This 3-day course provides individuals who have little or no geophysical exploration experience with practical information to effectively design and supervise geophysical surveys at Superfund sites. It is intended for personnel responsible for inspections, site characterization, site investigations, and removal and remedial actions at Superfund sites.  The course focuses on plan design, types of equipment suitable for hazardous waste site characterization, equipment operation, procedures for safely collecting data, and the fundamentals of making simple interpretations of the data.

• Describe the various geophysical methods available for shallow environmental characterization.
• Describe the advantages and limitations of the magnetic, electromagnetic, seismic, gravity, resistivity, and ground-penetrating radar methods in environmental applications.
• Operate geophysical instrumentation under field conditions.
• Collect geophysical field data for use in resolving buried objects and determining geologic and hydrogeologic characteristics.
• Make an interpretation of simple geophysical field data to resolve buried objects and determine geologic characteristics.

Tuition - Personnel from EPA, Other Federal Agencies, and State and Local Government DO NOT PAY TUITION for ERTP Courses.  Tuition for University Staff, Community HAZMAT Teams, and Students is Also Waived.  Personnel not directly employed by a government agency (e.g.. private industry, contractor, or unemployed) pay tuition of $400 and will be sent further information about how to pay tuition after they have registered.