Steps to become a "Trained Person": operators of small drinking water systems serving designated facilities
A "Trained Person" means an individual who has successfully completed a course approved by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks related to the operation and routine maintenance of drinking water systems within the preceding 36 months.
Persons who operate the following types of drinking water systems must be a “Trained Person”:
- small non-municipal non-residential system serving a designated facility
- small municipal non-residential system serving a designated facility
- non-municipal seasonal residential system serving a designated facility
How to get your "Trained Person" designation for the first time
Complete the Operation of Small Systems for Trained Persons (Ontario Regulation 170/03) course
How to maintain your "Trained Person" designation
- To maintain your designation, within 3 years of completing the Operation of Small Drinking Water Systems course, complete one of the Director approved courses for Trained Persons listed below:
- Operation of Small Systems for Trained Persons (Ontario Regulation 170/03) course (online), offered by the Walkerton Clean Water Centre
- Small System Fundamentals (classroom), offered by the Walkerton Clean Water Centre
- Best Practices for Small Systems (classroom), offered by the Walkerton Clean Water Centre
- Small Systems Hands-on Workshop (classroom), offered by the Walkerton Clean Water Centre
- Small Water System Operation and Maintenance (online
footnote 2 or correspondence), offered by Sacramento State Water Programs
- Your course completion date marks the start of the 3-year period for which your designation is valid. Ensure you complete one of the courses listed above every 3 years. You may retake the Operation of Small Drinking Water Systems course to meet this requirement.
- Keep proof of all training you complete for verification purposes.
Footnotes
- footnote[1] Back to paragraph The Operation of Limited Systems course available through the Walkerton Clean Water Centre, will also be accepted to qualify as or maintain the Trained Person designation.
- footnote[2] Back to paragraph To maintain your Trained Person designation all 5 Small Water System online courses must be completed.