Agenda For Whitlow Enterprises 2 day Smoke Schools

Whitlow Smoke School Nation

One Day Smoke School Agenda

When you register please inform us when you prefer to attend, morning or afternoon. This is critical because most people pass the test during the morning session. If everyone passes before 1 PM, our crew may pack up and go take a nap.

Each day of school will have 2 testing sessions a day-morning and afternoon. We will have one classroom for each day of training and the classroom will start at noon. If you need the classroom, it is best that you attend the morning session. Some people have expressed concerns about new employees taking the classroom after the field training. We start off with the field-training early in the morning because you must have the sun to your back for best field conditions to read opacity. This makes it easier to pass the test the first time. We have a mini classroom type lecture before each day of field training. During this mini lecture we carefully explain everything you need to know about reading opacity and how to take the EPA Method 9 certification test. We show the smoke school standards of 25%, 50%, and 75% several times while we are teaching. Then we conduct several practice plumes and watch you read opacity to demonstrate that you know how to use what you have learned during the mini lecture. If we are certain that everyone knows what they are doing, then we will start the field testing. If you get confused, please tell us.

The report time for the morning session is 8:00 AM. We will serve lunch at noon. The report time for the afternoon session is 12 noon. When you register please inform us if you plan to attend the morning or afternoon session. Most people pass in the morning and unless we have people registered for the afternoon session, we usually pack up and leave the location by 1PM. It is very important to notify us is you want to come in the afternoon. This will allow larger plants to send more people without disrupting the mission of the plant- making nuts and bolts.

The agenda for each morning and afternoon session will include:

Part One- Orientation: Report to the field-test location

8 AM Sign in
Register
Roll call
Distribution of forms
Advance Credit card payments- please call the office Contact us
8:30 AM Pre-classroom briefing- Download pre-classroom briefing and study to save time-this would be a good time to ask questions. This briefing includes how to take the certification test and how to read the opacity of smoke or dust in the field. You can also purchase the smoke school practice DVD video.
Review of smoke school standards 25%, 50%, 75% Download images of smoke school standards for practice at home.
Practice plumes
Practice makes perfect- Click the links below to view some practice plums to use at your office. Remember to always read opacity at the densest part of the plume. In this case right at the elbow.

Practice smoke school movie video 1- What is the opacity?
Practice smoke school movie video 2- What is the opacity?
Practice smoke school movie video 3- What is the opacity?
Practice smoke school movie video 4- - What is the opacity?

Part 2 Testing and certification:

9 AM: After everyone is present and demonstrates the ability to understand the fundamentals and demonstrate the ability to read opacity and pass the test.

Take the certification test

11 AM: Grade papers: We shall grade papers on site. We will inform you when you passed and you are free to leave. We will stay at each location until everyone passes. Most people pass on the first run, or at least before noon. If you are one of the few who are having a bad hair day, please prepare to stay until 5 PM just in case it happens.

Award prizes

Noon: Everyone should stay for our wonderful mouth watering lunches.

Part 3 Classroom: We will leave the field-test location together to report to the classroom.

The classroom will be after we finish the field-test and eat lunch. If you are taking the field-test in the afternoon, then you should attend the classroom first and then we will do the afternoon field-test. The classroom should last about 1 and 1/2 hours.

EPA recommends the classroom for all new attendees and every 3 years thereafter. A few states require the classroom every 3 years. Check with the environmental department in your state for classroom requirements. If you prefer to take the classroom in the comfort of your own office or your house, consider the classroom video. Smoke school classroom DVD

Note at 1 PM we will shut down smoke school testing if everyone has passed. Please Contact us if you plan to report to smoke school for the afternoon session. You can also include this information on your Registration form. Please Contact us if you do not plan to come to smoke school on the date scheduled. Remember that we have several smoke schools on our Schedule in your area. You can transfer locations and dates at no extra charge.

Precautions: The above agenda is for when everything goes as planned. The smoke machine is a highly technical device made from the same components that you have at your plant. These components were not designed for going 70 miles per hour down Americas finest pot holes. Things vibrate and break. We do extensive routine maintenance, calibrations. and quality control. Nevertheless we see the machine working fine one day and then the very next day something breaks. We do keep spare parts, plenty of tools, and a trouble shooter on each crew, but sometimes repairs take more time than any of us like to admit. If you see that we are taking a while to fix something, then relax, go sit in your car and listen to music. We will call you when we are ready. If you are an expert in repairs of this nature, and a lot of you are, you do have my permission to jump in and contribute. This will help to get the show on the road so you can get off and go fishing.

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