Landfill and Transfer Station Operator Certification l Recycling Professional Certification
Recycling Center Attendant Training l "Action for a cleaner tomorrow"
Training and Certification Courses
Landfill and Transfer Station Operator Training
The primary goal of these courses is to provide individuals with training designed to improve operational practices at their landfills or transfer stations. These trainings will increase awareness of the impact that the operational practices have on human health, safety and the environment.
Participants will gain insight on:
- operating a facility that is safe for employees and customers;
- maintaining regulatory compliance and environmental integrity at the facility;
- operating profitably and/or cost effectively; and
- improving industry standards though better operation by well-trained solid waste management professionals.
Currently, there are several training courses available to solid waste facility operators.
The first two courses are required under the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Operator’s Certification (R.61-107.14). Participants successfully completing the courses and examinations will fulfill this regulatory requirement.
- Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfill managers
- MSW Landfill Supervisors
In addition, two other courses are offered for operators of other types of solid waste facilities including;
- MSW Transfer Stations; and
- Construction and Demolition Debris Landfills.
All of these courses are held annually. This page will be updated as future classes are scheduled. For more information, click here.
Recycling Professional Certification
The S.C. Recycling Professionals Certification Program is a comprehensive professional development program targeting local government recycling coordinators and solid waste directors.
The goal of the program is to provide these professionals with the background, information and tools to make recycling programs grow and improve as well as become more cost competitive and sustainable. A variety of recycling topics are covered.
Click here to read the forward of the training manual that includes the table of contents. The training manual will be updated annually to include new topics.
Participants must attend a three-day workshop and pass an exam to receive the certification. In order to maintain certification, continued professional development is required.
The program is offered at no cost. The certification was offered for the first time in September 2007 and will be offered again in late 2008.
For more information, click here.
Recycling Center Attendant Training
Recycling Center Attendant Trainings are available to local governments to ensure that best management practices are used and attendants have the latest infromation and customer service skills. The training, which is offered at NO COST, can be customized to each county or city's recycling program. Each attendant is given a certificate of completion and eligible to be a Recycling Attendant of the Year for the county. To schedule a complimentary training, click here.
'Action for a cleaner tomorrow'
"Action for a cleaner tomorrow" ("Action") is an activity-based, interdisciplinary curriculum supplement that can serve as a starting place for introducing basic environmental education in the classroom.
The current edition, featuring 31 lessons, is the best of the best - the most frequently used lessons by teachers in the past 14 years. Each lesson provides the learning objective and background as wellas teacher preparation time. Click here to view "Recycling 101 -- a sample lesson from "Action.".
In a three-hour session, you'll see how the curriculum supplement works. Each teacher completing the workshop will receive a copy of the curriculum supplement - 156 pages of South Carolina specific environmental information for use in the classroom.
To schedule a training or learn more about the "Action" training and workshops, click here or call 1-800-768-7348.
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For more information about recycling in South Carolina, please call 1-800-768-7348.
This Web page was last updated on May 2, 2008