Certificate in Wastewater Process Operations Course

The Certificate in Wastewater Process Operations Course is run on Level 3 of the SAQA Qualifications Framework.

This is a one year course.

Administrative details for this course are the same as the Intermediate Level courses. There is an optional three day intensive lecture session with a wastewater technical expert, who is the course coordinator.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Lecture 1 Understanding the Water Environment

Industrial and domestic uses of water

The hydrological cycle

Lecture 2 Pre-Treatment Technology

Pre-treatment equipment

Plant maintenance

Plant safety

Pre-treatment plant control

Lecture 3 The Activated Sludge Process

Activated sludge plant

Activated sludge organisms

How an activated sludge plant works

Sludge management

Plant maintenance

Lecture 4 Bio-filtration

The bio-filter layout

How the bio-filter works

Bio-filter operation

Bio-filter maintenance

Safety around the bio-filter

Lecture 5 Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes

Biochemistry of anaerobic systems

Types of anaerobic digesters

Control variables

Nitrogen cycle in nature

Lecture 6 Tannery Wastewater Treatment

Introduction to tannery effluent management

Sources of waste

Treatment strategy