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WRc Academy

Providing required and necessary training solutions that share, develop and nurture the knowledge of the water sector and beyond.

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Our trainers...

harness an unrivalled legacy of almost 100 years’ water, environmental and sustainability sector knowledge and industry-wide relationships to deliver exceptional, best-practice training.

Our courses...

cover the basics to the cutting edge via both in-person and virtual delivery. Purposeful and focused solutions enhance existing employees' expertise and develop new recruits’ knowledge of these exciting sectors.

Our learners...

span a wide range of stakeholders, from multi-national corporates to regulated utilities, who are engaged in improving and protecting our planet while maximising their career and learning potential.

The challenge

The water industry and associated sectors face a whole host of challenges over the next few decades, ranging from:

  • climate change impacting on the quality and resilience of resources;
  • decreasing customer acceptability, affordability and appreciation for the value of water;
  • ageing assets needing replacing or renovation more frequently than currently planned; and
  • an ageing workforce with a decreasing pool of young people studying STEM subjects to replace them.

We firmly believe that the water industry’s current challenges require solutions that will stand the test of time, and that are built on solid scientific and engineering knowledge and know-how. WRc Academy was created to be part of the solution to these critical challenges by building greater expertise and sustainable capability within these sectors through training and knowledge sharing. 

The solution

How can we do this? WRc has accumulated an unrivalled legacy of almost 100 years’ water sector, environmental and sustainability experience and know-how. From that vast knowledge-store, we have hand-picked problem-focused, expert-led training modules and mentoring programmes to support and guide your training at the cutting edge of the drinking water and wastewater industries, so that you can fill your knowledge gaps, and rise to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.

Whether you’re new to the exciting world of the water industry, or an experienced professional, our training courses and mentoring programmes are relevant to your career in the water and wastewater community of today. We have a team of highly skilled, approachable and friendly trainers and technical experts who will facilitate your learning. They will enable your teams to develop the knowledge your organisation needs to find the right solution to meet your challenges.

In-person

Immersive and appeals to all learning styles using elements such as discussion, lecture, exercises, and practical demonstration.

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Live online

Draws upon engaging digital workshop and exercise formats for an accessible, yet fully-interactive, group experience.

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Digital learning

Allows for flexibility to learners’ timeframes, featuring bite-sized tutorials and practical exercises followed up by a 1-1 mentoring call.

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Bespoke

We can create or customise a course to your teams' skill level and add any practical cases or content specific to your team or business.

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Hand-picked, problem-focused, expert-led training courses

  • Catchment water quality & environmental protection
  • Clean water treatment & supply infrastructure
  • Sewer networks & wastewater treatment
  • Data & digital assets
  • Application of industry standards into practice
  • Project, people & asset management

WRc provides integrated catchment management services for the managed water cycle. Our specialists have developed courses to enable attendees to support their environmental objectives - through increased knowledge of critical quality standards, as well as the skills to effectively monitor and improve outcomes.

For almost a century, WRc have successfully supported the global drinking water sectors. Our training equips operations teams and management with the knowledge and technical skills to address challenges and provide sustainable and innovative solutions for safe, efficient and reliable customer supply.

WRc is an industry-leader in research and innovation to optimise infrastructure and overcome environmental challenges in the transport and treatment of wastewater. These courses provide stakeholders - from technicians to regulators - with the skills for efficient, compliant and forward-thinking operations in this sector.

WRc has a long history of developing software and informing technology which support the water and environment sectors. This selection of courses helps to prepare digital workforces by equipping attendees with the knowledge and skills of appropriate statistical, modelling and analysis tools and techniques for their unique situations.

Industry best practice is embedded into all aspects our work at WRc, and our training courses are no different. This selection were designed to guide professionals through a specific specification or publication, providing them with the required working knowledge to ensure it is implemented to the highest quality.

WRc offers training to allow our clients to achieve outstanding performance and growth through the effective alignment of corporate goals with daily operations. These courses enable staff to upskill in managing plans, costs, risks and stakeholders - from individual assets through to whole businesses.

Our partners

In our mission for knowledge sharing, collaborations with like-minded organisations further support sustainable capability across the whole industry.

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WRc Academy Courses Brochure

Designed by WRc experts, these training modules focus on subjects that are very relevant to the existing water and wastewater community of today. If you would like to find out more about how we can help with your training needs, please get in touch.

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Tailored knowledge transfer

If you’re unable to find the exact training module you need for you and your team, please get in touch. We can plan and create a bespoke workshop (suitable for eight or more attendees), specifically designed to meet your training needs, either using our in-house trainers or through one of our training partners.

Our place or yours?

Our trainers are able to run training modules and complete courses, for groups of eight or more, at our fully equipped facility in Swindon. Or we can run the training at your preferred location - on a date to suit you. We’ll bring everything with us needed to run the course - you simply need to provide the delegates and a venue.

Support beyond the classroom

We recognise that it takes time to grow technical competence and fully embed world-class knowledge transfer and training. Our ethos at WRc is, therefore, to build long-term, sustainable relationships with our clients, making us available to respond to technical queries whenever they arise, and provide further coaching / support as it is needed.

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