Earn your PDH hours with the following courses sponsored by Wilkes University:

 

Getting the Waters Tested – The Marcellus Shale Factor – Industry Perspective
March 9, 2012   9 AM-Noon

Background Groundwater Quality and Baseline Testing in Northeastern PA – A Different Approach

This event will present a summary of the available information from the Wilkes University Citizen Database and make specific recommendations related to baseline water quality testing and how the Marcellus Shale is a Factor in making changes with how we manage our water resources. This workshop is an informational and training session for professionals.
This course will cover:
1. Baseline Groundwater Quality in Pennsylvania
2. Issues Related to Private Wells
3. Background Levels of Methane Gas and elevated levels of bacteria, iron, manganese, arsenic, lead, phthalates, bromide, strontium, barium, and contamination associated with saline water.
4. Conceptual pathways for natural methane gas migration and saline water migration.
and much more.
5. How to Educate and Inform the Public.
6. The Need to Use Baseline Data to Make Decisions about a Project, Project Risk, and Vulnerability Analysis.
7. Working as a Community.
Instructor: The course is taught by Mr. Brian Oram, Professional Geologist and Soil Scientist with B.F. Environmental Consultants.
Cost: $85
PDH Hours: 3
This course will be held at The Woodlands Inn & Resort
Registration Deadline: March 6, 2012

 

March 27, 2012  9 AM-Noon

Participants in this 3-hour overview of lean
manufacturing will learn simple but rigorous techniques for identifying all forms of waste in a supply chain. The overview introduces four simple but comprehensive lean key performance
indicators along with a proactive improvement cycle with which to achieve this. The content
supports the ISO 14001 environmental
management standard and the new ISO 50001 energy management standard.
The course will cover:
1. Why Lean Manufacturing?
2. Friction, Waste, or Muda
3. Lean Key Performance Indicators/ Critical to Lean Characteristics
4. IMAIS: Isolate, Measure, Assess, Improve, Standardize
5. Organizational Behavior Considerations
(“Losing the Luddites”)
6. Applications
Instructor: William A. Levinson, P.E., FASQ, is the principal of Levinson Productivity Systems, P.C (www.ct-yankee.com). He is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and Six Sigma Black Belt, SME Certified Manufacturing Engineer, and APICS CFPIM. He is also the author of several books on quality, productivity, and management including Henry Ford’s Lean Vision: Enduring Waste- Principles from the First Ford Motor Plant (2002, Productivity Press, http://www.ppress.com).
Cost: $85
PDH Hours: 3
This course will be held at The Woodlands Inn & Resort
Registration Deadline: March 23, 2012

 

 

 

 

Certificates of Completion
 

A certificate of completion will be given to participants at the conclusion of the course listing the total hours (PDHs) completed. The baccalaureate programs in Electrical, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Wilkes University is a provider of continuing education in Pennsylvania through the State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. These hours may count towards the continuing education requirements for license renewal for professional engineers in Pennsylvania. Please refer to Act 25 for more information.

Courses in our Sustainability program can also be taken for PDH hours.  For more information, visit http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/3436.asp