Upcoming NZWETA Qualification Courses – First streams for 2009!
National Certificate in Water Treatment (Site Operator) and
National Certificate in Wastewater Treatment (Site Operator)
These courses cover a combination of core and generic skills of the water and wastewater treatment operator.
Areas of study include safe work practices, mathematics, and first aid, as well as process control and monitoring, basic science theory, treatment process management systems, legislation and agencies relating to water and wastewater treatment.
The Water and Wastewater Courses are now run separately by the Opus Environmental Training Centre and will be delivered inWellington on the following dates:
National Certificate in Water Treatment Course # 1 -Block 1: 2 – 13 March 2009
Block 2: 13 – 24 July 2009
National Certificate in Wastewater Treatment Course # 1 -Block 1: 18 – 29 March 2009
Block 2: 12 – 23 Oct 2009
Enrolments for the first streams in 2009are now being taken for the above courses, please contact us to discuss your requirements and let us help realise your training needs.
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National Diploma in Drinking Water – Water Treatment (Site Technician) &
National Diploma in Wastewater Treatment (Site Technician)
These comprehensive courses address the skills of Water Supply Managers, Wastewater Managers and Supervisors.
The diploma is designed to recognise the generic skills and knowledge to manage and optimise water treatment and wastewater treatment, to manage public health risk assessment and environmental risk, and water and wastewater reticulation.
Students complete a number of unit standards that recognise competency in specific areas of water supply and wastewater management.
The Water and Wastewater Courses are now run separately by the Opus Environmental Training Centre and will be delivered inWellington on the following dates:
National Diploma in Drinking Water Course # 1 -Block 1: 23 March – 3 April 2009
Block 2: 3 Aug – 14 Aug 2009
National Diploma in Wastewater Course -Block 1: 20 April – 1 May 2009
Block 2: 24 Aug – 4 Sep 2009
Enrolments for the first streams in 2009 are now being taken for the above courses, please contact us to discuss your requirements and let us help realise your training needs.
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National Diploma in Drinking Water – Drinking Water Assessment
This high-level course is designed for public health employees, enabling them to implement Ministry of Health drinking water policies, legislation and standards. It is essential for anyone working as a drinking water assessor and also ideal for consulting and council engineers wanting more specific water treatment knowledge.
The qualification has all the water treatment theory components of the water treatment diploma, and replaces the practical water treatment component with additional legislative and auditing skills to suit your typical job requirements.
This course is run by the Opus Environmental Training Centre, and will be delivered inWellington on the following dates:
National Diploma in Drinking Water Assessors Course # 1 -Block 1: 23 March – 3 April 2009
Block 2: 3 Aug – 14 Aug 2009
Block 3: 23 -27 Nov 2009
Enrolments for the first streams in 2009 are now being taken for the above courses, please contact us to discuss your requirements and let us help realise your training needs.
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National Certificate in Irrigation Design
This new qualification wasinitiated and supported by Irrigation New Zealand who recognisedthat a NZQA registered and unit standard based training programwas required to equip designers with the design procedures toensure irrigation systems perform to a recognised standard.
The training programmewill help irrigation designers to comply with the IrrigationDesign Code of Practice by providing them with theunderstanding and tools to achieve the requiredstandards, and is therefore delivered in the five areas outlined inthe Code of Practice: planning; design;quoting and supply; installation and commissioning, andoperation and maintenance.
This course is aimed at Irrigation designers involved in the design of irrigationsystems in broad acre crops, horticulture, and turf andlandscape.
The qualification requirements will be delivered in three mixed theory andpractical based modules.
Module 1 is delivered in fivedays, while Module 2 and Module 3 are both delivered inthree days each (11 days in total).
This course is run by Opus Environmental Training Centre and will be delivered inWellington on the following dates:
National Certificate in Irrigation Design Course # 1 -Module 2 - 13th - 15th May 2009
Module 3 - 21st - 23rd July 2009
Enrolments for the first streams in 2009 are now being taken for the above courses, please contact us to discuss your requirements and let us help realise your training needs.
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Upcoming NZWETA Short Courses:
Advanced Stormwater Design and Management
TheNZWETAAdvanced StormwaterDesign and Management Courseisa follow-up course to our popular introductory level stormwater management course and is recommended for consulting engineers, local and regional authority engineers, and asset managers with an interest in advanced stormwater management.
This two-day course covers:
- Understanding of stormwater management and why it’s important to manage stormwater
- Introduction to the different types of structure devices that are available to manage stormwater
- Discussion of performance data. How some practices are more effective at metals, toxics, sediments and nutrients
- Discussion on costs of stormwater management`
- Design, construction and maintenance requirements
The presenters for this course areEarl Shaver andSusan Ira, who have developed and delivered this advanced stormwater design and management course over several years.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Whangarei11 - 12 March 2009
Napier26 – 27May 2009
Nelson14 – 15 July 2009
Christchurch9 – 10Sept 2009
Understanding New Zealand’s Drinking-Water Legislation
This course will enable participants to understand recent changes to New Zealand’s drinking-water framework, legislation and key regulatory agencies. It will provide clarity to water supplier’s responsibilities, timeframes and duties in key areas such as Public Health Risk Management Plans, Drinking Water Standards, Water Supply Gradings and the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act. It will identify opportunities for funding improvements to infrastructure, and highlight contentious issues including the meaning and application of ‘all practicable steps’ and ‘affordability’ in the Act.
