[USCC] USCC/SWANA compost certification exam
Crowley, Patrick
pcrowley at mt.gov
Tue Nov 14 10:15:05 CST 2006
Try the National Biosolids Partnership. They are dedicated to the EMS
process with audits.
http://www.biosolids.org/
F. Patrick Crowley
Project Manager
Waste Management Section
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 200901
Helena, MT 59620
Phone 406-444-5294
Fax 406-444-1374
Email pcrowley at mt.gov
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From: compost-bounces at composter.com
[mailto:compost-bounces at composter.com] On Behalf Of Greg Evanylo
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:50 AM
To: compost at composter.com
Subject: Re: [USCC] USCC/SWANA compost certification exam
U.S. COMPOSTING COUNCIL 15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW Wyndham
Orlando Resort | Orlando, FL | January 21-24, 2007 The National forum
for those involved in the development and expansion of the composting
and organics recycling industry CONFERENCE PROGRAM, REGISTRATION FORMS,
WORKSHOP AGENDAS, EXHIBITOR INFORMATION AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE USCC WEBSITE: www.compostingcouncil.org OR CALL THE
USCC AT 631-737-4931
Does anyone have any experience with or know of any organizations (e.g.,
USCC, SWANA) that sanction the conducting performance audits of
composting facilities? I have been asked by a Environmental Engineering
firm where they may be able to solicit such expertise.
ge
At 05:42 PM 11/13/2006, you wrote:
>U.S. COMPOSTING COUNCIL 15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW Wyndham
>Orlando Resort | Orlando, FL | January 21-24, 2007 The National forum
>for those involved in the development and expansion of the composting
>and organics recycling industry CONFERENCE PROGRAM, REGISTRATION FORMS,
>WORKSHOP AGENDAS, EXHIBITOR INFORMATION AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
>ARE AVAILABLE AT THE USCC WEBSITE: www.compostingcouncil.org OR CALL
>THE USCC AT 631-737-4931
>
>
>Reddy -
>
>The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) developed the
>"Managing Composting Programs" training course and certification exam
>as part of their overall training program. SWANA offers a three-day
>course which prepares folks to take the joint SWANA/USCC certification
>exam. While this is a comprehensive course (including classroom
>lectures, a course workbook, and a tour of a composting facility) it is
>not intended to be "operator training" though many operators take the
>SWANA course. As Risa mentioned, you can find a little bit more about
>the SWANA course at
>http://www.swana.org/sections/educate/training.aspx. My understanding
>is that SWANA will next be offering this course at WASTECON in Reno in
>Fall 2007. The SWANA course was designed specifically for the
>certification exam.
>
>There is also a one-day course (Foundations of Composting) which is
>offered as part of the USCC Annual Conference to be held next January
>in Orlando, Florida
>(http://www.compostingcouncil.org/section.cfm?id=31) This is an
>intensive one-day course covering the basic fundamentals of composting.
>The Foundations of Composting course was not designed specifically with
>the SWANA/USCC certification exam in mind, though many folks with some
>background in composting, or operators with field experience but whom
>have never taken a "classroom" style class, or anyone who wants a
>refresher prior to taking the exam, take the FOC course and then take
>the SWANA/USCC exam.
>
>Again, neither the SWANA Managing Composting Programs or the
>Foundations of Composting are operator training courses. There are a
>number of excellent operator training courses given in various
>locations around the US (you can search for "Compost Operator Training"
>and you'll get a number of links). Most are given once per year, though
>some are more frequent. There is a fair amount of variation in operator
>training courses as well, some are one-day, others are as long as five
>days and include hand's on fieldwork. Some of these operator training
>courses offer exams at the conclusion of the course and a smaller
>amount are eligible for certification by their state regulatory agency
>(a number of states have some type of "operator certification"
>requirement). Neither the SWANA Managing Composting Programs Course nor
>the Foundations of Composting Course is accepted as meeting a state's
>operator certification requirement.
>
>I hope this provides some clarity. To my knowledge, you can only get
>the syllubus and the reference material from SWANA. I can't speak to
>the value of "getting the Certificate" but probably close to 200 people
>have taken either SWANA's Managing Composting Programs course and/or
>the Foundations of Composting course and I believe most think the time
>(and money) was well spent.
>
>Matthew Cotton
>Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC
>19375 Lake City Road
>Nevada City, CA 95959
>(530) 265-4560
>Fax (530) 265-4547
>mattcotton at mindspring.com
>On Nov 10, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Reddy Ganta wrote:
>
> > U.S. COMPOSTING COUNCIL 15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW Wyndham
> > Orlando Resort | Orlando, FL | January 21-24, 2007 The National
> > forum for those involved in the development and expansion of the
> > composting and organics recycling industry CONFERENCE PROGRAM,
> > REGISTRATION FORMS, WORKSHOP AGENDAS, EXHIBITOR INFORMATION AND
> > SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE USCC WEBSITE:
> > www.compostingcouncil.org OR CALL THE USCC AT
> > 631-737-4931
> >
> >
> > Composters,
> >
> > Can some body post the complete details of the Composter certificate
> > exam to be held by USCC/SWANA on 24th Jan 2007 during the
> > conference?
> > What is the syllabus?
> > What is the exam pattern like?
> > Where do we get the reference material?
> > What is the advantage of getting this certificate?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Reddy Ganta
> > M.S. Agriculture., M.S. Bioinformatics Agricultural
> > Informatics Scientist GLORIETA GEOSCIENCE, INC.
> > 1723 2nd street
> > Santa Fe, NM-87502
> > voice: (505) 983 5446 Ext. 107
> > Fax: (505) 983 6482
> > URL: www.glorietageo.com
> >
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