This course has been developed to adopt new requirements within the Onsite Wastewater Code, and supports Local Councils, Health Authorities , the wastewater industry and homeowners improve the standard of servicing and maintenance of aerobic wastewater treatment systems.

Aimed at the service technician this course will review a number of different manufacturers systems, fault diagnostic tests and their interpretation, routine maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of faulty or failing systems.

The course involves hands-on practical exercises to consolidate knowledge and develop skills. There will be a strong emphasis on practical and field based learning with approximately half of the course time spent on troubleshooting exercises and looking at and working on a wide variety of aerobic wastewater treatment systems on site. The course includes testing, inspecting, fault finding, rectifying operating systems and the equipment requirements to do this.

Course Outline

The course involves hands-on practical exercises to consolidate knowledge and develop skills. There will be a strong emphasis on practical and field based learning with approximately half of the course time spent on troubleshooting exercises and looking at and working on a wide variety of aerobic wastewater treatment systems on site. The course includes testing, inspecting, fault finding and rectifying operating systems.

Course Content

• Principles of aerobic wastewater treatment systems operations and servicing
• Legislation
• WHS issues with AWTS
• Treatment processes
• Overview of systems
• Effluent sampling and testing
• Reporting & documentation
• Field exercises