Tap Talk hits 50 episodes! For this landmark episode, we welcome Matt Jones to the show. Matt is the manager of the Continuing Education Credit Program for the Water Environment Federation (WEF). Steve and Jennifer discuss with him the complexities of certifying and delivering continuing education credits to operators and engineers in all 50 states, particularly for large in-person events like WEFTEC and other WEF conferences.
Topics Discussed
- Meet Matt Jones
- Matt’s Water Hero: Jeanette Brown
- About WEF’s Continuing Education Program for water and wastewater operators
- The process of getting CEU approval for WEFTEC
- The benefits of offering CEUs for WEF’s conferences and webinars
- The difficulties of providing CEUs on a national scale
- The evolution of the CEU process over the last 15 years
- How could we create a better system of CEU approval?
- WEF’s library of recorded webinars
- Follow the Water Environment Federation
“Our job is to help the men and women on the frontlines of public health to do their jobs effectively, to make their lives easier.”
Matt Jones
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About the Guest
Matt Jones has a background in computer sciences with a focus on network administration. He has been with the Water Environment Federation for 21 years in various capacities. He began working as a contractor through EPA grants and helped to deliver VSAT training on a national level, where he was exposed to continuing education credit approval needs at the state level. At the commencement of these grants, Matt began managing the Continuing Education Credit Program for the Water Environment Federation for all in-person and online training. In that time, he has modernized WEF’s program to all-electronic systems for tracking, distribution, and maintenance; implementing online credit platforms as well as long-term continuing education credit archiving.