Annually, the Public Health Sanitation Division conducts an
Eight-Week Sanitarian Training Class for
new sanitarians employed in West
Virginia. The course meets the requirements of the Board of Registration
for Sanitarians in providing 300 hours of environmental health training.
The topics for the course are geared to enabling a newly hired Sanitarian to be
able to do their daily job. Plans are underway for the
upcoming
course.
2013
Sanitarian Training Class Information
Other training is also available to Sanitarians from
In-Service Training
meetings which are coordinated by the District Sanitarians;
workshops, teleconferences and seminars on a quarterly basis.
Training capabilities have been enhanced in order to help
provide the over 180 registered sanitarians with the continuing education hours
required by the state
State
Board of Sanitarians .
The Bureau for Public Health also encourages the use of
West Virginia Train, a
training portal.
NEHA RS Exam Study Materials available.
Contact the district sanitarian to obtain the materials.
Click here for more
information
IN-STATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
Click here for a Listing of District In--Service Meeting Dates and Locations
May 21, 2013 - Division of Infectious Disease and
Epidemiology - Outbreak Training: Part of the 2013 WV Public Health &
Medical Preparedness Conference. Location: Holiday Inn & Suites, South
Charleston WV.
Click here for more information.
Click here to register.
May 21-23, 2013 - 2013 WV Public Health & Medical
Preparedness Conference. Location: Holiday Inn & Suites, South
Charleston, WV.
Click here for more information.
Click here to register.
Click here for conference invitation.
Click here
for conference schedule.
June 28, 2013 - Northern Panhandle Public Health
Conference 2013. Sponsored by: Wheeling- Ohio County Health Department.
Location Oglebay Resort, Wheeling WV.
Click here for conference announcement.
Click here to register
September 18-20, 2013 - 89th Annual West
Virginia Public Health Conference - Location: Snowshoe Mountain
Resort, Snowshoe, WV.
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for more information
WVDHHR-BPH Center for Threat Preparedness:
Click here for New Training Opportunities
WVDHHR-BPH-OEPS-
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology:
Click here for Training Opportunities
WV Environmental Training
Center - Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, WV
ONLINE COURSES:
DISTANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:
OUT OF STATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
July 24-26, 2013 - Interstate Environmental
Health Seminar - Hosted by Maryland Environmental Health -
Click here for the
agenda, hotel and registration information.
CLASS I AND CLASS II ON-SITE SEWAGE
INSTALLER TRAINING
The Division also holds annual training and certification testing for Individual
Sewage System Installers.
Approximately fifteen-hundred (1,500) Class I and Class II
Sewage System Installers have been trained and maintain their certification in
West Virginia. Certification
is valid for five years, click here for information about
certification renewal.
The training course is a two day joint
Class I & II session. After the first two days, those installers wishing
to obtain their Class I license will be able to take the appropriate exam.
The next two days will focus on information necessary for the
Class II installers exam with extensive hands-on training at the
National On-Site
Demonstration Center in Morgantown and future courses
will be also held at the WV Environmental
Training Center-Cedar Lakes, Ripley, WV
Information on the next scheduled course is found
here.