Air Quality & Industrial Emissions Monitoring Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Explain the sources, formation, and health and environmental effects of major air pollutants.
• Interpret ambient air quality standards, emission limits, and permit conditions under national and international frameworks.
• Design ambient air quality monitoring networks, including site selection, parameters, and averaging periods.
• Evaluate ambient monitoring data, meteorological influences, and air quality index reporting to the public.
• Apply stack sampling principles, including isokinetic sampling, flow measurement, and correction to reference conditions.
• Select, operate, and maintain continuous emissions monitoring systems for gases, particulates, and flow.
• Implement quality assurance procedures for automated monitoring systems, including calibration, drift checks, and data validation.
• Develop dust management plans for construction sites, quarries, and bulk material handling operations.
• Assess fugitive emissions and leak detection and repair programs in process facilities.
• Compile emission inventories using measured data, mass balance, and recognized emission factors.
• Prepare accurate self-monitoring, exceedance, and compliance reports for environmental regulators.
• Develop an integrated improvement plan for air quality management and emissions monitoring.

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Learning Outcomes

• Identify major air pollutants, their sources, and their health and environmental effects.
• Interpret ambient air quality standards, emission limits, and permit monitoring conditions.
• Design an ambient monitoring network suited to an industrial facility or urban area.
• Validate and interpret ambient and meteorological data to explain exceedances.
• Plan periodic stack tests and apply corrections to reference conditions.
• Evaluate CEMS configurations and select suitable analyzers for each emission source.
• Apply quality assurance checks to confirm the validity of automated monitoring data.
• Prepare dust management plans with perimeter monitoring and clear trigger actions.
• Assess fugitive emission sources and the effectiveness of leak detection programs.
• Compile a facility emission inventory with documented methods and assumptions.
• Prepare clear self-monitoring, exceedance, and compliance reports for regulators.
• Develop an action plan to strengthen air quality management and emissions compliance.

Course Outline