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A O3ecti%e) Ont he J o b Tr a i ni ng( OJ T)o rt hec o u r s eI n dus t r yI mme r s i o ni sap ar to f t heBac hel orofSc i encei n Chemi mi c alEngi neer i ngc ur r i c ul um mandat ed by t he Comm mmi s s i ononHi gherEduc at i on( CHED)asi tr equi r esast udentt ohaveat wo hundr e df o r t y( 2 40 )ho ur spr a c t i c u mi nar e l e v a ntwo r ke nv i r o nme nt .  Ast owhatMr .Ma nue lC.Pae t e ,Vi c ePr e s i de nto fEDC,s ai ddur i ngt he o r i e nt a t i o no fs t ud e ntt r a i ne e st ha t“ OJ T na r r o wst heg a pb e t we e nt hea c a de me me a ndi nd us t r y .I tv a l i d at e swha ts t ud e nt sha v el e a r n e di ns c ho o la ndwha tt he y ha v eno t ;e i t he rwa yOJ OJ Tg i v e sas t ude nta no p po r t uni t yt ol e a r n. ” Up o nt hec o mp mp l e t i o no ft hi sc o u r s e ,t het r a i ne ei se x pe c t e dt oha v eha d r e l at e dt he o r i e sl e ar ne di ns c ho o lt ot heac t ualt e c hni c a land/ o rpr a c t i c a ls o l ut i o ns t oi ndus t r i a lp r o bl e ms ms ;f a mi mi l i a r i z e dwi t hv ar i e dpl a nto p er a t i o nsandpr o c e s s e s ,

oper at i onal t ec hni ques used and c urr ent manageme ment c ont r ol ; de ve l oped r e s p o ns i b l ea t t i t ud ea nd s e l f mo t i v a t i o nb ys y s t e ma ma t i c a l l y ha ndl i ng t a s ks i n de s i g na ndo t he ra c t i v i t i e sr e l e v a ntt oc he mi mi c a le ng i ne e r i nga nd;de v e l o pe dg o o d huma nr e l a t i o nsi ni ndus t r i a lo pe r a t i o ns .

/ Are! Are!) ) o. o. Tr! Tr!in inin in" " Thi sp ar tna r r a t e st heac t i v i t i e st ha tt hes t ude ntt r a i ne eha dg o net hr o ug h whi c hi nc l ude st heo bs e r v a t i o n,pa r t i c i pa t i o n,i nt e r a c t i o na ndc ha l l e ng e sdur i ng he rt r ai ni ng.  EMDO MD Ope r at i o ns .TheEnvi r onme ment alManageme mentGr oupwase s t abl i s hed i n1 97 8t os e tt hep ac ei ne n v i r o n me me nt a lc o mp mp l i a nc eo ft hee ne r g ys e c t o r .Thi s g r o u pwa ss e p a r a t e dwhi c ha l l o we dt hef o r ma t i o no fd i ffe r e ntd e pa r t me nt ss uc h ast heWa Wat er s hedMa Manage mentDe par t mentandt heEnvi r o nme me nt alManage me nt De p ar t me nt .EMD i sc o nc e r ne di nwa t e r ,a i ra ndno i s eq ua l i t ymo mo ni t o r i ng ,wa s t e andc hemi mi c almanageme mentoft hec ompany . Wat e rQual i t yManage me nt .Oneo fEMD’ s

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q ua l i t ymo mo ni t o r i ngo fs u r f a c ewa t e r ,p r o j e c twa t e ra ndg r o undwa t e ra c r o s sEDC’ s pr o j e c ts i t e .Wat e rq ua l i t yda t aa r eus e dt oc h ar a c t e r i z ewa t e r s ,i de nt i f yt r e nds o v e rt i me ,i d e nt i f ye me me r g i ng p r o b l e ms ms ,d e t e r mi ne whe t he rp o l l ut i o nc o nt r o l p r o g r a m ms sa r ewo r ki ng ,he l pd i r e c tpo l l ut i o nc o n t r o le ffo r t st owh whe r et he yar emo mo s t needed,and r es pondt oeme mer genci essuc h asfloodsandspi l l s .Thet r ai neehad e x p e r i e nc e dwa t e rs a mp mp l i ngi na r e a si d e nt i fie da ss a mp mp l i ngs i t e swhe r es heha d ac c ompani ed Mr .Eddi eB.Lawas ,t he EMD fiel dt ec hni c i an.The t r ai neewas t a ug htb yMr Mr .La wa so npr o p e rwa t e rs a mp mp l i ngp r o c e d ur e s .

Fi g ur e1 .Wa t e rq ua l i t ymo mo ni t o r i ng . Thet r a i ne eal s ol e a r ne dt opr e p a r es a mp mp l e sf o rs hi pme ntt oat hi r dpa r t y l abor at or yi n Mani l af oranal ys i s ofs ome me parame met er ss uch as heavy me t al s a na l y s i st ha tc a nno tb ea na l y z e di nt heI LSa ndEMD La bo r a t o r y .

