Knowledge of the major of Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Engineering at the College Level in Vietnam

Knowledge of the major of Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Engineering at the College Level in Vietnam (Illustrative image)

Circular 56/2018/TT-BLDTBXH stipulates that the technical operation and wastewater treatment at the college level encompass performing tasks such as: operating the drainage network; maintenance and repair of the drainage network; operating and maintaining drainage pumping stations; operating wastewater treatment plants; maintenance and repair of wastewater treatment plants; monitoring wastewater quality during treatment processes to meet the requirements of level 5 in the Vietnamese National Qualifications Framework. Knowledge of the wastewater and water treatment engineering field at the college level in Vietnam includes:

- Describing the ecological cycle, causes, and effects of environmental pollution, and measures to reduce environmental pollution;

- Presenting types, structures, and living conditions of microorganisms, as well as their role in wastewater treatment;

- Explaining the steps to prepare for operating, maintaining, and repairing the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Analyzing safety measures during the operation, maintenance, and repair of the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Analyzing the drainage network current state drawings, electric circuit diagrams, and other technical documents;

- Presenting energy and material saving measures in the operation, maintenance, and repair of the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Evaluating the components, physical, chemical, and biological properties of various types of wastewater;

- Presenting the structure, characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of different types of drainage systems;

- Describing the characteristics and usage scope of various types of pipes and drainage materials;

- Presenting functions, duties, and common damages of structures on the drainage network and within wastewater treatment plants;

- Explaining the causes, consequences, and remedial measures for frequently occurring damages on the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Describing health risks and potential dangers when operating, maintaining, and repairing the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Describing measurement, control, adjustment methods, and the structure, function of corresponding devices;

- Presenting calculation methods for the drainage pipe slope and how to calculate distance, depth of manholes;

- Presenting sanitation measures, maintenance, and repair procedures for drainage pipes, load-bearing manhole covers, manholes, connection points, pumping stations, etc.;

- Presenting the overview diagram of a wastewater treatment plant, processing levels in domestic and special industrial wastewater treatment plants;

- Analyzing the decomposition processes of pollutants in each structure and methods to remove them;

- Presenting the structure, function, and operating principles of structures and devices for wastewater treatment by mechanical, chemical, physico-chemical, and biological methods, disinfection, and deodorization structures;

- Explaining the operation, maintenance, and repair processes of wastewater treatment structures, sludge waste, garbage waste, and gas emissions in the plant;

- Listing the sources of origin, characteristics, and impacts of sludge waste, gas emissions, and garbage waste in the wastewater treatment system;

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More details can be found in Circular 56/2018/TT-BLDTBXH which comes into force in Vietnam from February 10, 2019.

Ty Na

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