Course description

The course aims at consolidating the participants’ competence in the field of small to medium borehole pumping system. It focuses on a comprehensive design concept that allows to optimisation sustainability and energy consumption, being renewable or not. It covers the full project extent, from assessment, contractor supervision, work commissioning and training operators for operation and maintenance.

What you will learn?

After the training participants will be able to:

• To master the basics of hydraulics and electricity necessary for the design
• To collect, analyse and use data to identify suitable solutions for water supply.
• To use the collected data to optimize the pumping system.
• To size the pump, pipe, cables, genset, PV (solar panels) and control panel.
• To give necessary technical specifications for all the required material and evaluate offers.
• To supervise important points during the installation, what to check during commissioning and ensure that sufficient training on O&M is given.

What changes can you expect after this training?

Critical work behaviours expected from participants after completion of the course

• Complete field assessment for water project with all necessary information
• Use standard tools to make the design
• Make an integrated design taking in account all elements (borehole, pump, pipe and tank)
• Involve all stakeholders in the projects
• Give precise and pertinent work specifications to contractors
• Give precise and pertinent technical specifications to purchasers
• Closer follow-up of the contractor during the work with checklist
• Involve more the operators during the work
• Ensure that the operators were trained after work is completed
• Have a complete understanding of the system before fixing one of its elements

Teams expected results

• Increase the quality of the data collected during the assessment phase
• Increase the usage of standard tools => easier to check and faster to implement
• Decrease delays due to incomplete technical specifications in tenders
• Increase the quality of the contractors’ work through an efficient site supervision
• Decrease cost and time to repair existing system (troubleshooting)
• Increase the number of trained operators
• Better design => more sustainable and energy efficient
• Better specifications => improve quality and procurement process
• More professional approach=> better recognition with local authorities

Organizational expected results

• Better design => more sustainable and energy efficient, optimizing the use of resources
• Better specifications => improve quality and procurement process, optimizing the use of resources
• More professional approach=> better recognition with local authorities

• Who should attend?

• WASH project engineers and operators responsible for borehole pumping systems.

• Where will it take place?

• The training courses are taking place in Nairobi (within Strathmore Energy Research Center) in partnership with Grundfos.

• Duration

• 6 weeks online, 5 days F2F, 3 months post learning assignment

How to Apply:

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