Training & Certification

Collection & Transfer

Today, the collection and transfer of refuse and recyclables relies heavily on efficiency and predictability. To help solid waste professionals keep up with this progressive field, SWANA provides you with Collection and Transfer training current with today’s trends and tomorrow’s emerging technologies. Explore how implementing an efficient route design will help your bottom line. Learn to handle waste with haste, while discovering how to keep transfer operations lean and mean.

Certification Courses

Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO)

The Manager of Landfill Operations course is a comprehensive primer on the fundamentals of modern landfills, including operations, site design, regulations, health and safety, cost controls and other issues pertinent to planning, operating, and closing landfills.

Offered by SWANA, the course prepares you for Landfill Management Certification, required by many jurisdictions to operate compliant and safe landfill facilities.

As a result of the course, you will be able to:

Discuss the scope of landfill importance, purpose, characteristics, design, equipment, and regulatory compliance
Identify and manage daily operational procedures
Improve landfill safety
Outline construction and surveying practices
Implement and manage effective monitoring systems
Maximize landfill site administration
Improve efficiency and control costs

Who Should Attend

Landfill owners, managers, and supervisors, engineers and consultants.

Course Content

The comprehensive Manager of Landfill Operations course manual includes the following essential topics and provides supplemental images, graphs and examples that make it a must-have job reference tool.

Landfill Basics
Regulations
Landfill Layout and Siting
Landfill Design and Construction
Landfill Equipment
Landfill Operations
Leachate and Landfill Gas Management
Groundwater Monitoring
Landfill Economics
Safety Issues and Planning
Landfill Administration
Closure Issues
Inspections

Buying Options :

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@Home Self-Study Courses

Collection Operations Basics @Home Training

This introductory course to the basics of collecting municipal solid waste and integrated solid waste management, serves as a first exposure to people new to the industry and as a refresher for experienced operators and managers.

Member Price: $225.00

Non-Member Price: $325.00