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The ”Water” catalogue for 2015...
The “Water” catalogue for 2015
regroups311 trainingprogramsdivided
into 445 training courses and 8 main
topics:
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Discovery of trades.
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Management ofwater supply and
sanitationutilities, staff safety.
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Water in the city:
analysis and water
quality, sensors and flowmeters, drilling,
pumping, drinkingwater production, pro-
cess water, drinking water supply, com-
munity sewerage, stormwater, sewerage
networks, urban wastewater treatment,
treatment of sludge, odor andwaste, self-
monitoring and quality control, mainte-
nance, energy, automation and remote
management.
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Water for recreational activities.
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Water innature.
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Water in agriculture.
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Water in industry.
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Decentralized cooperation.
In 2015, the IOWater-FNWTC has desi-
gned and proposes 23 new courses in
its catalogue.
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.
In the catalogue, you can also find
qualifying training programs,
proposed
to meet regulatory requirements and
needs for professional skill validation:
handling of chlorine in bottles, ”Certificate of
Competence forWorking inConfined Spaces”
(CATEC®), determining of taste and odor of
drinking water, water sampling, sampling of
hazardous substances in the environment,
welding of polyethylene tubes and butt wel-
ding, maintenance of backflow preventers,
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.
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2015 Training program
”Waste, Environment, Sustainable Development”
In its catalogue
”Waste, Environ-
ment andSustaina-
ble Development”
2015, the IOWater-
FNWTC proposes
54 training pro-
grams organized in
60 training courses
on the topics:
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Waste:
regulation, service management,
hygieneand safety, communication, collec-
tion and selective sorting, maintenance of
facilities, treatment and reuseofwasteand
wastewater treatment sludge, leachate,
biogas, odor treatment, etc.
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Air:
measurement of pollution inopen air.
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Noise:
noise at work inwater and sanita-
tionutilities.
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Sites and soils:
pollution appraisal and
removal frompolluted sites and soils.
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Energy:
electric energy savings, strategy
for theuseof renewable energy.
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Sustainabledevelopment:
carbon foot-
print, sustainable development approach,
sustainable purchase, landscape integra-
tion into hydraulic structures, stormwater
recovery.
In 2015, the IOWater-FNWTC is propo-
sing 8 new sessions especially focusing
on safety
:
first-aid Officer, maintaining and upgrading
first-aid skills, Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE), prevention of risks related to manual
handling, transportation of dangerous goods,
awareness to Explosive Atmospheres (EA),
crewmember for first fire response, welding
and butt welding of high density polyethylene
(HDPE) tubes for abiogas system.
In2015, FNWTC is alsoproposing2new
trainingprograms:
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One for operators of aWaste Storage Faci-
lity (WSF);
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Anewone foroperatorsof biowaste treat-
ment facilities.
As part of theseprograms, sessions can
be selected to complete a trai-
ning path according to the
needs and availability over
oneor two years ormore.
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IOWater-FNWTC’s complete trainingoffer
canbe consultedon thewebsite:
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Upon request, all these training courses
may be carried out in English for
groups of trainees.
