Training

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

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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. Click here 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

• 2013 Training Course Schedule

• Course Registration Form

        ONLINE COURSES:

• WV Train - check here for training opportunities.  Click here WV Train

• Online courses are available from the FDA - Office of Regulatory Affairs. Click here to access ORA-U.

• Online courses are available from South Central Public Health Partnership - Tulane University. Click here to access.

• Online courses are available from UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness Click here to access.  Click here for listing of CEH's for each course.

DISTANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:

• NEHA Distance Learning and CD-ROM Training opportunities

• South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness broadcasts

• University of Albany, School of Public Health broadcasts

• International Food Protection Training Institute On-line courses

         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.