Subsurface Wastewater Unit
Site Evaluator Training and Contact Hours
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2012 PowerPoints
The following PowerPoint presentations may be downloaded. Please note that these do not include presentations by other participants in the training sessions, nor do they count for personal development hour credits.
- 2012 Basic Onsite Wastewater Installation
- 2012 Certified System Inspector
- 2012 New Local Plumbing Inspector
Advanced Topics - 2012 Post-Rules Reality
- 2012 How and Why Systems Work
- 2012 Tales from the Tank
Oakson, Inc. Training Announced
02/10/12 Oakson Inc. will be presenting training in March, April, July, and September on the Perc-Rite drip disposal system and the RainKeeper rainwater capture system. Download the registration brochure.
2011 Training PowerPoints
The following PowerPoint presentations may be downloaded. Please note that these do not include presentations by other participants in the training sessions, with the exception of the Department of Agriculture, nor do they count for personal development hour credits.
Division of Environmental Health
Department of Agriculture
Subsurface Wastewater Training Center
The Maine Rural Water Association and the Maine Association of Site Evaluators have joined forces to create a new Subsurface Wastewater Training Center, for in-the-field inspections and learning opportunities. Read more about the site. You may register on line at www.mainerwa.org.
2010 Training PowerPoints
The Subsurface Wastewater Program's 2010 PowerPoint training presentations are now available for downloading, below. Please note that these do not include presentations by other participants in the training sessions, nor do they count for personal development hour credits.
A Microsoft PowerPoint Reader for Windows is available for those who do not have PowerPoint. Apple users will need to save the PowerPoint files, and then import them into a Mac program such as AppleWorks, Keynote, or Office for Mac. The Program is not aware of any Linux readers for PowerPoint.
These PowerPoint files are also available on one CD, for $10.00. Please contact Wendy Austin for more information.
- Basic On-site Wastewater System Installation
- Ethical and Technical Issues for the Site Evaluator
- Subsurface Wastewater System Inspection
Advanced Wastewater Topics
The Subsurface Wastewater Program's 2009 PowerPoint training presentations are now available for downloading. They will be posted here after the final seminar is held in their associated topics. Please note that these do not include presentations by other participants in the training sessions.
A Microsoft PowerPoint Reader for Windows is available for those who do not have PowerPoint. Apple users will need to save the PowerPoint files, and then import them into a Mac program such as AppleWorks, Keynote, or Office for Mac. The Program is not aware of any Linux readers for PowerPoint.
These PowerPoint files are also available on one CD, for $10.00. Please contact Wendy Austin for more information.
Basic Installer Training
- Basic Installer Training (2008 presentation was used.)
Site Evaluator Issues
The Site Evaluator Issues and Engineered Systems presentations are available on a CD, in Windows MOV format for $10.00. Please contact Wendy Austin for more information.
- Professional Ethics for Site Evaluators
- Ethics answer key
- Determining Fill Amounts & Extensions, Easements, & Groundwater Monitoring
- Engineered and Multi-User Systems
Voluntary Inspector Training
2009 Field Exam Review
The PowerPoint file for the review of the Subsurface Wastewater Program's 2009 Site Evaluator Field Examination is available for downloading.
A Microsoft PowerPoint Reader for Windows is available for those who do not have PowerPoint. Apple users will need to save the PowerPoint file, and then import it into a Mac program such as AppleWorks, Keynote, or Office for Mac. We are not aware of any Linux readers for PowerPoint.
2008 Field Exam Review
The PowerPoint file for the review of the Subsurface Wastewater Program's 2008 Site Evaluator Field Examination is available for downloading.
2008 Training PowerPoints
- Basic Installer Training
- Commercial & High Strength
- Local Plumbing Inspector Issues
- Septic System Maintenance
- Voluntary Inspectors
2007 Site Evaluator Field Exam
05/21/12