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Operations Challenge
Caesar's Atlantic City
2100 Pacific Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
609-248-3411
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NJWEA Conference
Bally's Atlantic City
Park Place & Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
609-340-2000
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Purpose |
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To recognize excellence and
professionalism in wastewater treatment, operations,
maintenance, laboratory, safety and collection systems
personnel. |
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Nature of the Competition
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All teams will compete in all events.
Each event will be judged and scored separately against
established criteria. The scores of all events
will be totaled to determine the champion team.
Five separate competitive events will
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Pump Maintenance:
The pump and mixer shall be in adjacent
simulated slide rail mounted installations; the
O&M teams shall safely remove them from service,
performance and document the required service to
repair the units, and then place them back into
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Collection System:
Teams will be required to cut out a section of
an 8" PVC sewer pipe with water flowing through
it, drill and install a 4" service saddle into
the replacement pipe, cut and install the
replacement section with couplings and program a
Hach Sigma 900 Max Sampler. |
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Safety:
Teams will be required to rescue a downed
co-worker from a simulated manhole.
Team members will set up a retrieval
system, fill out the required confined space
entry permit, place retrieval harness on the
downed co-worker and remove him from the
manhole.
As you begin setting up the rescue effort
another co-worker has a heart attack and must be
revived using an AED. |
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Process Control:
The process control event consists of answering
a number of multiple choice questions, some
short math questions with multiple choice
answers, and up to five operational type
scenarios that have four to six questions each
that may require considerable calculation. |
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Laboratory: Perform
all steps of an E. coli membrane filtration
analysis using Hach products following all
method requirements and aseptic techniques as
outlined in the Hach m-ColiBlue24 method and
Standard Methods 9222B, 18th Ed. |
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Awards |
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The following awards
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DIVISION I |
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Overall
- Trophy for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place
Each Event
- Trophy for event winner and plaques for 2nd and 3rd
Place
Each Team Member
- Certificate and 2010 Spring Fling T-Shirt |
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DIVISION II |
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Overall
- Trophy for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place
Each Event
- Trophy for event winner and plaques for 2nd and 3rd
Place
Each Team Member
- Certificate and 2010 Spring Fling T-Shirt
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Eligibility |
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A maximum of 20 teams will be
accepted for the 2010 Competition. |
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Entries will be accepted on a first
come first served basis until the maximum is reached. |
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Teams must be composed of no less
than four members. |
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Teams must be composed of the same
four individuals for all five events. |
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Members of a team may
come from the same employer or from multiple employers. |
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Individual team
members must meet the qualifications described below. |
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Qualifications |
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Individual team members will be
persons actively employed by a responsible operating
wastewater entity or its agent, on a facility site on a
day-to-day basis. Furthermore, they must be
actively employed in the operation and maintenance of
the collection, treatment or laboratory facilities.
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The intent is that team members will
be those actually involved in wastewater operations,
laboratories, pretreatment, or maintenance functions.
Individual entrants will be checked for compliance with
this intent. |
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Judging |
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Each event will be scored by the time
required to perform the event, plus time for penalties
for procedural and safety violations. This will be
the final time and will be reported to the official
scorekeeper. |
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Judges will be trained volunteers for
the NJWEA Membership, WEF Membership, CMCMUA and
sponsors. Judge cannot compete or assist teams. |
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Teams will complete concurrently in
each event. There will be two or more judges per
team per event, with a separate head judge for each
event. |
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The individual event
coordinator will decide whether teams will be informed
of infractions. If the event coordinator goes over the
penalties then it will be with the team captain only.
The event coordinator also will decide whether the teams
will be told their overall penalty time. All final
times will be posted on the final scoring sheets that
will be given out at the awards ceremony. |
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Disagreements with the
judges ruling will be handled as follows:
The team captain will speak with the event coordinator
first. The event coordinator will then speak with
the judge. At that point, the event coordinator,
team captain, and judge will discuss the disagreement.
The remaining team members will leave the event area.
If the disagreement is not resolved with the event
coordinator, the team may submit a written protest to
the Spring Fling Coordinator, who will refer it to a
protest team. Attempts will be made to settle the
protest as soon as practical. Protests will not be
accepted more than 15 minutes after the event being
protested is completed. |
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Courtesy and professionalism
should be extended to all parties involved throughout
this process. Failure to render courtesy to judges
and event staff can result in penalty of time being
assessed to the offending team or disqualification. |
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Equipment and Supplies
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NJWEA and the
Cape Shore Workers will supply all equipment
required for the competition except the hole-saw
needed for the Collections Event and small
calculators, tape measures, and personal items
such as safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses,
and hard hats. The contestants must supply
these items. |
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Note:
Each team is asked to bring the hole-saw needed for the
Collections Event!
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Competition Timing |
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Each team will be
allowed 20 minutes for each event from the time that
team is scheduled to start that event. This
includes a maximum of 5 minutes, prior to the
competition of the event, for the team to make
preparations for that event. |
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If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Spring
Fling Coordinator
Michelle Geisinger
geisingerm@cmcmua.com
(609) 398-8992 phone
(609) 398-0429 fax
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