Initial Training Course for Operators of Landfills and Waste Processing Facilities Online

Issued by University of Florida

This course has been approved by the State of Florida Solid Waste Management Training Committee [SWMTC] as an Initial training course for Class I & III Landfills, C&D Solid Waste Operators and Transfer Station & Materials Recovery Facilities.

Additional Details

Skills

Environmental Concerns
Landfill Operations
Solid Waste Management

Earning Criteria

At the end of this course, you will be able to: Describe the basics of solid waste & landfill operations, Identify environmental concerns with waste handling facilities; screening for prohibited materials and managing special waste, Discuss the fundamentals of landfill construction; leachate and gas management; groundwater monitoring issues; monitoring of landfill cell closures; transfer station operations and materials recovery facilities operations.