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OTCO COVID-19 Updates as of July 28, 2020 @ 12:54pm

7/28/20 UPDATE

​The OTCO Office is still working remotely.

Our office hours are still 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday - Friday. Your emails are forwarded to the office staff. 

  • OTCO Backflow Refresher Certification are due 12/31/20 are extended until 6/30/21. 
  • All Workshops, seminars, and other "classroom" events will be offered as a live webinar until January 1, 2021. 
  • Our revised Distance Learning Courses (correspondence and internet based) courses will be available soon.

Thank you for your continued support. Stay Safe.

-Curtis L. Truss

OTCO's Public Notice Emailed March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020 
Governor Mike DeWine’s updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) directly impacts many of you in the water & wastewater profession. Some facilities where classes are being held are restricting the entrance of non-essential personnel on the premises.
 

Effective ‪Monday, March 16, 2020, OTCO classroom courses, workshops, and backflow trainings have been suspended ‪until Monday, April 6, 2020.  
 

Trainings that were scheduled between March 16th thru April 6th will be rescheduled or alternative on-line training will be offered.

We will provide updates and information on the OTCO website ‪starting Monday, March 16, 2020, as decisions and announcements are made.
 

OTCO staff will be available at:
Telephone: (614) 268-6826
Email: otco@otco.org

Meanwhile, please take care of yourselves and your families. 

Respectfully,
 

Curtis L. Truss Jr., OTCO Executive Director
curtis@otco.org
OEPA Professional Certified Class III Operator: Water & Wastewater
(614) 268-6826 Office 
(614) 268-3244 (Fax)
(937) 215-6554 (Cell)

DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES

WORKSHOPS & REGIONAL TRAININGS

WORKSHOPS & REGIONAL TRAININGS

UPDATE AS OF 3/31/2020
OAC 3745-8-15
(E) Contact hour course approval.
(a) Web-based course, which shall be interactive and not static or pre-recorded:
  (i) Results of an interactive test given during the course for comprehension.
  (ii) A report of how long a student had the course as their main screen. A   student is considered in attendance for the course if the report indicates ninety per cent of the time was spent with the course as the main screen. 
  (iii)  Completion certificate that includes the course date, course name, name of training provider, signature of person verifying attendance and name of operator. 

New & Revised Distant Learning Courses Coming Soon
(includes internet and webinar based at $15/contact hour. Price subject to change without notice)

WORKSHOPS & REGIONAL TRAININGS

WORKSHOPS & REGIONAL TRAININGS

WORKSHOPS & REGIONAL TRAININGS

All Workshops and Regional Trainings are now offered as webinars

CLICK HERE to see the webinars we are offering.


Thank you for your patience and understanding in advance and remember... We are all in this together.

Curtis L. Truss Jr. OTCO Executive Director
curtis@otco.org


BACKFLOW PREVENTION

WORKSHOPS & REGIONAL TRAININGS

BACKFLOW PREVENTION

UPDATES AS OF 7/28/2020
Backflow Prevention Trainings will be virtual until after January 1, 2021.

CLICK HERE to sign up for the latest Backflow Prevention Webinar

All OTCO Backflow Certifications that expire 12/31/20 will be extended to 6/30/2021. In order to receive this extension, you will be required to complete a 8 hour course.

CLICK HERE for the guidelines to file an extension.

CLICK HERE to file for an extension due to the

COVID-19 Pandemic
"A virtual classroom is an on-line learning environment that allows for live interaction between the tutor and the learners."

Click here for the Ohio EPA Backflow Update Due to COVID-19

Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc.

3972 Indianola Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43214, United States

(614) 268-6826

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