Nước và nước thải nhà khai thác và vai trò của họ hệ thống phân phối / bộ sưu tập là một chuyện, lấy mẫu, thiết bị điều hành, giám sát điều kiện, và xác định các thiết lập cho các hệ thống nguồn cấp dữ liệu hóa chất và máy bơm highpressure, cùng với thực hiện các xét nghiệm phòng thí nghiệm và ghi lại kết quả trong nhật ký trồng cây điều hành hàng ngày là một. Đó là, tuy nhiên, các chức năng không điển hình, các chức năng đa dạng, và các chức năng off-tường-làm cho chúng. | 2 Water and Wastewater Operators and Their Roles Our planet is shrouded in water and yet 8 million children under the age of five will die this year from lack of safe water. United Nations Environmental Program WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATORS To begin our discussion of water and wastewater operators it is important that we point out a few significant factors. Employment as a water and wastewater operator is concentrated in local government and private water supply and sanitary services companies. Postsecondary training is increasingly an asset as the number of regulated contaminants grows and treatment unit processes become more complex. Operators must pass examinations certifying that they are capable of overseeing various treatment processes. Operators have a relatively high incidence of on-the-job OTJ injuries. To properly operate a water treatment and distribution and or a wastewater treatment and collection system usually requires a team of highly skilled personnel filling a variety of job classifications. Typical positions include plant manager plant superintendent chief operator lead operator operator maintenance operator distribution and or interceptor system technicians assistant operators laboratory professionals and clerical personnel to list just a few. Beyond the distinct job classification titles over the years those operating water and wastewater plants have been called by a variety of titles. These include water jockey practitioner of water purveyor of water sewer rat or just plain water or wastewater operator. Based on our experience we have come up with a title that perhaps more closely characterizes what the water and wastewater operator really is a jack-of-all-trades. This characterization seems only fitting when you take into account the knowledge and skills required of operators to properly perform their assigned duties. Moreover operating the plant or distribution collection system is one thing taking samples operating equipment monitoring
