Maintenance of Wetlands

Tailored training available on request

This half-day practical session includes a mix of indoor and outdoor components and introduces participants to useful tools and guidelines such as a Wetland Inspection and Maintenance Checklist and Melbourne Water's Constructed Wetlands Guidelines. It is delivered on request and designed to specifically meet the individual needs of your organisation.

Audience


Designed for outdoor staff and maintenance supervisors responsible for maintaining wetland assets, as well as those with an interest in wetland asset management.

Summary


This half-day practical session includes a mix of indoor and outdoor components and introduces participants to useful tools and guidelines such as a Wetland Inspection and Maintenance Checklist and Melbourne Water's Constructed Wetlands Guidelines.



After a brief introduction to the concept of a water sensitive city and the role of wetlands in the urban landscape, attendees will learn about the function, principles and key components of constructed wetlands.  This gives participants a meaningful sense of why these systems are built and an improved understanding of how they work, providing a sound basis to understand and undertake the required maintenance tasks.  

Participants then learn about the typical maintenance activities required for construction wetland systems including the ‘what, how and when?’ of wetland maintenance tasks.  The course aims to provide participants with the confidence to effectively carry out maintenance work and identify and troubleshoot problems arising with an asset.



Maintenance of constructed wetland assets is often a challenge for councils; not only because of the unfamiliar technology, but because the maintenance responsibilities may extend across multiple departments and because it is not always clear how the maintenance should be resourced.  For this reason, we facilitate a structured discussion at the end of the session to identify issues, roles and responsibilities and next steps for council to embed effective maintenance into their asset management procedures and practices.

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