ULTRAPURE WATER® Certification Program - Level 1 

Become an ULTRAPURE WATER Certified Specialist and demonstrate your excellence in the field of High-Purity and Industrial Process Water Production.  Prove to your employer or customers that you have the skills required to professionally take care of their needs.

The ULTRAPURE WATER Certification Program provides training as it verifies competency.  Its curriculum emphasizes the correct performance of key activities.  This is a different approach than the High-Purity Water curriculum, which has a greater emphasis on theory and application.  Completion of the course program will require:

1) Completion of the Hands-On Tasks indicated within the course CD, each to be signed by a documented superior.

2) Completion of all quiz questions and interactive exercises included in the course CD.

3) Successfully passing the Certification Exam, available upon completion of the course CD.  The completion file will need to be signed by the documented superior.

4) Attendance at the 2 associated (4-hour) workshops provided at the ULTRAPURE WATER Expositions.  Contact Tall Oaks Publishing, Inc. (303-973-6700) to reserve your seat at the next workshop.

Support for the CD coursework will be provided using Discussion Board postings on the SCTC course web site.

The first of four certification program levels is now available.  Again, each level requires the completion of 2 associated (4-hour) workshops provided at the ULTRAPURE WATER Expositions and the successful completion of its associated 3-credit CD/internet course at St. Cloud Technical College.  Tuition for this course is $125.00 per credit, plus administration fees of $6.00 per credit (for a total course cost of $393.00).   The course will also require the purchase of the UPW Level 1 Certification CD for $240.00 plus shipping and applicable taxes. 

The UPW Level 1 Course is independently based, relying on the course CD-ROM and the course web site to guide you through the required knowledge and activities.  You will need a documented superior to sign off on your required activities and on your passage of the course final examination.

Begin the registration process using the PayPal link below, or contact CEA (+952-471-0017).

For this class, you will also need the UPW Level 1 Certification CD-ROM:

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UPW Level 1 CD
ULTRAPURE WATER Level 1 Certification Outcomes and Topics

Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

••Explain the nature of hardness and the concerns it poses for water use
•Describe the nature of potential drinking water contaminant concerns
•Explain how drinking water contaminant concentrations are regulated in the U.S.
•Provide the role played by each component in a water treatment system
•List the specific needs of each industry for its water purity requirements
•Characterize water contaminants and provide mechanisms for their separation from water
•Apply water treatment components to meet specified water quality requirements
•List the pretreatment requirements for each water treatment component
•Perform tasks in a manner consistent of a professional water service technician
•Understand and follow safety procedures
•Accurately follow and create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
•Trace out pipe lines and locate gauges
•Shut down/start up equipment using appropriate lock out tag out procedures
•Effectively repair water system leaks
•Understand the nature of flow rates, pressures, conductivity, resistivity, and pH
•Understand the nature of different types of concentrations based on their units
•Understand the operation of local versus central control systems
•Read and record instrument/gauge readings in a precise and accurate manner
•Accurately use analytical test kits
•React appropriately to operating data readings
•Correctly backwash and regenerate media filters and softeners
•Correctly change out cartridge filters and ion exchange bottles/columns
•Prepare day tank formulations in a safe and accurate manner 
UPW Level 1 CD Topics
The ULTRAPURE WATER Level 1 Certification CD-ROM contains the following topics, arranged sequentially.
You can proceed to the next topic once you complete the prior topic's quiz questions or interactive exercises.

Origin of Water Contaminants, Suspended Solids/Particles, Dissolved Salts, Hardness, Safe Water Issues, Drinking Water Requirements, Chemical Clarification, Media Filtration, Softening, Removal of Iron & Manganese, Activated Carbon Filtration, AAMI Water Quality Standards, Endotoxin, Purpose of Pretreatment, Reverse Osmosis Technology, Industrial Reverse Osmosis, Post-Treatment, UV Sanitization, Boiler Requirements, Scale Formation, Two-Bed Ion Exchange, Mixed-Bed Ion Exchange, Electrodeionization (EDI), Electrolysis, Ion Exchange Membrane, Electrodialysis, EDI Process, Dissolved Gases, Degassification, USP Purified Water and WFI Quality, Distillation, Ozone, Sanitizing Distribution Systems, High-Purity Water Requirements, TOC-Destruct UV, Primary vs Polishing, Final Filtration, Ultrafiltration, Client Relations, Communication/Task Management, Standard Operating Procedures, Tracing Out Lines, Shutting Down Equipment, Starting Up Equipment, Fixing Leaks, Flow Rates, Pressures, Concentrations, TSS, TDS, Conductivity/Resistivity, pH, Water Dissociation, and Alkalinity, Local Versus Central Control Systems, Sampling for pH/Conductivity, Data Collection, Monitoring Chlorine, Monitoring Hardness, Multimedia Filters, Softener Regeneration, Cartridge Filter System Maintenance, Replacing Service Ion Exchange Units, Day Tank System Maintenance

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