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Australia’s first online drain cleaning refresher Asset Training has developed a new training curriculum to support operators wanting to upskill under COVID-19 restraints. The training comprises both theoretical and practical components.
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qua Assets provides water and waste management services to businesses in the utility, construction, engineering and trade sectors. Services include civil works, non-destructive digging, vacuum loading, CCTV, drain cleaning and pipeline rehabilitation. Aqua Assets subsidiary Asset Training is specially dedicated to providing training in water and waste management and industrial maintenance services. This registered training organisation (RTO) primarily focuses on work safety, backed by vocational educators who are passionate about the level of instruction they provide. Operating since 2006, Asset Training is an award-winning RTO dedicated to providing safe work training. For more than 15 years, the company has continued to grow its portfolio of industry-specific trainers who collectively have more than 40 years of combined industry experience. Asset Training has recently launched a new online drain cleaning refresher – a short course achievable in less than a week, reinvigorating the individual on the relevant drain cleaning unit of competency. While COVID-19 has restricted many industrial maintenance businesses from accessing the training they require, Asset Training has adapted its curriculum to help operators maintain their nationally accredited compliance standing remotely. The Online Drain Cleaning Refresher course recognises the current restraints placed on businesses, providing a new level of accessibility through the online training course. Drain cleaning operators are required to undergo verification of competency or refresher training at appropriate intervals not exceeding two years. The Online Drain Cleaning Refresher course uses the MSMWJ302 system to assess the competency knowledge of the drain cleaning operator. The operator is then practically assessed through document and video submissions, and if successful, is recertified as competent to perform their responsibilities. Refresher training is required by industry, and the training offered by Asset Training is nationally recognised, up to date, and of the highest quality. The training comprises both theoretical and practical components and the theory includes five online quizzes with a pass/
