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Description: In a time when all companies and agencies are focusing on efficiency and cost effectiveness, it is important to note that cost savings of 50% or more can be documented resulting from more efficient data management and tools on environmental projects.
This course follows a project through the data management process from planning sampling events, field management, managing lab and field data, selecting data for output, and final data use. Attendees will pay particular attention to the specific problems of managing laboratory data, as well as to issues related to managing various types of water, soil, air, and related data.
Attendees will learn:
- How to determine the best overall approach to data management.
- Economic analysis of data management approaches.
- How to plan a sample event to maximize quality and efficiency.
- How preparation in the office can improve activities in the field.
- How to work with laboratories to get quality data in a format that can easily be managed, while minimizing cost.
- How to maximize the quality during the import and checking process while minimizing time spent.
- Handling environmental data problems like non-detects, other flagged data, multiple dilutions, results by multiple methods, extracted results, and many others.
- Data management issues specific to different types of environmental data, such as different matrices and different analyte types.
- Maintaining quality through data selection and display.
- Types of output formats and related issues - reports, graphs, maps, and exports.
- How improved output can contribute to overall project success.
Intended Audience: This course is intended for people who need to manage environmental quality data for various types of environmental projects. It is also for managers who oversee this type of work, or people who need to make financial and staffing decisions about data management projects. It is appropriate for people working on public and private sector projects such as site investigation, remediation, and monitoring; water supply, wastewater and municipal solid waste projects; and other project types involving laboratory and field data.
Course Materials: Attendees will receive a binder containing workshop proceedings and reference material.
Please review what to bring!
Continuing Education Units: 1.3 CEUs
Reduced tuition is available to employees of Native American tribes, government agencies, and nonprofits; students; and NAEP, NEBC, NWAEP members. You may register online or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at 425-270-3274.
Please wait to receive a course confirmation email, roughly one month prior to the class, before making any travel arrangements.
Intended Audience:
Continuing Education Units: CEUs
Course Topics
The course starts with a discussion of the various types of environmental data that need to be managed, and the tools that can be used to do it, such as spreadsheets, databases, and other software. It then proceeds with the key steps in the environmental data management process, from preparing for a field event; gathering field data; interacting with laboratories; data import, checking, and validation; data selection and reporting; and GIS mapping. It also discusses problem areas and pitfalls in running a data management project, and addresses how to prevent or overcome them.
About the Instructor
 Dr. David W. Rich is the President and co-founder of Geotech Computer Systems, Inc. He has a B.S. in geology from the University Of Notre Dame, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in geology from The University of Illinois. He has over 30 years of experience in the petroleum, mining, and environmental industries, having worked for Texaco (now Chevron), Shell, Sabine Corporation, and Grant Environmental/Scientech in addition to Geotech. He is the author of the book Relational Management and Display of Site Environmental Data, from CRC Press/Lewis Publishers. He is a member of a number of local and national earth science organizations, and trains and speaks extensively on environmental data management and other earth science computing topics.
What to Bring
A personal laptop and pencil or pen, coffee mug and water bottle (to reduce waste). Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for the prevailing weather. Coffee, tea and light snacks will be provided. You will be on your own for lunch.
Billing Information
In order to guarantee a space in a course, the tuition must be paid in full TWO WEEKS before the first day of the course by either check or credit card. State and government agencies paying with a purchase order are allowed payment under the two-week time frame if a copy of the purchase order is received by NWETC.
If You Need to Cancel
Cancellations*-
With 31 or more days notice, we will offer a 100% refund or credit towards a future course. The credit is good for one year and may be applied to any course.
- With 30-8 days notice, we will offer a course credit towards a future course. The credit is good for one year and may be applied to any course.
- With fewer than 8 days notice, there is no course credit available
*Please note that attendee replacement is welcome at any time
Disability Accommodations
Disability Accommodations:To request disability accommodations, please contact us at info@nwetc.org or 425-270-3274 at least 30 days prior to the event.
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