will learn the functions and responsibilities of an entry-level operator, as well as basic math, chemistry, and water treatment processes. Operators need to be knowledgeable in water treatment regulations and contaminants to do their jobs well and to protect public health, so this course covers those topics as well.
This course takes into consideration the Water Professionals International (formerly ABC) Need-to-Know Criteria for water treatment operators.
This course includes prerecorded presentations, online learning activities, videos, quizzes, discussion boards, weekly tests, and homework assignments.
Requirements: A minimum of 12-18 hours per week of online learning activities, for five consecutive weeks. This is an estimation and will be different for each learner. Ability to perform basic math calculations High school education Access to a computer - the course is not formatted for mobile devices.
Please be sure you can commit to the course requirements prior to registering. AWWA eLearning courses, including WTO, are non-refundable.
Certificates of Completion
*AWWA will award a Certificate of Completion upon success passing of this course. This does not automatically imply that your state agency will award you CEUs. It is the individual's responsibility, before registering for any continuing education credit program, to contact the appropriate licensing agency.
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