This one-day course covers:- DWAA 2007 Legislation Overview:
- PHRMPs:
- Grading:
- Less known or clear parts of the Act:
This one-day course is aimed at those working in the water industry. We recommend this course to managers and policy makers in Government Departments, Local Government water supply and reticulation utility managers, engineers, treatment plant managers and operators, environmental health officers, compliance officers, medical officers of health, health protection officers and drinking water assessors. This course is also highly recommended for those people working with small supplies.
The course will be delivered in a one-day workshop with an interactive exercise focus to underpin learning outcomes.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Nelson13 March 2009
Auckland24March 2009
Napier16 April 2009
Water and Environmental Sampling
Correct sampling practices are essential to many businesses. NZWETA has developed a Sampling course to teach the principles and practices behind taking and transporting representative samples for testing. This is not to question laboratory activities but to highlight the inadequacies with sampling and sample collection in the water quality and environmental industry before the samples actually get to the laboratory.
This Sampling course is delivered in a unique way; day one is dedicated to theory and introduces you to water quality, environmental, and wastewater compliance monitoring. The morning of day-two covers the practical content, for assessment and accreditation of unit standards 17878: Undertake sampling and testing procedures for wastewater treatment and 17890: Undertake sampling and testing procedures for water treatment.
This course is aimed at laboratory technicians, council and private personnel involved in sampling, permitting, monitoring and compliance activities, water and wastewater operations, health protection officials and water transportation.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Gisborne 17 - 18 March 2009
Auckland7 – 8 April 2009
Dunedin15 – 16 April 2009
Polyethylene Pipe Welding Course
This course recognises the importance of good installation practices and sitework to achieving a successful and durable pipeline installation and accordingly requires trainees to provide evidenceof welds and joints made on site as part of the evidence of competence. This means engineers, contractors and clients
can have confidence that competency now includes demonstrated practical experience under real site conditions aswell as knowledge of theoretical factors.
Each planned two-day course has theoretical and practicalcomponents for butt fusion, electrofusion socket and saddlefusion, and mechanical fittings. Requirements of butt welding are on Day 1 and requirements of electrofusion welding are on Day 2. Course participants may enrol for just Day 1 or Day 2. Final attainment of the unit standards will be achieved once welding records have been submitted for assessment.
The areas of competence covered by the training and by the forthcoming unit standards are summarised below:
- Prepare for, and carry out, jointing of polyethylene pipes upto 250mm diameter by butt fusion welding
- Prepare for, and carry out, jointing of polyethylene pipesgreater than 280mm diameter by butt fusion welding
- Prepare for, and carry out, jointing of polyethylene pipes upto 250mm diameter, and fittings, electrofusion
- Prepare for, and carry out, jointing of polyethylenepipes greater than 280mm diameter, and fittings, byelectrofusion
- Install compression fittings, flanges, and backing ring
- Describe polyethylene welding, mechanical joints, repairsto pipelines, and tapping systems
This training is aimed at those working in the Water industry.We recommend water and drainage contractors, water utilityengineers (both local authority and consultants), constructionsupervisors, and polyethylene suppliers complete this courseof study.
The presenters for this course are experienced PE welderswithin the industry.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Auckland24 March 2009Buttwelding
Auckland25 March 2009Electrofusion Welding
Low Impact Design
Low Impact Design (LID) is a new way to develop land than has historically been done in recent times. Its approach is to incorporate natural site features such as wetlands, natural vegetation, into a site development approach that brings nature more into the urban environment and reduces impacts to aquatic receiving systems. Conventional land development usually takes a ‘cookie cutter’ approach to land development where natural site features are seldom incorporated into site use and downstream impacts to aquatic systems occur.
LID is an alternative approach to site development that reduces adverse impacts and results in a more sustainable outcome. It will become more and more mainstream and this course provides a good introduction into what it is and how to design according to it.
This two-day course covers:
- Why do we need to change? Problem identification and historic approach.
- Philosophy and principles of LID.
- LID Practices at the site scale – this includes discussion of LID site design concepts as well as appropriate stormwater infrastructure.
- LID on a subdivision scale, including the implementation of LID in ultra-urban environments.
- LID implementation on commercial and industrial sites,
- LID on a catchment-wide scale.
- Economic benefits of LID.
- Interactive case studies (catchment, subdivision, and site).
This course is recommended for council and private engineers, planners, scientists, developers and special interest groups that would find the course to be of value.