Fi g ur e2 .Fi l t r a t i o no fs a mp mpl e st obeac i di fie d. Whent het r ai neewasas s i gnedt ot heEMD Labor at or ywh whi c hi sapar tof t heI nt e g r a t e dLa bo r a t o r ySe r v i c eo fEDC.Shewa sa b l et owa t c ha ndo bs e r v eMr Mr .  Al l an C.De r e qui t o ,a c he mi c alt e c hni c i an,anal yz e wat e rs ampl e sf o r bo r o n c ont entus i ng t he Carmi mi ne met hod.Thet r ai nee t hen enc oded t he bor on dat a r e s ul t so ft hes a mp mpl e sf o rd at ar e c o r di ngs i nc es hewa s n’ ta l l o we dt odoaha ndso n wo r kf o rb o r o nde t e r mi mi na t i o nb e c a us et heme me t ho dus e ds ul f ur i ca c i di nt hepr o c e s s whi c hr e q ui r e se x pe r thandl i ngs ki l l st oav o i dac c i de nt . Thet r a i ne ewa sa bl et oana l y z et hes a mp mpl e s ’c hl o r i d ec o nc e n t r a t i o nus i ng t heAr gent ome met r i cme met hodundert hesupervi si onofEngr .Ma.Li zaT.Tumanda. Thet r a i ne ewa she s i t a nti nt hei ns i deatfir s tb e c a us es h ewa s n’ ta bl et oc o nd uc t any l abor at or y ex per i mentf ora l ong t i mewh whi c hs he wasasham me ed t oadmi mi t . Ho we ve rs he wasabl et oo ve r c o me i tt hru t he hel p Engr .Tuma manda and her c a l mne s st ha tg ui de dhe ri ne v e r ys t e po ft hepr o c e s s .Shewa sal s op l e a s e dt oMr Mr . De r e q ui t ot ha tt a ug hthe rho wt ous et hep i pe t t ep r o pe r l y .  Ai r& No i s eQual i t yManag e me nt .DENR r e g ul a t i o nsl i mi tt her e l e a s eo f h y dr o g e ns u l fid ei nt ot hee n v i r o nme ntt o0 . 0 7p pm a ss t a t e di nRA 7629 or the ti si nt he i ni t i all i s to fhaz ar d o us ai r Phi&i' Phi &i''i 'ine ne C&e!n C&e!n Air Ac Actt o. 999 999 .I

p o l l ut a nt sf o rNa Na t i o n alAmb i e n t Ai rQu Qua l i t y St a nd ar d si ns o ur c es p e c i ficai r po l l ut ant sf r o mi ndus t r i als o ur c e s /o pe r a t i o ns . Hydr og en s ul fide ( H2S)i sa c ol or l es s gas t hat i s harml ml es si n sma mal l q uant i t i e s ,buti so f t e nr e g ar d edasananno y anc eduet oi t sdi s t i nc t i v er o t t e ne gg s me me l l . I ti sano nc o nde s a bl eg aswhi c hc a nb el e t ha li nhi g h do s e s .I ndi v i dua l s l i v i ngne a rag asand o i ldr i l l i ngo p e r a t i o n ma yb ee x po s e dt ohi g he rl e v e l so f hydr ogen sul fide.EDC i st her ef or erequi r edbyl aw t omeas ur eand c ont r olan ac c e pt a bl el e ve lo fH2Se x po s ur ef o rt he i re mp mpl o y e e sa nds ur r o undi ngc i v i l i a ns .

Fi g ur e3 .Ai rq ua l i t ymo mo ni t o r i ngus i ngt heJe r o me meH2SAna l y z e r . The t r a i ne el e a r ne dt oa c c ur a t e l yd e t e c tt he p r e s e n c eo fH2S usi ng t he Jer ome meHy Hydrog enSul fideAnal yzer .Shewast aughtbyMr Mr .Fr edei r i c kSarz os aon how t odownl oaddat af r om t hedat al oggerandt opr ogr am i tf oraut os amp mpl i ng e v e r yt e nmi nut e s .‘ Aut o s a mp mp l e ’mo d eo p t i o ni sas p e c i fic a t i o no ft heJe r o me meH2S a na l y z e rt omo mo ni t o ra i rq ua l i t yo v e rap e r i o do ft i meands a v e st heda t awhi c hc a n b ee x po r t e do nt oas p r e a ds he e tf o rf ur t he ra na l y s i s .

Figure 4. Discrete Air Quality Monitoring

No i s epo l l ut i o nf r o mg e o t he r ma ma lp l a nt si st y pi c a l l yc o n s i de r e ddur i ngt hr e e pha s e s :t hewe we l l dr i l l i nga ndt e s t i ngpha s e ,t hec o ns t r uc t i o n pha s e ,a ndt hepl a nt oper at i on phase. I ti s mi mi ni mi ze d by t he us e ofnoi s emuffli ng t ec hni ques and e q ui p me me nts u c ha ss i l e nc e r sa ndno i s ea bs o r p t i v ei nt e r i o rwa l l s .Dur i ngEDC’ sp l a nt o pe r at i o n noi s e i s mo ni t o r e d we e kl y by t he Envi r o nme me nt al Manag e me nt Depa r t me nt .

Figure 5. Noise quality monitoring. Thet r a i ne eha da l s owi t ne s s e ds o me mea c t i v i t i e so ft hede p ar t me nts u c ha st he due di l i gence made wi t h Cl eanaway Phi l i ppi nes at I s abel , Leyt e;t he publ i c c onsul t at i on atKa Kananga f orECC fil i ng and;t he Saf e t y Tr ai ni ng Obs er vat i on Pr o gr am ( STOP) . Thet r a i ne e ’ smo mo s tf a v o r i t ep ar to ft het r a i ni ngwa st hep l a ntt o uratGr e e n Cor eGe Geo t her malI nc . ,Cl eanawayPhi l . ,wher eshewasamazedevenj us tbyse ei ng t her i g ,c o o l i ngt o we r s ,t ur b i ne ,c o nt r o lr o o m andt hebul be at e r .

Figure 6. Cleanaway plant visit. C Re f er e nc eMa Mat e r i al s Ener gyDe ve l o pme me ntCor por at i o nEPRMP Ener gyDe ve l opme mentCor por at i onGeo t herma malHandbook RA8 74 9 ,Phi l i p pi neCl e a nAi rAc to f1 99 9 RA 6969,Tox i cSubs t anc eandHazar dousandNu Nucl earWas t eCont r ol  Ac to f1990

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