Certification Advisory Committee Manager’s Forum David Garand, CAC Chairman Rowland Denny, DEEP November 16, 2017

CAC Members George Ciccone, Class IV Operator, Fairfield WPCF Harold Clarke, Class IV Chief Operator, Town of Groton WPCF John Cronin, Class III Process Control Operator, Cheshire WPCF Rowland Denny, DEEP Raymond Drew, Class IV Chief Operator, Torrington WPCF Gene Ely, Class IV Chief Operator, Heritage Village WPCF E. Arthur Enderle, III, Class IV Chief Operator, East Windsor WPCF David Garand, Class IV Chief Operator, Windham WPCF Craig Motasky, DEEP Carlos Paiva, Class IV Chief Operator, Applied Water various facilities

CAC Makeup Sec. 22a-416-10 Advisory committee 8 to 12 members 2 from DEEP 1 wastewater treatment operator educator Remainder are CT certified operators DEEP and educator have unlimited terms, all others serve 3 years with the possibility of an additional 3 years 

CAC Duties serve without compensation review classifications of wwtfs review applications for certification and for revalidation of certificates recommend evaluation and classification of new and modified wwtf equipment and processes encourage qualified individuals to become certified encourage owners of wwtfs to promote and facilitate advanced certification of their employees promote wwtf operator training programs comment on the proposed revocation of a certificate review reciprocity requests review proposed examinations review O&M plans review extension of the 90 day limit.

Exams & Operators Class 3 & 4 Exams Class 1 & 2 Exams ABC’s bank of questions How many certified operators are there? Class 4s – 146 Class 4 NPDES plants - 62 Class 3s – 203 Class 3 NPDES plants - 15 Class 2s – 262 Class 2 NPDES plants - 8 Class 1s – 243 Class 1 NPDES plants - 1 13 new Class 4 operators in last 2 years

Connecticut Wastewater Operator Certification Exam Test Results: Exam success rates Connecticut Wastewater Operator Certification Exam Test Results: July 2006 through July 2017 Total OIT OIT Repeats First Try Repeat Pass Fail Class 1 462 453 294 218 38 72 383 278 79 175 Class 2 267 215 145 37 16 12 109 52 106 Class 3 161 379 49 21 24 97 120 64 259 Class 4 57 192 26 73 31 119

Connecticut Wastewater Operator Certification Exam Test Results: Exam success rates Connecticut Wastewater Operator Certification Exam Test Results: July 2006 through July 2017 Percent Total % OIT % OIT Repeats % First Try % Repeat Pass Fail Class 1 50% 57% 43% 35% 65% 58% 42% 31% 69% Class 2 55% 45% 80% 20% 66% 34% 33% 67% Class 3 30% 70% 60% 40% 47% 53% Class 4 23% 77% 26% 74% 21% 79%

Permit Applications and ATMRs Late applications cost money! Late applications could leave you operating without a permit! ATMR dates and data!!!

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Questions? David Garand – 860-465-3078 Rowland Denny – 860-424-3749 dgarand@wpcf.biz Rowland Denny – 860-424-3749 rowland.denny@ct.gov