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.
Delegates will gain essential knowledge of drinking water and wastewater treatment processes and networks, environmental impacts, and regulations governing the sector, equipping individuals with the confidence to successfully begin their role within the industry.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: Online (self-paced)
Find out moreThis training course equips water supply and regulation professionals with a critical understanding of: leakage and pressure management; leakage estimation and detection; and the key elements of asset quality; for effective pipeline repair and rehabilitation.
Duration: 4 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (self-paced)
Find out moreThis short course provides learners with an introduction to Regulation 31(4), which substances and products must meet before being introduced into the water supply. The training overviews the regulation's background, requirements, DWI application, and consequences of non-compliance.
Duration: 0.5 day
Delivery: In-person / Online (live or self-paced*)
Find out moreThis course develops learners' basic knowledge of asset management principles, activities and benefits, providing newcomers to the topic with the confidence and proficiency to support their business' operational, economic and strategic goals, or to begin their own asset management career.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person / Online (self-paced*)
Find out moreWRc's engaging and interactive training course provides early-career management professionals and support personnel with a basic introduction of how an Asset Management System (ASM) operates as specified in ISO 55001 - from policy and performance measurement to audits and reviews.
Duration: 3 hours
Delivery: In-person or Online (live or self-paced)
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 moreThis course offers students, graduates and career-starters with introductory training on water microbiology, with the aim to develop an understanding of waterborne disease and pathogens, indicator organisms and principles of hygiene in water supply.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: Online (self-paced + 1hr mentoring)
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 moreThis course provides a thorough understanding of asset management and its 39 subjects as outlined in IAM’s Competencies Framework - covering planning, decision-making, lifecycle, information, people and risks - to support learners' current roles or to prepare for an asset management qualification.
Duration: 5 days
Delivery: In-person / Online (self-paced*)
Find out moreThis course allows new starters to the leakage industry to understand how the N1 exponent relates to leakage; to use best practice techniques to plan for and carry out an N1 field test; and to analyse N1 test data to inform water loss management strategies within supply networks.
Duration: 2 days
Delivery: Online (self-paced)
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 moreThis course provides learners with an understanding of drinking water safety regulations and the risks of non-compliance, using practical examples to equip them with the skills to adopt management best practices that mitigate risks and promote sustainability.
Duration: 2-3 days
Delivery: In-person / Online (live or self-paced)
Find out moreDelivered by an environmental water quality specialist, this course provides practical experience and confidence in using UPM for implementing policy for permitting wet weather intermittent discharges from water company and other wastewater systems.
Duration: 1 or 2 days
Delivery: In-person or Online (self-paced)
Find out moreThis training equips water network technicians, engineers and supervisors with the skills to operate valves efficiently and carry out step tests to mitigate leakage effectively, and carry out mains shutdowns and other activities.
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: In-person and Online (self-paced)
Find out moreAdvance your career as a trusted expert in water risk and resilience by mastering the skills to complete high level and in-depth water risk assessments and mitigate water risks. Learners will be able to communicate risks and their impact powerfully and apply solutions to real-world projects.
Duration: 12 weeks (within 6 months)
Delivery: Online (pre-recorded + live sessions) via trusted delivery partner
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