EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR TRAINEE OC
1. MECHANICAL APTITUDE-These questions
test your ability to identify and understand how basic mechanical instruments
such as motors and gears work.
2. SAFETY PRACTICES-These questions
test your knowledge of basic safety practices.
3. TOOLS AND READING OF SCALES AND
GAUGES-These
questions test your ability to recognize or identify basic tools and their
common uses and to make accurate readings of various types of dials, scales and
gauges.
4. ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY AND GENERAL
SCIENCE-These
questions test your knowledge of basic processes and concepts in chemistry and
general science.
5. UNDERSTNDING AND INTERPRETING
WRITTEN MATERIAL-These
questions test how well you comprehend written material.
6. BASIC
MATHEMATICS-These
questions test your ability to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division to solve basic arithmetic problems that might be
encountered in water and wastewater treatment plant operations. Questions may also involve the use of
fractions, decimals, averages, and percents.
USE OF CALCULATORS IS RECOMMENDED