The course will be delivered over two-days in a workshop context. Each participant will be given a CD containing all the course content and other design guidelines and information, along with a course handbook containing slides and case studies.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Christchurch25 - 26 March 2009
Wellington16 – 17June 2009
Hamilton7 – 8 July 2009
Taupo20 – 21Oct 2009
Resource Management Act – Consent & Compliance Implementation
This is a one-day practical course for those involved with stormwater, wastewater or sediment control resource consent compliance. It starts with a short introduction to the Resource Management Act which follows through to consent and compliance implementation.
The focus will be in active participation, which will involve working in groups to review case studies and examples.
This one-day course covers:
- Preparing Consent applications
- Understanding Consents
- Implementing Conditions
- Compliance and Enforcement
This course is aimed at a mix of regional and local authority officers, water utility operators, asset owners, contractors and consultants. An advantage of participants attending this course is the opportunity to network with others who are involved in different aspects of the regulatory process, and thus gain a greater understanding of the issues involved.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Hamilton6 April 2009
Palmerston North6 May 2009
Auckland4 June 2009
Christchurch23 June 2009
CCTV of Reticulation Assets
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) is an essential element in the surveying of water reticulation assets. This course is specifically designed for CCTV technicians, maintenance and operations supervisors, and professionals working in the water reticulation asset management industry.
This two-day course covers such topics as:
Basic drainage systems, how faults and pipe failure effect a drainage system, all known faults – how to interpret and code them, log sheet recording, getting the picture, how to deal with tricky jobs, pipe survey asset condition management systems, health and safety and public relations in respect of CCTV survey requirements, and an overview of NZ Pipe Inspection Manual – edition 3 2006.
This CCTV course offers unit standard 22107 Prepare for and set up CCTV, and describe procedure for CCTV survey of water reticulation assets for participants who satisfactorily complete the course assessment. This is important as it is an assessment of competency and is registered on the New Zealand National Qualifications Framework.
NZWETA is delighted to contract Mr Nick Van Looy to deliver this training. Nick has more than 20 years experience with CCTV and high pressure water jetting operations in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Palmerston North20 – 21April 2009
Hamilton23 – 24 April2009
Christchurch8 - 9 October 2009
Backflow Prevention Course
New Zealand Water and Environment Training Academy (NZWETA) are offering the Backflow Prevention Course as three modular courses delivered nationwide.
These Courses are designed to meet achievement levels for Unit Standards; US 23847 (Prepare to test, and inspect and test, water supply backflow prevention devices – Level 3, 4 Credits), US 23848 (Describe suitability, installation, and testing of water supply backflow prevention devices, and fault identification - Level 3, 4 Credits).
For holders of current Plumbing Certificates or licenses as issued under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drain layers Act 2006, it is then possible to attain US 2117 (Install, test and maintain water supply backflow prevention devices - Level 4, 11 Credits).
Participants successfully completing the training will be recognised as meeting the standards required of an Approved Backflow Technician (ABT).
This course is recommended for Plumbers, Council engineers and contractors (installers and maintenance), Compliance officers, Water operators, and Irrigation personnel (designers, installers and maintenance).
The Backflow Prevention Course is both a Theoretical and Practical modular course which will be delivered in several locations around the country. This allows course participants to achieve their required learning aims over one or more modules in one or two-day courses.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Dunedin5 - 6 May 2009Module 1 & 2 - Unit Standard 23848
Dunedin2 - 3 June 2009Module 3 - Unit Standard 23847 & 2117
Christchurch7 – 8 May 2009Module 1 & 2 - Unit Standard 23848
Christchurch4 - 5 June 2009Module 3 - Unit Standard 23847 & 2117
Water Supply Modelling Course
This new two-day introductory training course on Water Supply Modellingwill cover modelling theory and application ofmodelling techniques for water reticulation. The training will not be inthe use of any particular software package, but will enable participantsto use any software application that models these phenomena.
The training content has been developed and is supported by theNZWWA Modelling Special Interest Group, and is also aligned with IPENZ competencies.
This two-day course covers:
Introduction to water systems:
- Types of reticulation, components and demands
- System issues - why model?
Model use and building:
- Developing a model - where to start?
- Types of models
- Model build
- Representing components
- Demand analysis
- Building the model
Calibration:
- Field test design
- Data gathering
- Review of field data gathered
- Calibration
- Anomaly resolution
Issues and options:
- System performance analysis
- Hydraulic issues
- Water quality
- Security of supply
- Fireflow analysis
- Developing and evaluating options
- Presenting and communicating results
- Model maintenance
This introductory training is aimed at those working inthe water industry. We recommend this course to assetmanagers, utility engineers, reticulation engineers, andmodellers less experienced on reticulation systems.
This course will be delivered in the following locations:
Auckland20 – 21 May 2009
Christchurch16 - 17 June 2009
Enrolments for the first part of 2009 are now being taken for the above courses, please contact us to discuss your requirements and let us help realise your training needs.
New ZealandWater & EnvironmentTrainingAcademy
Ph: 0800 699382 (NZWETA)
Fax: 04 587 0608
Email:
Website:
Act now as limited places available!