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Solid Waste Training 
To find out about solid waste training events happening
NOW or in the near future click the calendar icon to the right.
Follow along to read about various solid waste trainings
available.
CCTHITA Solid Waste Workshop,
Gustavus/Skagway 2001
On May 7-9, 2001 the Central Council Tlingit and
Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA) hosted a Solid Waste Management
Workshop in Gustavus and Skagway, AK. Participants were from the
four demonstration tribes and included: Paul Weston from the City
of Yakutat, Rose
Mael from the Native Village of Chefornak and Marvin Raymoth from
the Native Village of Selawik.
The format of the workshop was approximately 15% presentation, and
85% discussion, tour and demonstration of the facilities in Gustavus,
Glacier Bay and Skagway. To check out a "virtual tour" of the workshop,
click on the sun below. Note: this file is 1.2mb and may take awhile
to open.
Specific types of training
  Rural Alaska Landfill Operators (RALO) Course
For RALO training dates coming up, click here
to go to our solid waste calendar.
The following information about RALO training
is from ADEC and Alaska Forum for the Environment.
The RALO training course is for landfill operators
in a village with a Class III landfill or open dump and focuses
on the duties of the landfill operator, personal safety, and
the safety of the village. The RALO courses are held in different
villages throughout the year. 
Participants of the RALO course will learn about landfill regulations
and requirements, household hazardous waste, waste separation and
screening, waste reduction and segregation, recycling, personal
protection equipment, and much more.
Limited funds are available on a reimbursement basis for pre-approved
participants where the following conditions are met:
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Participant has recommendation and approval
from the village, city, or tribal council. |
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Participant has received prior approval for
cost reimbursement from the Alaska Forum on the Environment. |
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Participant agrees to comply with all local
ordinances. |
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Participant must be employed or designated
as a landfill operator in an interior area village. |
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Participant must successfully complete the
training and receive their RALO Certification. |
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Participant completes the registration forms
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There is no charge for the RALO training
for participants that have registered and have been approved
for the qualifications listed above.
The RALO certification training is
conducted with the support of the Solid Waste Association
of North America
(SWANA) Alaska Chapter, Alaska Department of Env. Conservation
(ADEC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Alaska Dept.
of Labor – Denali Training Fund, the Denali Commission,
and the Alaska Forum on the Environment
RALO Course Outline:
Section 1 – The Landfill in Rural Alaska
Section 2- Class III Alaska Landfills
Section 3 – Landfill Types and Techniques
Section 4 – Controlling Access at Rural Landfills
Section 5 – ADEC Class III Landfill Regulations
Section 6 – Landfill Practices – Operations and Maintenance
Section 7 – Landfill Practices – Burning garbage in rural
Alaska
Section 8 – Waste separation, screening reuse and recycling
Section 9 – Class III landfill permits
For further information or to
sign up for RALO training, contact:
Kurt Eilo Alaska Forum on the Environment
Toll Free Message Line: (888) 301 0185
Website: http://akforum.com/index.htm
Manager of Landfill Operations
(MOLO) Course
The following information about MOLO training
is from ADEC and Alaska Forum for the Environment.
The MOLO Course is designed for landfill operators in communities
that have Class I or Class II landfills and are seeking their national Solid
Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Certification. In past MOLO courses,
participants have learned about waste acceptance and screening, leachate
and bioreactor landfills, landfill gas, operational techniques, compliance
inspections closure and long-term care, landfill economics, and state/provincial
regulations.
The MOLO certification training is sponsored with
the support of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
Alaska Chapter, Alaska Department of Env. Conservation (ADEC), Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Alaska Dept. of Labor – Denali Training
Fund, the Denali Commission, and the Alaska Forum on the Environment
and the North Slope Borough.
For further information or
to sign up for RALO training, contact:
Kurt Eilo, Alaska Forum on the Environment
Toll Free Message Line: (888) 301 0185
Website: http://akforum.com/index.htm
 HAZWOPER
training
HAZWOPER training is for people who work with hazardous
wastes.
Click here for information about HAZWOPER
training
Institute
for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Alaska Solid Waste
Training Courses
Check their website (and the SWAN calendar) for dates and locations
of trainings: http://www4.nau.edu/itep/trainings/swak.asp
For further information
or to sign up for training contact:
Jennifer Williams
Phone: 349-2163
Email: jennifer.williams@nau.edu
Yukon Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YITWC)
The YITWC occasionally holds solid waste and community emergency
response trainings throughout the Yukon watershed.
For further information contact: YITWC at 258 3337
NAFWS Water Quality Training
The Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS) offers free
water quality training to Alaska Native Villages. Click
here for more information.
TCC
Solid Waste Training
The Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) holds solid waste trainings once
or more a year. See our calendar
for training dates and information. You can also contact Jerry Sam
at TCC at 1 (800) 478-6822.
Training by Agencies
Department of Environmental Conservation
Sometimes DEC offers solid/hazardous waste training
and may even be able to train on-site. Trainings may also be offered during
big conferences. Contact:
Deric Marcorelle, DEC
Phone: 262-5210 x249
Email: deric_marcorell@dec.state.ak.us
Web: www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/sw/index.htm
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Region 10
Sometimes
EPA offers solid/hazardous waste training. Trainings may also be
offered during big conferences. Contact: 
Joe Sarcone, Rural Sanitation Coordinator
Phone: 271-1316
Email: Sarcone.Joseph@epamail.epa.gov
Web: www.epa.gov/region10/
USEPA American Indian Environmental Office
Tribal Calendar of Events for conferences/workshops/trainings
www.epa.gov/indian/calendar.htm
Other organizations that hold solid waste
trainings/workshops
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Private companies that hold solid
waste trainings/workshops
North Star Industrial
Contractors, LLC
Contact: Bud Bennett
Phone:376-0868
Fax: 376-0869
Most of North Star's training work is within Native Alaska Communities
throughout the state (rural training is their specialty). Their office
is in Wasilla but they travel to any place where needed. They prefer
to train in the home Villages of the people receiving the training
because they go out and see for themselves what the real issues are.
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The vendors are listed on this web site as a directory
to assist people in identifying and locating the resources they need
to apply to their individual, company, or community situations. CCTHITA
neither endorses nor underwrites any of the vendors listed here and is
not in any financial relationship with any vendor listed here. CCTHITA
does not portray this vendor list as a final or complete list. CCTHITA
invites vendors whose products and/or services fit the category of Solid
Waste Management to contact Ray Paddock, Environmental Technician, 1-800-344-1432
x7184, about inclusion on the vendor resource web list.
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