Necessary knowledge for the drainage and wastewater treatment industry at intermediate level in Vietnam

Necessary knowledge for the drainage and wastewater treatment industry at intermediate level in Vietnam (Illustrative Image)

Circular 56/2018/TT-BLDTBXH stipulates that the water drainage and wastewater treatment technology at the intermediate level is a field in Vietnam that performs the following tasks: Operating the drainage network; maintaining and servicing the drainage network; operating, maintaining, and servicing drainage pump stations; operating wastewater treatment plants; maintaining and servicing wastewater treatment plants; monitoring the quality of wastewater during treatment, meeting the Level 4 requirements in the National Qualifications Framework of Vietnam. The students in Vietnam need to have the following knowledge:

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

- Describe the properties and components of different types of wastewater;

- Describe the functions, duties, and common malfunctions of the facilities in the drainage network and in wastewater treatment plants;

- Describe the frequent damages occurring in the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Describe the potential hazards during the operation, maintenance, and servicing of the drainage network and wastewater treatment plants;

- Describe the maintenance and servicing procedures for sewer pipes, manholes, connections, and pump stations;

- Describe the basic treatment levels in domestic wastewater treatment plants and industrial wastewater treatment plants;

- Describe the decomposition processes of pollutants in each facility and their removal methods;

- Describe the structure, functions, and operating principles of basic wastewater treatment facilities and equipment by mechanical, chemical, physicochemical, and biological methods, including disinfection and deodorization facilities;

- Describe the process of operating the facilities in the treatment plant;

- Describe the process of operating the sludge, gas, and waste treatment systems generated;

- Describe the sampling, transportation, storage, and preservation methods for wastewater and sludge samples;

- Describe the basic knowledge about politics, culture, society, law, national defense and security, and physical education as stipulated.

Note: The minimum knowledge volume is 1,500 hours (equivalent to 59 credits).

Details can be found in Circular 56/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, which takes effect in Vietnam from February 10, 2019.

Ty Na

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