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 Drinking Water Systemscourse. This course is available through the Walkerton Clean Water Centre – 1-866-515-0550. By completing this course, you have successfully obtained your Trained Person designation, as defined under Ontario Regulation 170/03 of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Your designation is valid for 3 years. Keep your course certificate for verification purposes.

How to maintain your "trained person" designation

  1. 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 Drinking Water Systems (classroom, online or correspondence), 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 or correspondence), offered by Sacramento State Water Programs
  2. 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.
  3. Keep proof of all training you complete for verification purposes.