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In 2013, about 6,000 trainees attended
the training courses proposed by the
French National Water Training Center
(NWTC) of the International Office for
Water.
In its two centers in the towns of Limoges and
La Souterraine, the
NWTC
thus trains every
year professionals in water, waste and envi-
ronment, anxious to perfect their knowledge
and technical skills on
the unique IOWater
educational units.
Every year, it also trains some 2,000 profes-
sionals directly on their workplace. In this
context, training may be complemented by an
audit of the installations and technical sup-
port.
Thus, field practitioners, technicians and en-
gineers, heads of services, elected officials,
etc, all of them involved in the organization
and good operation of facilities and services,
find at the
NWTC
all the training courses use-
ful and essential to the good control and evo-
lution of their work or position.
In addition to its usual training offer,
proposed in
the “Water” catalogue,
the
NWTC has developed three specific ca-
talogues since several years:
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The ”Waste, Environment, Sustaina-
ble Development” catalogue;
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The ”Water in the industry” catalo-
gue;
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The ”Water - Irrigation - Agriculture”
catalogue.
The
NWTC
’s professional trainers, supple-
mented by the best experts as lecturers,
design and develop training programs based
on existing case studies and
putting the
students in real working situation on
educational facilities, reproducing wor-
king conditions, which are unique in
France and Europe.
Participants thus benefit from their training
which can be measured with tools to assess
the knowledge acquired.
In order to help the professionals in their evo-
lution process and/or career adaptation, the
NWTC conceived training programs on
“Jobs”.
Being a combination of selected trai-
ning courses, these programs gather the
knowledge and skills essential to the corres-
ponding job. Evaluated by a jury of professio-
nals, the participants in some of these courses
obtain
a ”qualification”.
The NWTC is certified ISO 9001, Version
2008.
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The ”Water” catalogue for 2014
The ”Water ” catalogue for 2014 re-
groups 294 training programs divided
into 440 training courses and 8 main
topics:
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Discovery of water jobs.
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Management of water supply and
sanitation utilities, staff safety.
l
Water in the city:
analysis and water
quality, sensors and
flowmeters, drilling,
pumping, drinking wa-
ter production, process
water, drinking water
supply, community se-
werage, storm water, se-
werage networks, urban
wastewater treatment,
treatment of sludge,
odor and waste, self-monitoring and qua-
lity control, maintenance, energy, automa-
tion and remote management.
l
Water for recreational activities.
l
Water in nature.
l
Water in agriculture.
l
Water in industry.
l
Decentralized cooperation.
For 2014, the NWTC has designed and
proposes 14 new courses in its cata-
logue.
As part of a training curriculum, the sessions
can be selected to achieve, over several
months or even a year or two, a customized
training program according to the needs.
Qualifying training pro-
grams are proposed to
meet regulatory requi-
rements and needs for
professional skill valida-
tion:
maintenance of back-
flow preventers, welding of polyethylene
tubes and butt welding (in collaboration with
the ”Syndicate of pipes and fittings in poly-
ethylene - STRPE)”, handling of chlorine in
bottles, determining of taste and odor of drin-
king water, water sampling, sampling of ha-
zardous substances in the environment,
control of facilities supplied by another water
resource, control of connections to the sewe-
rage system, treatment and control of water
in swimming pools, river hydrometry, the job
of gauger.
These courses are carried out at our Centers
of Limoges and La Souterraine on dedicated
teaching facilities and with a range of selec-
ted materials, representative of the market.
Moreover, due to the increase in constraints
and needs,
NWTC,
in partnership with the
Loire-Brittany Water Agency (AELB), is crea-
ting
a new educational platform dedica-
ted to alternative techniques in storm-
water management.
Real showroom of these technologies, this fa-
cility will, as part of training programs or vi-
sits, allow viewing different devices, unders-
tand how they work, and address the pro-
blems of their sizing and implementation.
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The News N° 24 - March 2014
Capacity building for better water management
The French National Water
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Upon request, all these training
courses may be carried out in
English for groups of trainees.
