Aleck Bruce – Water Quality Scientist

Water Quality Training

Disinfection Code of Practice

• Emphasising good hygiene

• Pipe storage

• Levels of chlorination for pipes

• Issuing boil water notices

• Temporary pipe work

• Quality checks

• 640 People to train

• 200 remaining.

Customer Training

• Treatment works overview

• Consumer enquiries

• Taste and odour

• Discoloured water

• Illness

• WQ concern.

Distribution Training

• Taking samples

• Investigations

• Giving the correct advice

• Filling in paper work

• Taste and Odour practical

• 218 needed training

• 70 remaining.

Blue Diamond

• Diamond signs of treated water locations

• Water is a food product

• Similar approach to confined space

• Colour coding

• Reservoir Covers

• Practical session

• Culture change

• 475 to train in the north.

Test Methods Manual

• New equipment at WTW

• Standard frequency

• Standard Locations

• Site based training

• Very practical

• 104 to train in the north.

Future Production Training

• Has been historic training

• Site specific

• Modular based

• Working group involved.

Competent?

• Not just rely on training

• TL to question delegates

• Competency Files

• Operator ownership.

Behind the Scenes

• 13,000 training days a year

• £500 K Budget – Mandatory

• Training matrix

• Automated call up

• E-learn options.

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