Services: Training

     You are being challenged to learn more, find new solutions and adapt to new waves of change affecting the protection of water resources and the ecosystems they support. Concerns about climate change, sustainability and the health of cold-water ecosystems have caused major shifts in funding, program missions and public works maintenance operations and activities. Staff and workers in industry, business, construction and municipal government are being charged to take on new duties to meet these needs in addition to those that already exist. As a result, there is a tremendous need for training.

I will work with your people to assess your organization’s needs and develop fresh field and classroom training sessions and materials, tailored to your needs. You may require the following:

• facilitated team work sessions
• newsletters
• new reference materials, checklists & manuals
• hands-on & classroom training
• “soft” education posters highlighting employee green accomplishments
• presentations incorporating Powerpoint & photographs
• internal and external public relations ideas and materials

Sample Projects:

Professional Organization Clients: Tailored dozens of feature presentations on erosion and water quality protection for professional groups, including Metro’s Goal 5 Committee, the PNW Chapter of the IECA, the Oregon chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Civil Engineers, Planning Association and others.

Client: Clackamas Co. Water Environment Services & Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon. Developed and presented a series of 8-hour training workshops in pollution prevention and erosion and sediment control for the development industry and municipal construction inspectors.

Client: Clean Water Services of Washington County, Hillsboro, Oregon. Developed a day-long training in spill response, pollution prevention and construction site erosion control for employees of the 22 jurisdictions that implement a regional clean storm water program. Collaborated with program manager to update existing training materials and to develop new materials to meet new regulations.

Client: International Erosion Control Association (IECA), Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Worked with the US Forest Service to develop a manual on BMPs for low-volume roads and present a day-long training for engineers at IECA's annual conference in Orlando.

Client: Multnomah County, Gresham, Oregon. Worked with county staff to evaluate public works maintenance operations; developed recommendations for water resource protection; assembled a team of public and private experts to present a day-long training in erosion control and water quality protection to personnel in public works maintenance and planning.

Client: Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC), Gresham, Oregon. Developed and taught the Watershed Processes course to students in MHCC's Integrated Natural Resources Technology program for nine years. Collaborated with Metro's Goal 5 technical advisory committee to refine field assessment methods for students' use in determining the extent to which streamside vegetation is capable of protecting water quality, floodplain dynamics and aquatic resources.

Client: Bureau of Maintenance, City of Portland, Oregon. Tailored presentations on erosion control, storm water system maintenance, pollution prevention in maintenance yards, and management of universal wastes, paints, solvents, asphalt products and release agents, recyclables, and concrete rinse water and solids.