Capacity Development – Technical Skills
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT – TECHNICAL SKILLS
Planning and operating water infrastructures and services requires both organisational capacity (see Management Systems) and capable human resource. Over the past 20 years, the URBANWaters teams have assisted public and private entities in the transitioning towards sustainable water and sanitation services, with focus on decentralized infrastructures. Integrating training programs from management to operations into implementation projects supports experiential learning: participants learning by drawing on their own experiences, by peer-learning and curated practice-based knowledge. The emphasis is on developing practical skills rather than on accumulating knowledge. Target group specific programs of varying length, content and delivery mode (face-to-face, hybrid, e-learning) ensure that participant`s needs are met. We offer both open and customised in-house trainings.
OUR PRODUCTS
Our training blocks for DWWM cover the following topics:
- Planning of services & enabling frameworks
- Sewer connection regulation
- Life-cycle-cost analysis (operation costs)
- Human resource planning
- Wastewater reuse
- Planning “simplified” sewer
- Wastewater basics
- Technology selection
- DEWATS design engineering
- Technical operation & maintenance (O&M)
- O&M management
The training blocks can be delivered as individual or as package and are design for project managers and engineers. Blocks 7, 10, and 11 are additionally tailored for operator training. The operator training can be technology-specific or technology open and comprise 16 hours of theory, 8 hours of group work, and 11 hours of hand-on practice (totally: 35 hours).
We also support local training institutions to establish wastewater training centres, including a practical training laboratories for wastewater testing, equipment maintenance, and sewer plumbing.
When hospitals are not connected to a public wastewater treatment system, their wastewater poses a significant risk to public health, freshwater resources, and the environment.
URBANWaters offers both introductory and in-depth training sessions on medical wastewater management. Along with technical concepts emphasis the training on risk monitoring, key management tasks, and integration into the hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) management—making it an effective and essential component of overall hospital management.
Faecal sludge from on-site sanitation systems is highly polluted wastewater. Treating it to a level that allows for safe discharge or reuse, while exploring opportunities to finance operations through the sale of by-products, is a common goal for many projects and faecal sludge treatment plant developers.
URBANWaters offers training sessions built on over 15 years of implementation and operational experience in Asia and Africa. These sessions aim to help participants develop a clear understanding of key aspects, including:
- Faecal sludge characteristics & treatment design
- By-products & operational models
- Engineering design principles
Training sessions can be tailored and configured to accompany ongoing implementation projects.