Course Overview

Drinking, eating, cleaning, and eliminating waste are daily activities that significantly affect our health. Maintaining proper hygiene is crucial for overall well-being, making it essential to understand its importance and adopt practices that protect our health. Encouraging good hygiene within communities and educating people on how to prevent illness and safeguard their families is a key responsibility of WASH practitioners.

WASH technicians and other service provider employees must be well-versed in the social, cultural, financial, and institutional dynamics of their local communities. They are also responsible for ensuring that service users understand their rights and obligations, including how they can engage with decision-makers. Additionally, they play a role in holding service providers accountable to the people they serve.

Main Training modules

  • Introduction to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
  • Project management fundamentals
  • Project monitoring & evaluation tools
  • Formulation of fundraising proposals for WASH
  • Water and Sustainable Development
  • Introduction to the Principles and Concepts of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Environmental Health Hazards
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Healthful Housing
  • Institutional Hygiene and Sanitation
  • Important Vectors in Public Health
  • Introduction to the Principles of Food Hygiene and Safety
  • Food Contamination and Spoilage
  • Foodborne Diseases and the Investigation of Disease Outbreaks
  • Food Protection and Preservation Methods
  • Hygienic Requirements of Foods and Drink Service Establishments
  • Hygienic and Safety Requirements for Food of Animal Origin
  • Introduction to Water Supply
  • Water and Public Health
  • Water Sources and their Characteristics
  • Water Pollution
  • Water Treatment Technologies for Large-scale Water Supply
  • Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment and Supply Systems
  • Distribution, Leakage and Illegal Connections
  • Water Safety Plans
  • Duties and Responsibilities of Water Utilities
  • Household Water Collection, Treatment, Storage and Handling
  • Efficient Use of Water
  • Monitoring Water Quality
  • Financing Urban Water Services
  • Water Emergencies and Emergency Water Supply
  • Characteristics of Urban Communities
  • Environmental Pollution and Health
  • Existing WASH Service Provision
  • Stakeholders in Urban WASH
  • Social Accountability and Social Responsibility
  • Community Engagement
  • Role of Frontline WASH workers
  • Assessing Behaviour
  • Influencing Behaviour
  • Promoting Improved Hygiene and Sanitation
  • Mobilisation of Urban Communities
  • Advocacy and Networks
  • Sustainability of WASH Services
  • Emergency WASH Behaviour Communication
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Introduction to Sanitation and Waste Management
  • The Effects of Poor Sanitation and Waste Management
  • Rapid Assessment of Urban Sanitation and Waste Management
  • Liquid Wastes: Sources, Types and Characteristics
  • Latrine Technology Options for Urban Areas
  • Liquid Waste Management and Treatment Solid Waste:
  • Sources, Composition and On-site Storage
  • Solid Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
  • Storage, Collection, Transfer and Transport of Solid Waste
  • Disposal of Solid Wastes
  • Integrated Solid Waste Management
  • Institutional Sanitation and Waste Management Commercial Opportunities in Urban Sanitation and Waste Management
  • Emergency Sanitation and Waste Management