(WRE4)

A 3 day training course for Supervising Engineers under the Reservoirs Act 1975 ,or Civil Engineers seeking such an appointment. The course is also suitable for engineers with responsibility for headworks, reservoir safety and remedial works.

This course includes evening training, with some nights finishing around 9:30pm. This in an all inclusive, fully residential course.

Benefits of attending for the learner
• A greater understanding of hydraulic engineering, flood hydrology and dam engineering.

Benefits of attending for the employer
• Competent employees, better able to assess risk

What will you learn?
• Hydrographs and flood routing.
• Catchment characteristics.
• The impact of forestry on surface waters.
• The role and principles of model studies.
• Waves and wave protection.
• Overtopping.
• Reinforced grass.
• Dam outlet works.
• Dam break analysis and contingency planning.

What qualifications will you achieve?

• You will receive a certificate from Dams & Reservoirs Limited.
How is the training delivered?
• Theory is delivered in the classroom. The course will include lectures and discussions, with reference to relevant case histories.
What do I need to bring with me?
• Scientific Calculator
• Floods and Reservoir Safety – An Engineering Guide, 4th edition, 2015 - ICE