WIOA Water Registration Schemes

Water Industry Operator Registration

Acuario

The actions of Operators who treat water, wastewater and recycled water have a direct impact on its quality and may impact environmental and public health risks.

Registration provides an assurance to regulators, communities and the users of drinking water and recycled water that Operators are competent to manage drinking water, wastewater and/or recycled water quality, as well as being capable of identifying and responding to drinking water, wastewater and/or recycled water quality risks and incidents.

Registration indicates that an individual operator has a specific set of knowledge, skills, competence and experience which is recognised by the employer and the registration body.

Registration Framework

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Registration Process Suitably Qualified Person Eligibility & Appeals System Complexity Rating Forms Framework & Taskforce

Registration Process

Applications cannot be processed unless all of the relevant information and supporting documentation is provided.

1 Apply

Apply

Applications can be lodged by registering with Acuario the administration system. Registering will include personal information and information about the applicants Employer (Supplier/Authority).

An invoice will be provided for payment of the Application Fee ($110 inc GST) and the registration process will commence.

For further information email: info@wioa.org.au

2 Training

Training

Provide evidence of the satisfactory completion of accredited training under the nationally recognised Water Training Package (NWP).

Registered Training Organisations (RTO) are the only training providers that can supply the necessary documentation (called Statements of Attainment) that verify an applicant has met the training requirements. Each application must be supported by evidence of completion of accredited training such as Certificates, Statements of Attainment, or official student records from an RTO. All documentation supplied will be verified as an accurate copy by the Supplier/Authority and WIOA will undertake random audits of documentation supplied.

In accordance with the Framework, only accredited training completed in accordance with the National Water Training Package (NWP) or any subsequent version of the Training Package will be recognised.

Applicants with qualifications obtained from studies associated with training packages prior to NWP01 will be required to upgrade their qualifications to meet the requirements of the current Water Training Package.

3 Workplace Evidence Report

4 WIOA Code of Conduct

5 Application Processed

6 Registration Fee

7 Registration Awarded

Suitably Qualified Person

Application to be a Suitably Qualified Person (R02) | PDF | Word |

Drinking Water Suppliers, Wastewater Authorities or Recycled Water Suppliers are required to nominate one or more individuals to undertake the role of a “suitably qualified person”, this must be completed prior to any individual applications being submitted.

It is for the Supplier’s Chief Executive to determine an appropriate delegate, however, as a guide, it should be the most senior responsible technical officer within the organisation.

A suitably qualified person is someone who has sufficient relevant theoretical experience and/or at least three years operational experience in the unit process such that they are able to assess the competency of others, and is required to:

Provide information on the supplier/authority processes
Be the contact person for WIOA
Verify the applicants operating experience within their business, including dates of employment
Endorse that the operator seeking registration is suitably competent

All individuals must be signed off as being competent by a suitably qualified person and WIOA will maintain a register of all suitably qualified persons, that will be updated on an annual basis.

Application Form to be a Suitably Qualified Person to be completed by the Business/Authority Operations Manager or equivalent.

Eligibility & Appeals

Registered Operator

A Registered Operator has operational responsibility for treatment processes or facilities. Duties performed will range from basic monitoring, sampling, testing and reporting, to chemical dosing, control and optimisation of treatment processes.

The Registered Operator may have responsibility for more than one system at any one time, so long as it is reasonable to expect that the Registered Operator’s current competencies cover all treatment processes for which they are responsible.

Operator in Training

An Operator in Training is defined as an Operator who is gaining experience under the guidance of a Registered Operator, and who is performing routine tasks and undertaking relevant competency development which culminates in the attainment of relevant required competencies (from NWP).

The Operator in Training is not Registered under this Framework, but the Drinking Water Supplier, or Wastewater or Recycled Water Supplier is to ensure that opportunities are afforded to the Operator in Training to develop all necessary competencies to achieve Registration status.

