Training Courses & Seminars
Courses and Seminars
ETC Founder, Kelly Galloway, P.Eng. is a leading trainer for the septic industry in the Maritime provinces. Ms. Galloway has created and delivered training courses on soils and septic system design to public health inspectors, regulators, septic installers, service providers, engineers and designers.
ETC has been teaching the Site Assessor’s Course in PEI for over seven years. Kelly has also delivered courses on Soil and Site Assessments and Contour Disposal Systems for the NB Dept. of Justice and Public Safety.
Are you Interested in becoming a PEI Licensed Site Assessor or brushing up on your soils and site evaluation skills? ETC offers government approved training courses in soil and site assessments! If you would like to attend the next course, please complete our short online survey at the following link:
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NOTE: course content and fees are subject to change at any time.
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Site Assessor Courses for Septic System Site Evaluators
This course is offered periodically, contingent on sufficient interest and demand. It teaches participants how to conduct site evaluations (site assessments) to classify sites and subsurface conditions using the “soil morphology” approach.
The course covers several aspects of conducting site assessments according to modern best practices in Canada. You will learn proper test-pit techniques as well as the “texture-by-feel” method of soil classification according to the Canadian System of Soil Classification (USDA).
It includes practical skills such as identifying seasonal high groundwater tables and bedrock and conducting in-situ permeability tests with a constant head permeameter. The course will also cover how to use Soil Survey maps before visiting a site to identify potential soil, bedrock, drainage or water table issues.
This is a PEI government approved course of study for applicants who would like to become licensed as a Site Assessor on PEI. Course attendees will also learn how to categorize sites and soil conditions according to the PEI Planning Act and Onsite Sewage Disposal Regulations. Applicants who pass the exam and achieve an overall course mark of 75% or higher, will qualify for a PEI Site Assessor’s License, assuming all other PEI government requirements are met.
Latest Course Announcements
Assignment Update
The Site Assessment assignment will just be for two of the sites that we visited. Each site assessment report will be worth 15% of your overall mark or 30% total for the assignment. Please pass in (or email) a complete site assessment package for each of the following sites: 1)
Extra Help Day and Exam Preparation
Extra Help Day- Tuesday, June 3 Kelly will be at the Rodd Royalty Hotel (Crowbush Room downstairs, same room as before) from 9am to 4pm apart with a lunch break from 12 noon to 1pm. Come and work on your site assessment assignment, get extra help, and get things clarified
Permeability Test Results- Lower Montague
Permeability Test Results- Lower Montague Site We have compiled the permeability test results from the Lower Montague Site. For your assignment, you can include all of the permeability test results, even if you did not do the testing. At Lower Montague, most groups found that their shallow permeability tests passed,