SWANA has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop a Canadian adaptation of its leading industry certification and course for Managers of Landfill Operations (MOLO). Proposals are due by Friday, September 24, 2021, 8:00 p.m. EDT. SWANA seeks a consultant group with experience in the Canadian solid waste industry to develop a version of SWANA’s MOLO course and certification adapted to Canadian laws and regulations. The consultant will work with subject matter experts (SME) with experience managing active and open municipal solid waste landfills in Canada and SWANA staff to identify and incorporate Canadian-specific content to add to or replace the U.S.-specific MOLO course and certification material.
“The Canadian version of the MOLO-US course and the Canadian-oriented items that will be part of the MOLO Certification exam will define and measure what it means to be a Manager of Landfill Operations in Canada today,” said Meri Beth Wojtaszek, SWANA Deputy Executive Director. The project includes validating and/or updating the SWANA Body of Knowledge (BoK) for MOLOs with Canadian national and provincial specifics, as needed. Updated in 2021, the BoK contains a detailed list of the areas of responsibility, knowledge, skills, and abilities required of individuals in the MOLO role and will serve as the foundational document for the development of the Canadian version of the MOLO course (MOLO-CA) and Canadian-specific items for the MOLO certification exam.
“This exciting project continues SWANA’s new approach to the development of training. Past course development efforts have resulted in one very large course manual of several hundred pages that offered a comprehensive look at a field of study, like landfill management. Students seeking training on one aspect of the field had to take the entire course,” noted Ms. Wojtazsek. “With this project, SWANA continues its emphasis on developing more personalized and customized learning experiences.” Like the MOLO-US course, the MOLO-CA course will be available to students as a series of individual learning modules, each of which will provide a stand-alone educational experience about the primary topic(s) covered within a module. Depending on their educational needs, students will have the option to access one or multiple modules to fill knowledge gaps selectively or consume the modules as a set for a comprehensive landfill management education.