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Overview of Odors

COURSE NO: 2025-31-05
PDH CREDIT: 2
COURSE PROVIDER: Marc Karell, P.E., CEM
Overview of Odors
Note: This course is only applicable to South Carolina Special Inspectors.
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Course Highlights

This online engineering PDH course provides guidance on a common problem facing environmental engineers and that is how to evaluate and treat an odor problem. Odors are not always toxic, but the nature of odors often causes people to act emotionally and demand that the source be eliminated. However, the nature of odorous compounds is that even a very low concentration can trigger detection or other reaction.

 

This course describes the nature of odorous compounds, how they are detected, their typical sources, and approaches and technologies commonly used to control them. It presents the factors and information necessary to assess an odor situation and how to approach it. It provides an overview of how to proceed in treating an odor episode and presents real life situations.

 

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to chemical and environmental engineers involved at the facility level to determine how to technically approach an odor episode and treat it effectively.

Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Familiarizing with the nature of odorous compounds
  • Understanding the basic characteristics of odors
  • Learning about the different sources of odors and the corresponding types of odorous compounds
  • Learning how to approach remediating an odor problem once it is detected
  • Learning about common odor control technologies to properly solve the odor problem
Course Document

In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled "Overview of Odors".

To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
Overview of Odors (618 KB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twelve (12) questions to earn 2 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.

 

The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

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