These categories are a guide only; if you can't find a specific topic or course, ask us about WRc's wide range of cross-sector knowledge and capability - we'll be happy to help find your training solution.
Our courses cover the basics to the cutting edge via in-person, virtual and hybrid delivery. Purposeful and focused solutions enhance existing employees' expertise and develop new recruits’ knowledge of the water, environment and sustainability sectors.
From our vast knowledge-store, we have hand-picked problem-focused, expert-led modules to support and guide your training, so that you can fill your knowledge gaps and rise to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.
We can also create or customise a course according to your teams' skill level and add any practical cases or content specific to your team or business. If you’re unable to find the exact training solution you need for you and your team, please get in touch.
These categories are a guide only; if you can't find a specific topic or course, ask us about WRc's wide range of cross-sector knowledge and capability - we'll be happy to help find your training solution.
Please enquire if you are a team looking for a course using a different or combined delivery method, or at your chosen in-person venue.
These are an indication; please read full descriptions as longer courses may span knowledge levels. Get in touch if you're looking for a specific course at a different level.
'Fundamental' training offers an introduction or overview, such as for new starters or management.
'Intermediate' learners may be junior staff requiring a more detailed understanding to meet role/ team requirements.
'Advanced' courses provide in-depth technical knowledge transfer.
Delivered by a leading wastewater specialist and experienced trainer, this course develops learners' knowledge of sewer deterioration and use of CCTV condition surveys in sewer rehabilitation planning, as well as the manuals used to identify and code faults in drains and sewers.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreThis course provides hands-on experience of the capability and features of WRc’s TR61 software, which collates cost and carbon estimating models for the construction, renovation and operation of water treatment and infrastructure assets, delivered by its developer and trainer, engineer David Sivil.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreDelivered by leading wastewater specialist and experienced trainer, this course provides delegates with an extensive understanding of the use of European Standards coding system (EN 13508) in commissioning sewer CCTV inspection surveys and asset condition assessments, supporting rehabilitation programs.
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreThis course provides clean water network modellers, engineers, and technicians with an introduction to network hydraulics. Covering assets such as pipes, valves, pumps and reservoirs, learners will be equipped to use GIS software in the construction and application of hydraulic models.
Duration: 2-3 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (live)
Find out moreDelivered by flow and metering specialist, Andy Godley, this course provides meter (and meter data) users with increased understanding of water meter technology, regulations, applications, and how to improve the collection of water flow data from source to tap.
Duration: 1 or 1.5 days
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreUnlock the power of GIS in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) by gaining essential skills in project creation, spatial analysis, and delivering top-quality outputs. This online course is perfect for early-career environmental consultants aiming to excel in a competitive landscape.
Duration: 2 days
Delivery: Online (live)*
Find out moreThis training course enables utility & regulatory industry professionals to take their spreadsheet data analysis to the next level, with an accessible and practical introduction to R: the widely-used, free open-source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: Online* (self-paced + 1hr mentoring)
Find out moreDelivered by flow and metering specialist Andy Godley, this course provides meter (and meter data) users with a fundamental understanding of wastewater meter technology, selection, installation, verification, regulations, and how to improve the collection of flow data from drain to river.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreThis course provides an introduction to water quality modelling, focusing on Monte Carlo simulation as well as use of the Environment Agency’s software River Quality Planning Tool and MPER (metals bioavailability) Tool, for water industry professionals and those involved in discharge permitting and compliance.
Duration: 0.5 day
Delivery: In-person or Online (self-paced + 30min mentoring)
Find out moreDelivered by leading wastewater specialist and author of WRc's Manual of Sewer Condition Classification 5th Edition (MSCC5), this course provides delegates with extensive understanding of commissioning sewer CCTV inspection surveys and asset condition assessments, supporting rehabilitation programs.
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreThis programme equips learners to be able to identify, document and categorise defects in pipelines, laterals and manholes across sewer, stormwater, and other systems. The course is available to learners in regions which use NASSCO’s PACP™ / LACP™ / MACP™ / Standards (e.g. the Americas).
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (live)
Find out moreThis software tool is a training resource for water companies to simulate various possible failures in water treatment operation, or membrane process operation, for operators to diagnose and resolve - ensuring staff can demonstrate competency in responding to non-routine failures and troubleshooting problems.
Duration: N/A
Delivery: Software training tool
Find out moreBased on WRc's Drain Repair Book, this course develops learners' understanding of drains and sewer design, ownership and inspection methods, as well as their skills in commissioning surveys and repairs, to ensure work is appropriate, cost-effective and of high quality.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreThis training uses water industry frameworks and case studies to illustrate how to take a risk-based approach to asset management by extracting best value from planned maintenance, and making wise investment decisions by balancing probability and consequences of failure with costs of remediation.
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (live)
Find out moreLed by STOAT software developer Jeremy Dudley, this exercise-based training enables wastewater treatment process professionals to develop the required skills and knowledge to effectively use STOAT modelling freeware for sewage plant design, assessment and optimisation.
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (live)
Find out moreDrawing on expertise from statistics specialists, water quality scientists and modellers, this course arms learners with the skills to quickly and easily visualise and analyse routine environmental, drinking water and effluent monitoring data, including through use of WRc's AARDVARK software.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: Online (self-paced + 1hr mentoring)
Find out moreDelivered by a seasoned statistics specialist and lecturer, and drawing on expertise from WRc water quality scientists and modellers, this course uses hands-on exercises to introduce key concepts and statistical methods used to visualise, interpret, analyse, and evaluate water quality data.
Duration: 2 days
Delivery: Online (live)
Find out moreDelivered by flow and metering specialist Andy Godley, this course provides users (and those directing use) of clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters with a practical demonstration and detailed exploration of their operation, applications, performance and limitations for effective water flow measurement.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person
Find out moreThis course provides learners with the contextual understanding of how wastewater hydraulic models are constructed and used for reliable and effective system simulation - introducing software types and basic functions, as well as the key requirements to build and apply models.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person or Online (live or self-paced)
Find out moreThis course provides junior network modellers with a detailed, practical introduction to wastewater hydraulic modelling, enhancing confidence in their ability to perform reliable and effective network simulation - including how to build, validate, verify, integrate and apply various model solutions.
Duration: 2 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (live)
Find out moreE-learning tutorials and hands-on exercises, guided by a water supply specialist, provide the required knowledge for those using the Water Efficiency Calculator to assess the water performance of new dwellings in compliance with Part G of the Building Regulations for England.
Duration: 3 hours
Delivery: Online (self-paced)
Find out moreThis course enables leak detection analysts to increase their understanding of best-practice principles and implement real-world solutions for: effective design and targeting of DMAs and TMAs; leakage control and strategy; and analysis of spatial data using GIS technology.
Duration: 4 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (live)
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