Study guide
CPESC study guide
Read a lesson, then practice the ideas you want to remember.
Lessons
- Hard Armoring: Riprap, Gabions, Articulated
- Mulch Types, Hydraulic Mulches & Bonded Fibe
- Rolled Erosion Control Products: Temporary E
- Turf Reinforcement Mats & Permanent Vegetati
- Vegetative Buffer Strips, Compost Filter Soc
- Gravel Bag Berms, Sandbag Barriers & Brush B
- Silt Fence Design, Trenching, Installation &
- Concrete Washout, Masonry & Mortar Waste Man
- Stabilized Construction Entrances, Tire Wash
- Construction Site Dewatering Operations & Fi
- Fuels, Petroleum, Hazardous Chemicals & Spil
- Construction General Permit, NOI/NOT & State
- Federal Clean Water Act & NPDES Regulatory F
- CWA Sections 401, 404 & Specialized Environm
- Temporary Diversion Dikes, Berms & Swales
- Grade Stabilization Structures, Check Dams &
- Manning's Equation & Open Channel Flow Hydra
- Hydrologic Cycle, Runoff Generation & Time o
- NRCS Curve Number Method & Runoff Volume Est
- The Rational Method & Peak Runoff Estimation
- Basin Outflow Structures: Skimmers, Perforat
- Chemical Treatment, Flocculants & Jar Testin
- Sediment Basins: Sizing, Length-to-Width Rat
- Sediment Traps: Design Criteria, Sizing & Ma
- Environmental Site Constraints, Receiving Wa
- Soil Identification, NRCS Soil Surveys & Hyd
- Topographic Analysis, Drainage Areas & Water
- Land Disturbance Minimization & Construction
- Site Hazard Identification & Clearing/Gradin
- Construction Scheduling, Seasonal Windows &
- Channel, Stream Bank, Shoreline & Wind Erosi
- Fundamentals of Erosion & the Sedimentation
- Mechanics of Water Erosion: Splash, Sheet, R
- Cover Management Factor & Support Practice F
- Soil Erodibility Factor & Topographic Factor
- Modified USLE & Single-Storm Sediment Yield
- Universal Soil Loss Equation Overview & R-Fa
- Plant Selection: Native vs. Non-Native, Turf
- Seeding Methods, Nurse Crops & Hydroseeding
- Soil Amendments, Compost Incorporation & See
- Soil Testing, pH Adjustment & Nutrient Manag
- Curb Inlet Protection: Gravel Berms, Filter
- Drop Inlet Protection: Silt Fence, Wire Mesh
- Temporary & Permanent Pipe Slope Drains and
- Construction Inspection Protocols, Schedules
- Field Education, Subcontractor Oversight & C
- SWPPP Elements, Site Maps & Plan Amendments
- Turbidity Monitoring, Discharge Sampling & C