Instructor Biography

Karen Valiquette

Background and Experience
Karen Valiquette has been in the water and wastewater industry for over seventeen years and holds a Florida Class A Water Treatment Operator and a Class C Wastewater Treatment Operator license.  She received a BS in Environmental Engineering from Kennedy Western University in Cheyenne Wyoming.  

As an Environmental Engineer, she oversees that the treatment and safety parameters are maintained, as the Team Facilitator of a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)  project.  Karen has years of experience with a “hands-on” approach to preventive and predictive maintenance and their schedules.



Courses Taught
BFCS - Becoming a First Class Supervisor - complete series
BFCS: Delegation/Motivation
BFCS: Effective Supervisory Communication
BFCS: Leadership/Coaching
BFCS: Transition from Craftsman to Supervisor
CPM - Corrective Preventive Maintenance: Complete Series
CPM: Building a PM Program
CPM: Creating SOPs
CPM: Functions, Failures - Mode & Effects
CPM: Tracking Failures
TPMAP - Treatment Plant Maintenance and Accident Prevention - complete series
TPMAP: Checklists Mean More than a Checkmark
TPMAP: Equipment Failures and Hazards
TPMAP: Ownership of Equipment
TPMAP: Solutions Can be Healthy