Advanced Wastewater Treatment Process Knowledge Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply advanced principles of biological, chemical, and physical wastewater treatment processes to optimize plant performance.
• Analyze process data to identify operational inefficiencies and implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate the impact of influent variability on treatment processes and adjust parameters accordingly.
• Design monitoring and control strategies for key treatment stages including activated sludge, nutrient removal, and disinfection.
• Demonstrate compliance with South African water quality standards and environmental regulations.
• Implement troubleshooting procedures for common process upsets and equipment failures.

Target Audience

This course is designed for experienced wastewater treatment plant operators, process controllers, and technicians who require advanced understanding of treatment processes. It is also suitable for engineers and supervisors seeking to deepen their technical expertise in wastewater management.

Prerequisites

Learners must have completed NQF Level 4 mathematics and communication, or equivalent. Relevant work experience in wastewater treatment is recommended.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience with key laboratory and pilot-scale equipment used in advanced wastewater treatment. Learners will perform jar tests, membrane filtration demonstrations, process control simulations, and troubleshooting exercises to link theory to real-world operation.

Practical Activities

• Jar Test for Coagulation and Flocculation — Learners conduct jar tests using varying coagulant doses to determine optimal dosing for turbidity removal, and measure pH, turbidity, and floc formation. (4h)
• Membrane Filtration Demonstration — Learners operate a pilot-scale membrane filtration unit (UF/MF), measure flux, TMP, and perform a chemical cleaning cycle. (4h)
• Process Control Simulation and Data Analysis — Using a wastewater process simulator, learners adjust parameters (DO, F/M, SRT) and observe impacts on effluent quality and settleability. (4h)
• Troubleshooting and Sampling Practical — Learners collect and preserve wastewater samples, perform on-site tests (DO, pH, conductivity, settleable solids), and diagnose a simulated plant issue. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.