Erosion and Sediment Control Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
Learn more about the on-demand format in our FAQ or contact us at (715) 835-5900 or customerservice@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements and Practices
Environmental Protection Agency regulations
State erosion and sediment control regulations
Regional violations and fines
Goals for and Selection of Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
Causes of erosion and sedimentation
SWPPP is a dynamic document
Selecting appropriate practices for disturbed areas on the construction site
Erosion Control and Post-construction BMPss
Storm water safety net
What to do when BMPs fail or are over-runs
Stream and Bank Stabilization
Stream bank erosion protection
Bank stabilization and repair
Structural Sediment Control Practices
Filter socks
Silt fences
Check dams
Detention ponds and Basins
Soft and Hard Armor for Outlet Protection
Rip Rap
Soft Armor options – reinforced vegetation
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 Public Protection (HSW) Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including Iowa. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Iowa.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.
Architects, engineers, and landscape architects seeking continuing education credit out Iowa will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 6.5 CECs.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Thomas Carpenter
Erosion Tech, LLCOwner at Erosion Tech, LLCMr. Carpenter has created, developed, and patented two paradigm changing products in the erosion and sediment control industry (and another product in the horticulture industry). In those actions, he has encountered numerous obstacles and marketing scenarios, sold several businesses, and worked through the legal system on patent infringements. Mr. Carpenter joined the IECA in 1996, and achieved his CPESC certification in 1998. He has worked in the Great Rivers Chapter of the IECA since 1996, and served on their board in the late 90’s. He was also on the Board of Directors for the International Erosion Control Association from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Carpenter is the author of the manual Silt Fence That Works which has been utilized in training all over the country. He presented an educational CD on silt fence effectiveness, and is a speaker on E&SC issues at training functions. Mr. Carpenter is past-owner of Carpenter Erosion Control, a full service erosion sediment control contractor in central Iowa, and Stormwater Consultants, a full-service inspection business. He is currently president of Erosion Tech LLC,, where he developed the new product, ScourStop – a green replacement for rock rip rap.
Corydon Coppola
Flo-Water, LLCPresident at Flo-Water, LLCMr. Coppola has 16+ years of experience in the industry of sediment and erosion control. Mr. Coppola is a certified professional of erosion and sediment control (CPESC). He has been the owner and an inventor for Flo-Water Sediment Control Products for the past three years. Mr. Coppola has five years of experience as director of national development for ScourStop, and four and a half years of experience as corporate engineering division manager at Stetson Building Products. Other accomplishments include giving presentations for International Erosion Control Association (IECA), StormCon, American Public Works Association (APWA), and Corydon Group.