Course Objectives

• Familiarizing participants with the foundations, rules and principles of the water management system and the foundations of the operation and maintenance of the system.
• Enabling participants to acquire the water management system monitoring skills to manage water distribution efficiently and effectively.
• Providing participants with in-depth skills of managing work team, and skills of coordinating, follow-up and mentoring to ensure the continuity of the distinguished service to the public.
• Providing the participants with the skills to manage emergency centers, coordination and liaison between units and officials on an urgent basis.
• Empowering participants to practise evaluations of the system, the team and the staff so as to ensure improvement the service to the public.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers of the irrigation system, directors of water institutions and water project managers, water control officials who use or wish to use the water management system, and irrigation system managers in places where the water management system is implemented, or planned and implemented.
• Database administrators responsible for the saving, managing and maintenance of the water management system database.

Course Outlines

Foundations and rules of the water management system

• Water management system and water management system interface.
• Management unit and water demand unit.
• Data measurement unit and water release unit.
• The use of water for crops and reports unit.
• Database management.

 Managing and planning the water management system

• Senior management policies and decisions.
• Strategic and operational plans of the system.
• Formulating water management objectives.
• Continuity of operation and maintenance of water networks.
• Water services for consumers and their rapid delivery.
• Operating programs for water networks.

Follow-up, direction and coordination

• Studying the operational constraints.
• Coordinating and supervising among the heads of the region’s departments.
• Follow-up on emergency plan implementation in emergencies.
• Follow up administrative work on the scope of jurisdiction.
• Coordinating with the maintenance monitor in all joint work.
• Making periodic reports of the highest level of the workflow.
• Follow-up on emergency plan implementation in emergencies.
• Applying security, safety and fire control procedures.

Emergency management at the districts level

• Follow-up implementation of the operational programs of the Water Emergency Centre.
• Studying operational and special constrains to the work of the Emergency Centre.
• Forming and qualifying the Emergency Centre team.
• Coordinating and organizing the tasks and responsibilities within the framework of the emergency team.
• Drilling tests of emergency operations.
• Coordinating and liaison group among units.
• Coordinating with relevant heads and units.

Monitoring and evaluating the implementation and the systems

• Evaluating the internal systems and policies of units and sections.
• Evaluating the security,safety and fire control system and procedures for personnel and equipment.
• Reviewing and auditing progress and final payments for maintenance contracts.
• Reviewing and auditing the receipt and acceptance certificates and final certificates of contracts.
• Follow-up on maintenance contracts executed by contractors
• Evaluating the level of performance of staff working within the scope of the jurisdiction