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The PROP Recycling Professional Certification Committee completed a tentative 2009 course schedule. Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for each class are listed after the class description. *Please note that 2009 courses are subject to change.

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Course Schedule | 2009 Program Requirements | Specialized Certificates

2009 Schedule

Online Courses
100 - Introduction to Recycling
0.6
200 - Backyard Composting Basics
0.3
310 - Collection Techniques & Options
0.3
2009 Classroom Courses
Course Number & Name
CEU
Date
Location
220 - Advanced Composting
1.4
Feb. 18th-19th The Penn Stater
352 - Recycling Facility Design
0.3
Mar. 11th Centre County SWA
511 - Business Planning for the Solid
          Waste Professional
0.4
Mar. 11th Centre County SWA
240 - Growing a Backyard Composting
          Program in Your Community
0.5
Mar. 26th-27th Centre County SWA
101 - Practice & Theory
1.4
April 8th-9th Penn State Hazelton
Professional Certification Exam
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April 14th Centre County SWA
356 - Recycling Economics II
0.3
May 6th Cranberry Township
340 - Electronics Recovery
0.4
May 6th Cranberry Township
461 - Understanding Jurisdictions &
          Building Enforcement Partnerships
0.6
May 27th Messiah College
462 - Investigations & Prosecution
          Procedures
0.6
May 28th Messiah College
201 - Composting: The Practical Science
1.4
June 10th-11th Lewisburg
Professional Certification Exam
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July 28th PROP Conference
151 - Analyzing Your Recycling Program
0.3
TBA PROP Conference
411 - Communicating the Benefits of
          Recycling
0.3
TBA PROP Conference
505 - Human Resource Management
0.3
Sept. 9th Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)
510 - Administration & Office
          Management
0.3
Sept. 9th Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)
501 - Management & Leadership Skills
0.4
Sept. 10th Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)
360 - Commodities Marketing
0.6
Sept. 23rd Penn College
520 - Data Management for New
          Coordinators
0.6
Oct. 21st Ramada Inn - State College
601 - Senior Certified Recycling Retreat
0.6
Dec. 5th Penn Stater

2009 Certification Requirements
Professional Certification will require 4.0 CEUs of class work in a maximum of four years, passing of the Certification Examination and enrollment in our program or in the Recycling, Waste Management or Composting business for at least one year. Once certification is attained, 3.0 CEUs will be required every three years following graduation to maintain certification. PROP also offers Specialty Certificates in Processing, Composting, Education, Enforcement, Collection, Management and Recycling Markets. Penn State University Continuing Education policies require that participants be present for at least 80% of each class in order to receive credit. It will be up to each individual to read and study supplemental materials as well as the manual on their own time.

* Associate Memberships do not receive the member rate on
Certification Courses, only Individual Memberships and above.

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