CERCLA Education Center Overview

The CERCLA Education Center (CEC) offers U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on-scene coordinators (OSC), remedial project managers (RPM), site assessment managers (SAM), and other environmental professionals training courses on the many aspects of Superfund and the latest environmental technologies. The courses provide not only basic definitions and procedures, but detailed presentations on EPA's role with other federal agencies as well.

The CEC is an important part of EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) continuing mission to coordinate and improve workforce development programs through training. The program is designed so that participants can easily schedule the training that most applies to their job performance. OSCs, RPMs, and SAMs can take basic Superfund training and more advanced technical training.

There is no tuition for CEC courses and, upon completing the course, each participant receives a certificate.

Participants also receive reference materials that they can use later on the job.

The CERCLA Education Center has offered the following courses:

Advanced Design Application and Data Analysis for Field XRF Instrumentation in Soil Matrices

Advanced Presentation Skills Workshop

Advanced Triad Training for Practitioners

Best Practices for Efficient Soil Sampling Designs

Electroplating Processes and Cleanups

Enforcement Process Overview

Federal Facilities Remediation Seminar

Fundamentals of Superfund On-line Course

Hazard Ranking System

OSC 201

OSC Counter Terrorism Training

OSC Warrant Officer Training

Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection Training

Purchase Card Training

Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA)

Remedial Process

Removal Process

Removal Process for RPMs

Risk and Crisis Communication

Streamlined Investigations and Cleanup Using the Triad Approach

Superfund 101

Superfund Relocation

Temporary Relocation

Triad Training for Managers

Waste Treatment, Transportation, and Disposal