SWANA Training at RCon™
SWANA trainings empower waste and resource management professionals to expand skills and knowledge to ensure safe operations, meet employer education requirements, earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs), and take their career to the next level.
With RCon's flexible, inclusive schedule, training participants will still be able to attend general sessions, experiential learning tours, technical sessions and explore the Exhibit Hall.
Registration for courses will be an add-on to an RCon Registration. Individuals may NOT register just for the training courses.
Landfill Gas Basic Training
Course Date/Time: Monday, September 28 from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Course Cost: $500 SWANA Members, $650 Non-Members
PDHs Earned: 8
This one-day course provides a practical introduction to landfill gas (LFG) fundamentals, system operations, monitoring, safety, and regulatory considerations. The training is designed for landfill operators, environmental staff, engineers, technicians, managers, and others involved in the design, operation, monitoring, or oversight of landfill gas collection and control systems.
Participants will review the basic science of LFG generation, composition and movement; landfill design factors that influence gas production; and the core components of LFG collection and control systems. The course will also address field monitoring practices, wellfield tuning concepts, safety hazards, regulatory drivers, and emerging topics such as remote monitoring technologies.
By the end of the course, attendees will have a stronger working understanding of how LFG systems function, how system data are collected and interpreted, and how operational decisions affect compliance, safety, gas collection efficiency, and overall system performance.
Essential Leachate PFAS Treatment and Management Training for Landfill Professionals
Course Date/Time: Monday, September 28 from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Course Cost: $620 SWANA Members, $870 Non-Members
PDHs Earned: 6
Landfills are playing an increasingly critical societal role in the management of PFAS wastes and concentrates resulting from PFAS removal from water and wastewater streams and industrial cleanups. Landfills have a large capacity to sequester and store PFAS waste. The small quantities of PFAS in leachate open opportunities for landfill managers to develop synergistic relationships with wastewater treatment plants for managing PFAS-laden biosolids and leachate.
Landfill managers and other professionals need to understand the management options and opportunities available to them to address the PFAS issue while also understanding the benefits, costs, and commercialization status of the myriad of treatment technologies and systems that are available to treat leachate for PFAS removal on-site.
Participants will explore the drivers and consequences of the ever-changing PFAS regulatory landscape and how new and future regulations could impact their decision-making in management approaches and technologies selection.
This course equips landfill personnel with the terminology and high-level understanding necessary to engage with regulators, engineers, and vendors about leachate management and treatment options and requirements. A SWANA-certified faculty instructor will instruct this live, in-person training course.
MOLO Lite – Landfill Management Essentials
Course Date/Time: Monday, September 28 from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Course Cost: $750 SWANA Members, $900 Non-Members
PDHs Earned: 10
SWANA is proud to offer MOLO Lite – Landfill Management Essentials, a streamlined version of the highly regarded Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) course. This first-of-its-kind training format is designed to provide the most valuable and practical elements of the MOLO curriculum in a concise, engaging format that fits into busy schedules.
Unlike traditional training programs that require a significant time commitment, MOLO Lite focuses on the topics that matter most, combining classroom instruction, practical examples, interactive discussions, and a landfill site tour to create a highly engaging learning experience for professionals at every experience level.
Key Benefits
- 8 hours of focused, high-impact training
- Landfill site tour with real-world discussions
- High-level overview of critical landfill management topics presented through real world examples
- In-depth exploration of key technical subjects
- Interactive discussions and networking opportunities with landfill professionals from across the industry
- Hands-on exercises that reinforce key concepts and best practices
- Practical tools, resources, and insights that can be implemented immediately at your facility
- Learn directly from experienced landfill professionals with decades of industry expertise
Course Topics
Participants will gain a practical understanding of the key principles and challenges associated with modern landfill management, including:
- Landfill siting, permitting, and expansion planning
- Landfill design fundamentals, site development, and construction basics
- Federal regulatory requirements and how they influence all aspects of landfill management
- Equipment selection, procurement, operation, and maintenance considerations
- Waste placement, compaction techniques, and operational best practices
- Airspace conservation strategies
- Leachate generation, minimization, collection, treatment, and management
- Landfill gas generation, collection systems, control technologies, and migration
- Stormwater management and erosion control
- Landfill closure planning and post-closure considerations
- Safety, risk management, operational challenges, and emerging industry trends
