Street-Scale WSUD Assets Maintenance: IWM Forums exclusive

*Tickets to this event are by invitation only*

Join Clearwater, the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) and our expert presenters for a local, engaging and informative session to help staff improve management and maintenance of WSUD assets.

Training Overview

This course is designed to improve participants’ knowledge and skills to effectively maintain water sensitive urban design (WSUD) assets, build organisational capacity, collaboration and commitment on the topic, and identify and drive further action to address priority issues.

Street-scale WSUD assets include raingardens (bioretention), swales and wetlands.

The day is divided into different sessions and will cover various aspects. Participants may attend all or part of the day as relevant to their role.

Audience

The session has been structured to ensure relevance to:

‘Maintenance staff’: staff with a role in overseeing and/or undertaking the maintenance of WSUD assets (e.g. asset maintenance coordinators/team leaders, lead WSUD maintenance field staff).
‘Broader staff’: middle management (coordinator to manager level) with a broader role in the lifecycle management (planning, design, delivery and/or maintenance) of WSUD assets, both from a capital works and developer-led perspective. This may include relevant staff involved in such areas as asset management, engineering, parks/open space, urban design, etc.)

Delivery Mode & Format

Duration: One-day (face-to-face) training [9:00am to 4:00pm]

Format: Presentations, interactive activities, live demonstration, Q&A, site visits of local street-scale WSUD assets (application of knowledge to real-world examples), group discussion.

Learning Outcomes

After attending the morning session on technical maintenance, participants should be able to:

Define key tasks and inspection frequency associated with maintaining WSUD assets
Understand WSUD maintenance inspection checks and identify critical maintenance issues on site
Access available support tools to assist with WSUD asset management and maintenance.

After attending the afternoon session, participants should be able to:

Describe how various WSUD asset types work and why they are built
Understand fundamental process requirements across the WSUD asset lifecycle, and identify gaps/needs relevant to their organisation.

In addition, participants will benefit from expanded professional networks and strengthened relationships with other practitioners in their area, supporting improved regional collaboration.

Training Outline

Key functions and components of street-scale WSUD

Key maintenance requirements of street-scale WSUD

On-site practical maintenance activity

Asset inspection exercises

Maintenance strategies of different organisations – facilitated group discussion

Pre-requisites

For Session 1, it is assumed that participants are aware of WSUD assets, and have a role specifically relating to overseeing and/or undertaking WSUD asset maintenance.

For Session 2 and 3, there are no particular pre-requisites other than a broad familiarity with WSUD asset lifecycle management, and associated challenges.

Light morning tea and lunch will be provided, as well as transport to site visits.

The training will commence at 9:30am (9:00am registrations) at the designated indoors venue. Site visits will be held outdoors in the local area.

Some walking on uneven terrain will be required. Please let us know of any accessibility requirements.

On-site parking might be limited. If you require an accessible car park on site, please get in touch via email.

Please also remember to bring a water bottle for the tour.

What to wear

Clothing suitable for the weather and site conditions (e.g. rain jacket).
Sturdy, closed-toe footwear (no sandals, thongs or high heels).
Long pants - no shorts (required for the site visit).
Hat (recommended for sun protection).
Hi-viz safety vest if you have one — Clearwater will provide one if you don’t.