AOWMA has met with Alberta Environment to revisit the potential for a training program for pumpers. Training of pumpers was a recommendation of the Septage Management Advisory Committee in 2004. The need for training was confirmed in 2006 through the Septage Inventory Research Project.

It is hoped that by creating a trained workforce and professionalizing the industry, receiving facility operators will have an increased level of confidence that pumpers are not bringing in contaminated loads or
industrial waste as residential waste, which will increase access for pumpers.