DOE EH-31 DQO/DQA Training
Course Evaluations and Commendations
Evaluation from Leon Wilhelm
US Army Fort Lewis, USACE-Seattle
District, and WA Dept of Ecology staff at Fort Lewis, WA
May 12, 2002
Sebastian,
I needed to exit quickly
after our training on Wednesday afternoon so did not fill out the evaluation
forms. However, I did want to provide you and your team with some feedback:
Overall I found the course
quite illuminating and useful. I especially appreciated the presentation
style of you and your team. Presentations were clear and well organized
and I especially appreciated the example provided on the second day.
I enjoyed the contrasting style of the presenters. The material would
have been received quite differently if presented in a monotone. The
beads were a good exercise to illustrate the points you and Jim were
making.
From my perspective the only
negative was the time limits on the individual modules which you are
aware of - at times the information was provided somewhat too rapidly
and there was no opportunity to reflect on and perhaps question some
of the basic assumptions before rushing on to the next module. However,
this is more than made up by your web site and links to the DQO process/workbook/VSP
which I have added to my favorites list and will review and reflect
on at my own pace.
From the perspective of a
“regulator” what I like best is that the DQO process encourages
submittal of proposed site investigations that provide a clear framework
for the decision process used to derive proposed sampling locations
and related elements of a site investigation. All too often I receive
proposed sampling and analysis plans with no or incomplete reasoning
provided for the proposal.
I appreciate Rich’s
efforts in making this class available at Fort Lewis.
Leon Wilhelm,
Southwest Region
Washington Department of Ecology,
300 Desmond Drive
Lacey, WA 98504-7775
(360) 407-6362
leow461@ecy.wa.gov
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