Training Specialist:
Years of Experience
- Water/Wastewater: 20 years
Certification Licenses/Tickets
- Water Distribution & Supply: Level 4
- Water Treatment: Level 4
- Wastewater Collection: Level 4
- Wastewater Treatment: Level 4
Post Secondary Degrees/Diplomas:
- Eng Mgt Yr: 1994 McMaster University
- Eng Yr: 2000 at University of Toronto (Chemical: Env)
- Eng
Instructor Attributes/ Strengths: clear, straightforward, keep it simple (with a sense of humour).
Matt joins our team having already acquired about 5 years of ācoachingā skills by serving as a Consulting Engineer in the operations division and about another 10 years from his time as a municipal water/wastewater manager.Ā When you truly enjoy the rewards of teaching, you want to do more! Ā Ā Like most of our instructors, Matt has that extra drive to pass on his experience and knowledge to the upcoming operators.Ā Ā Ā Ā He is a believer in keeping it simple and explaining things in a down to earth way.Ā He is not a script reader and wants to be innovating and engaging with his students.
In the water distribution side, Mattās strengths would be: Hydraulics/modelling, water quality (especially secondary disinfection and control valves/pressure zones while in Water Treatment they would be Disinfection, Pump theory, Coagulation/Filtration.Ā In addition to his Water experience, in addition to his general comprehension, Mattās specialities in Wastewater Collection would be: inflow/infiltration, inspection/rehab, Hydraulics/Modeling whereas in Wastewater treatment, they would be clarification, biosolids management, secondary theory/process.