Cal Valve – Backflow Supply

I have been a backflow tester for 6 years. My certification was coming due and I was needing to get AWWA certified. Since I had never been AWWA certified, I was required to take the written and hands-on to get certified. I enrolled in Ron's 5-day course at Astra Industrial. Ron, and his staff (Rocky, Jose, Jasmine) provided excellent knowledge and hands-on learning. The class was full, but yet small enough to provide one-on-one assistance. His testing "device tree" simulates the errors that you could come across on your certification exam. And the classroom work Ron provides is very helpful and will assist in the written exam. With this being said, I passed the written and hands-on and am now AWWA certified. I can say with 100% certainty that I would not have accomplished this without his

We recently took Ron's 2-Day Tester Refresher Course. Both days were the best classes I've ever taken! Everything is so organized and well planned. Ron is great at explaining things in a manner that can be understood. Ron is so experienced, he made learning easy. After the 2-day refresher we took the AWWA practical hands on exam the very next day at Cal Valve. Ron had us so prepped for the practical, including the troubleshooting we both passed without errors in about 20-minutes. During our refresher we had the opportunity to meet several of Ron's staff. Everyone is so welcoming, knowledgeable and very helpful. Cal Valve has my highest recommendation for anyone looking for knowledge, backflows & parts, classes & consultation.

This a great training facility. Ron, Jose and Rocky are great instructors. They teach you the way for you to pass your backflow certification. I took the week training and had my test the same Saturday and i pass my test. Great guys. Totally recommend Cal Valves for your AWWA Backflow certification training.

Recently took Ron’s 1 week backflow crash course and found it to be excellent! The information presented to the class was easy to understand and take in. Most in the class weren’t even in the water industry and they still were able to learn and excel in the class. Ron made sure to make the information actually relevant to the written test for your certification. The class was split times in the mornings we would either be in the class room reading and studying the information or in the afternoons we would switch to the lab where we would get hands on training by his son Rocky who I might add seems to be a expert at testing procedures and is very knowledgeable and respectful. After two days of learning we were able to take a mid term exam to see where we are on knowledge and to know if we n

CAL Valve has been my go to for several years not only parts and testing, but also for education. Ron is known throughout the industry not only for his knowledge, but his willingness to share it. No matter your experience level you will walk away from any of his classes learning something. If you have a backflow, cross connection that you must pass or any class he teaches for that matter, he will teach you what you need to know to pass. Not only is Ron a great teacher, his support staff is phenomenal. Take a class and see for yourself