OTC Center for Workforce Development Offering Backflow Prevention Classes

These classes provide professional training in backflow prevention. These courses include backflow prevention assembly tester, repairer, and cross-connection control surveyor. This course includes a certification exam through the American Society of Sanitary Engineering. The ASSE publishes ANSI recognized Professional Qualification Standards (ASSE Series 5000), and ASSE offers a certification to those standards that is recognized by the model plumbing codes in the United States, including the Uniform Plumbing Code. CWD is dedicated to water system safety through plumbing-code compliance and supports the ASSE program

Backflow Prevention Certification This class is to certify those who have never been trained or certified to perform the inspection of cross connection and backflow prevention systems. The ASSE certification exam will be given on the last day of training. Class dates are September 13-17, 8a.m.-5p.m.

Backflow Prevention Re-Certification This class is to re-certify those who were certified to perform the inspection of cross connection control and backflow prevention systems that certification is not more than 60 day expired. Class dates are September 16-17, 8a.m.-5p.m.

Cost is $550 for certification and $250 for recertification. For more information contact Eric Lansdown at the Center for Workforce Development by phone at 417-447-8913 or by e-mail at Lansdowne@otc.edu.