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USPOULTRY’s Wastewater Operators Training Program Important to Industry

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U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Contact Gwen Venable, gvenable@uspoultry.org

June 18, 2012

USPOULTRY's Wastewater Operators Training Program

Important to Industry

TUCKER, GA - U.S. Poultry & Egg Association recently presented USPOULTRY's Poultry Wastewater Treatment Operators Training Program at the Hilton Garden Inn in Oxford, Alabama. The training was led by Paul Bredwell, vice president of environmental programs for USPOULTRY. Sixteen individuals from eight Association member companies participated in the program.
"The Poultry Wastewater Treatment Operators Course has been an extremely valuable training resource for me and the rest of my wastewater team. This is the second year my facility has sent operators, as well as lab personnel to the class. Their experience level has ranged from a couple of months experience to me, with 23 years of experience in wastewater treatment and wastewater lab analysis. Mr. Bredwell and Dr. Kiepper managed to make the course relevant to all of our levels of experience. The information
presented was clear, concise, and easy to understand. My novice operators left with a basic understanding of wastewater treatment principles, which has given them a base on which to build with their hands-on
day-to-day training. For my experienced operators, it was a much needed refresher course, which has reminded them that sometimes basic wastewater treatment principles are needed in order to troubleshoot and solve seemingly complex problems with the treatment process. From a cost perspective, the course was the best value I have found from anyone offering wastewater treatment training. I highly recommend this class to anyone in the poultry industry who needs to understand the wastewater treatment process, whether you have pretreatment or a more advanced biological treatment process, or from the facility plant managers to the wastewater managers down to the operator with no experience," commented Lisa Beckham, Wastewater Supervisor for Tyson Foods, Inc., in Blountsville, AL.
The course introduced students to the regulatory structure governing poultry plant effluents, provided a primer in math, chemistry, and microbiology, and covered the predominant equipment and systems used to properly treat poultry effluent prior to discharge. After fourteen hours of classroom instruction and active student involvement, participants received a certificate of completion with a number of states having approved the course to award professional development hours and/or continuing education credits necessary to maintain a wastewater treatment license or certification.
The training program, which originated in 2003, was developed by professionals with detailed knowledge of poultry wastewater treatment. The course is primarily geared toward operators and supervisors who
are presently involved in poultry wastewater treatment and is particularly suited for those with less than two years of experience in this area.
For more information about the Poultry Wastewater Operators Training Program, click on the following link: http://www.uspoultry.org/environment/.
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is an all-feather organization representing the complete spectrum of today's poultry industry, with a focus on progressively serving member companies through research, education, communication, and technical assistance. Founded in 1947, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is based in Tucker, GA.
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