Employee training
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Employee Training
Training employees and municipal staff is required by the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) General Permit. The MS4 General Permit requires staff to be trained commensurate with their job duties. All staff that are involved in implementing aspects of the stormwater pollution prevention program (SWPPP) must be trained on the importance of protecting water quality and any MS4 General Permit requirements that are applicable to them. For all field staff, even part-time or temporary/seasonal employees, this means being trained to recognize and report illicit discharges to the MS4. Other examples of staff who need to be trained include construction site inspectors on how to conduct construction site inspections to evaluate for compliance with your construction site stormwater runoff control regulatory mechanism and site plan reviewers on how to conduct a site plan review to ensure the proposed construction activities suggest using proper sediment, erosion, and waste controls and appropriate post-construction stormwater management best management practices (BMPs).
Resources
Employee training tools
- Parks Maintenance and Stormwater Protection employee training video - Training video on how to perform park maintenance activities, such as lawn mowing, and leaf management, fertilizer use, erosion control, and watering practices, to minimize impacts to stormwater.
- Rain Garden Care employee training video- Training video on how to properly care for rain gardens or bioinfiltration systems to maximize their effectiveness and minimize impacts to stormwater.
Documentation and tracking resources
- Municipal Employee Training Tracking Template - MPCA template to document all required information related to employee training events