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The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ), Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Safe Drinking Water Program is hosting a Water Operator Certification Exam Preparation class focusing on Water Operator Math. The class will cover math basics through specific math problems typically found on the Grade 1, 2, and 3 exams. This class will take place during the first two weeks of December 2025, for about three hours a day (8:30 – 11:30 am or 12:00 pm) for nine days, for a total of 30 hours of instruction. This class is FREE. The class will be a hybrid (in person live attendance for participants on Saipan, and virtual on-line attendance for participants off-island, or those on Saipan not able to attend in person) style class. Live attendance will be limited to 16 participants due to space available at the venue. Virtual participation is not limited. The class is open to anyone working in the drinking water industry (public or private) or anyone wishing to become certified as a water treatment plant operator. Participants will earn up to 30 hours (depending on their attendance) of continuing education towards maintaining their existing certifications.
Class details:
Date: Monday December 1 – Friday December 5, 2025 and
Tuesday December 9 – Friday December 12, 2025
(Monday December 8, 2025 is a CNMI holiday - no class)
Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am (Mon Dec 1 - Wed Dec 3)
8:30 am - 12:00 pm (Thu Dec 4 - Fri Dec 5, Tues Dec 9 - Fri Dec 12)
[3 hours a day x 3 days = 9 hours; 3.5 hours a day x 6 days = 21 hours; = 30 total hours]
Location: BECQ / DEQ Conference Room
Gualo Rai Center, 2rd Floor
Chalan Pale Arnold (Middle Road)
Saipan, MP
Cost: FREE
Instructors: Derek Chambers (Lau Lau Consulting) & Gary Byrd (TCB Services)
Materials: Formula sheets and notebooks will be provided to those that attend in person.
Date: Monday December 1 – Friday December 5, 2025 and
Tuesday December 9 – Friday December 12, 2025
(Monday December 8, 2025 is a CNMI holiday - no class)
Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am (Mon Dec 1 - Wed Dec 3)
8:30 am - 12:00 pm (Thu Dec 4 - Fri Dec 5, Tues Dec 9 - Fri Dec 12)
[3 hours a day x 3 days = 9 hours; 3.5 hours a day x 6 days = 21 hours; = 30 total hours]
Location: BECQ / DEQ Conference Room
Gualo Rai Center, 2rd Floor
Chalan Pale Arnold (Middle Road)
Saipan, MP
Cost: FREE
Instructors: Derek Chambers (Lau Lau Consulting) & Gary Byrd (TCB Services)
Materials: Formula sheets and notebooks will be provided to those that attend in person.
To register for this class, please complete the form below and click the submit button. The final list of attendees will be announced around November 20, 2025. The BECQ DEQ Safe Drinking Water Program will contact each person to confirm their commitment to attend to class.
Names of those that have registered (updated once a day - may be a few days late):
LIVE IN-PERSON:
to download copies of your certificates of attendance visit the Mariana Islands Water Operator Association website at:
www.marianasoperators.org/m-f-dec-1-12-2025.html
LIVE IN-PERSON:
- Jose Itibus
- Joaquin Acfalle
- Antonino Rivera
- Hironobu Eda
- Jarlestin Kukkun
- Marlon Banaag
- Geoffrey Cabrera
- Marlon Alcantara
- Nathan Perez
- Leonard Rugante
- Victor Mendiola, Jr.
- Devin Madranchar
- Peter Mendiola
- Anthony Barcinas
to download copies of your certificates of attendance visit the Mariana Islands Water Operator Association website at:
www.marianasoperators.org/m-f-dec-1-12-2025.html
last updated on 11/07/2025