Day One-Morning Session

Certified Ozone Technician Seminar

Outline

  
Day One - Morning Session
 
8:00 A

Get Acquainted - Introduction - Sign In
   
8:45 A Discuss the eight Marhoc ozone systems, and why some of the applications covered in the course may be difficult using other equipment. Suggestions given for using other types of ozone generators.
9:15 A

A brief history of ozone from its discovery to today's many uses.
10:00 A Break - 15 minutes
10:15 A The necessity for national standards for the use of ozone in restoration work.
Standardization of specifications in marketing- mathematical equations for comparing O³ equipment.
Standardization of testing methods used within the industry at the manufacturing level.
National O³ Standards Code Book
The next step
11:15 A Methods of generating ozone - natural and artificial
Electrical discharge method - increasing electrical energy
"Good" and "Bad" ozone - What that really means
Nitrogen By-products - Toxicity of ozone
The importance of drying the ambient air
Shattering the hydrogen peroxide myth - How this has been perpetuated
12:00 P Lunch
Day One - Afternoon Session
 
1:00 P Review
Complete and incomplete combustion
"Greater to Lesser" law of ozone
Protein fires
2:15 P Break - 15 minutes
2:30 P Inhabited and uninhabited areas
World Health Organization standards for ozone exposure
Figuring run times
3:45 P Review - Q & A period
4:15 P First Test
4:30 P Grade tests - Discussion
5:00 P End Session
Day Two - Morning Session
 
8:00 A Review
8:45 A Controlling Microbial Growth
Cell Lysing
Anthrax and other terrorist related microorganisms
Penn State Report
10:00 A Break - 15 minutes
10:15 A Food preservation
Mold and Ozone - Kill times for some common molds
Combining ozone with traditional techniques
Mold growth in air duct systems
Pelley Report - Cooke House
Preventing mold growth - Making promises
12:00 P Lunch
Day Two - Afternoon Session
1:00 P Review and Discussion
1:45 P Second Test
2:15 P Safety in the workplace
WHO standards - EPA - OSHA
Using ozone in inhabited areas
Avoiding litigation
Safety precautions for ozone chambers
3:30 P Special Situations
Cleaning leather
Smoke and odors trapped in hard-to-reach places
Black water
Trauma scenes
4:00 P Review
4:15 P Final Test
4:30 P Discussion/Awarding certificates/Class Photos
 
5:00 P Class over - Free to stay for further discussion
NOTICE: C.O.T. seminar 2003 will condense classroom discussion into 1½ days ~ afternoon of day two will be spent in "practice house" for actual remediation.