Rick Hanson, A.Sc.T. Rick has over 25 years of experience in managing the operation and maintenance of Level 4 water and wastewater treatment plants for the City of Prince Albert. Through his company, Optimize Consulting, he has delivered classroom training to operators for Sask. Ministry of Environment, SIAST, MWWA, SWWA, AWWOA, ATAP Infrastructure Management Ltd., and XCG Training & Operations Inc., on a contract basis. He has also worked part time for SaskWater providing Operator circuit training for First Nation Reserves. Rick currently holds a Level 4 certificate in Water Treatment and Level 2 certificate in Wastewater Treatment. He graduated from SIAST, Palliser Campus, Moose Jaw, with a diploma in Civil Technology.