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The Pa. State Association of Township Supervisors adds dates
and locations as courses fill. New course announcements are
on the www.seotraining.org
website, under Available Training. View
seating availability.
Who Should Attend
Anyone interested in becoming an SEO for a local agency must
attend a DEP-sponsored precertification academy. The academy
will provide the information and resources a candidate would
need to take the SEO certification exam and begin work as
a certified local agency SEO.
The academy would also benefit anyone who works with onlot
sewage systems or the operation and management of these systems.
The course focuses on Act 537 and the Pa. Code Title 25, Chapters
71, 72, and 73, dealing with onlot sewage systems.
Instructors
Experienced SEOs and soil scientists.
Fee
Orientation Course
The registration fee for the Orientation course is $100 per
person for both local agency-sponsored candidates and nonsponsored
candidates. This fee covers tuition, all course materials
(hard copies of the workbook, SEO Field Manual, Act 537, the
regulations, three videos, and a CD with all the course materials
that are available on the Internet), and access to quizzes
and the test. This is a nonrefundable fee.
To receive the Orientation course materials, you must submit
the registration form and payment of the fee to PSATS. The
registration fee may be paid by check or credit card. Please
call Kathy Kronicz at (717) 763-0930 to make a credit card
payment. There is no classroom time associated with this course.
The course is completed at your own pace with the provided
materials, but it must be completed prior to attending the
Academy course.
Academy Course
The registration fee for the Academy course is $300 per person
for local agency-sponsored candidates and $800 per person
for nonsponsored candidates. This fee covers tuition, all
course materials, and lunch each day. You must make your own
hotel reservations.
To qualify as a local agency-sponsored candidate, you must
submit, with your registration form, a letter from a local
agency, printed on official letterhead, stating your employment
or consideration of employment as a primary or secondary SEO
for that local agency after becoming a certified SEO. A local
agency is defined as a municipality, a county, a county department
of health, or a joint county department of health. If you
have questions about local agency-sponsored status, please
call Kathy Kronicz at PSATS at (717) 763-0930 or e-mail seo@psats.org.
Registration Information
Preregistration is required. Each Academy course seats 22
to 25 attendees, and priority registration is given to individuals
sponsored by a local agency. The first 10 seats in an academy
are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The remaining
seats will be held until 60 days prior to each academy for
registrants who are sponsored by a local agency. Sixty days
prior to the academy, all remaining seats will become available
on a first-come, first-served basis again.
Interested parties are asked to register early, as class
size is limited. Click here
to view academy seating availability.
To register for the Orientation course and/or to reserve
a seat in an Academy course, you must return a completed registration
form, along with your payment, to PSATS. The fee may be paid
by check or credit card. Please call Kathy Kronicz at (717)
763-0930 to make a credit card payment.
Please note: You must complete the Orientation course
prior to attending the Academy course.
Confirmation
Within 15 days of receipt of the registration form and payment,
PSATS will mail a confirmation postcard. If the academy is
filled, a PSATS representative will notify you immediately.
A letter of confirmation with details about the course, site
and lodging information, and directions will be mailed 40
days before the course begins.
How to Register
To register for the Orientation and/or Academy courses, print
out the academy registration form and mail or fax it to the
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS).
Please be sure to indicate which courses you wish to attend.
Mail registration form and payment to PSATS at the following
address:
The Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
4855 Woodland Drive
Enola, PA 17025
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Fax registration form to (717) 763-9732.
To hold a seat in the academy, you must send in payment with
your registration form. The registration fee may be paid by
check (made payable to “PSATS”) or by credit card.
Please call Kathy Kronicz at (717) 763-0930 to make a credit
card payment.
Cancellations
You must call PSATS at (717) 763-0930 to cancel your registration
for the Academy course. If you cancel your registration more
than 60 days before the academy is scheduled to begin, you
will be reimbursed the full registration fee. However, cancellations
that occur less than 60 days before the start of the scheduled
academy will forfeit $300 of the registration fee. Please
note that substitutions will be accepted.
The registration fee for the Orientation course is nonrefundable.
Accessibility & Other Needs
Training is held at ADA-accessible locations. The Pennsylvania
State Association of Township Supervisors will make every
effort to accommodate participants with special needs, if
they are noted on the academy
registration form.
Academy Course Rules and Procedures
- Successful completion of the academy means that the SEO
candidate attends the entire academy. Complete attendance
includes prompt arrival each day and adherence to breaks
and departure times. Exceptions must be discussed in advance
with the facilitator and will only be allowed for emergencies.
Each exception will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
- All registrants must bring a photo ID to the academy.
- Cell phones or other communication devices must be silenced
during class. Five- to 10-minute breaks will be offered
regularly throughout the day. Phone calls and e-mails should
be restricted to the break periods. Attendees will not be
permitted to talk or text on communication devices during
class and will be asked to leave if they do so.
- To take the written certification
examination, the SEO candidate must have successfully
completed the SEO academy.
- The written portion of the certification examination is
typically offered the Friday after the academy. To take
this examination, a candidate must send an application to
the certification board 30 days prior to the examination.
- A candidate is not required to take the certification
examination scheduled for immediately after the academy.
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