Individual Contractors

Appeals

System Complexity Rating

The complexity of each treatment system forms the basis for determining and defining the competency and capability required of the certified operator.

Drinking Water

Low

Drinking water systems where no treatment barriers are in place or where disinfection is the only treatment barrier. Fluoridation of water may occur at this level. Skills required by Certified Operators will typically involve chemical dosing, sampling and/or reporting.

High

Drinking water systems that have two or more treatment barriers in place. Fluoridation may also occur.

Wastewater

Low

Wastewater or Recycled Water Treatment Systems where low technology wastewater treatment processes are utilised. Low complexity treatment processes can include lagoons, trickling filters, rotating biological contactors, Imhoff tanks or small package treatment plants that do not incorporate any activated sludge processes. Disinfection for reuse or discharge purposes may also be undertaken at this level.

Skills required by Certified Operators will typically involve monitoring, chemical dosing, sampling and/or reporting.

High

Wastewater or Recycled Water Treatment Systems where higher technology treatment processes are utilised. High technology wastewater treatment processes can include intermittent aeration/oxidation ditches, membrane bioreactors, biological nutrient removal and dissolved air flotation. Includes recycled water use for irrigation purposes where less than 2 recycling processes are employed.

Skills required by Certified Operators will typically involve monitoring, sampling, reporting, chemical dosing and control/optimisation of multiple processes in conventional and/or advanced wastewater or recycled water treatment systems.

Recycled Water

No distinct low/ high classifications.

Will include a recycled water treatment plant where higher technology treatment processes are utilised specifically to provide an end product fit for use for a higher-end purpose. Typically, the recycled water produced is used to replace potable water in industrial applications, third pipe schemes, or irrigation (including but not limited to golf courses, sporting fields and public gardens). For these higher level end-uses there may be a Recycled Water Quality Management Plan in place.

High technology wastewater treatment processes can include membrane bioreactors and/or membrane filtration processes, desalination processes, chemical or biological nutrient removal, dissolved air flotation, plus a disinfection step, such as chlorine or UV, and possibly irrigation system management.

Forms

Code of Conduct (R00)	PDF	Word
Application Form (R01)	PDF	Word
Application to be a Suitably Qualified Person (R02)	PDF	Word
Fee Payment Form (R03)	PDF	Word
Workplace Evidence Report (R07)	PDF	Word

Re-Registration

Code of Conduct (R00)	PDF	Word
Application Form (R01)	PDF	Word
Application to be a Suitably Qualified Person (R02)	PDF	Word
Fee Payment Form (R03)	PDF	Word
Workplace Evidence Report (R07)	PDF	Word
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CPD Activities (R06)	PDF
Workplace Evidence Report (R07)	PDF	Word
Re-Registration Accredited Training (R08)	PDF	Word
Re-Registration Non-Accredited Training (R09)	PDF	Word
Re-Registration Other Activities (R10)	PDF	Word
Re-Registration Significant Workplace Project (R11)	PDF	Word
Re-Registration Exceptional Activities (R12)	PDF	Word
Re-Registration Workplace Evidence Report (R13)	PDF	Word
TRAINING PROGRAM REGISTRATION
Training Program Registration Form (R14)	PDF	Word

Excel Documents

Record of Individual CPD

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Framework & Taskforce

Framework

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Water Industry Operator Registration Taskforce

The Water Industry Operator Registration Framework 2021: Drinking Water, Wastewater, Recycled Water is published by qldwater, acting as secretariat for the Water Industry Operator Registration Taskforce (WIORT). The Taskforce is a group of senior industry volunteers who are committed to a strong professional development structure for Operators, which benefits the communities that they serve.

More information about the framework from qldwater website

The development of the online administration system for the registration scheme has been supported by the Australian Services Union.

Water Industry Operator Registration

Acuario

Registration Framework

Registration Process

Apply

Training

Workplace Evidence Report

WIOA Code of Conduct

Application Processed

Registration Fee

REGISTRATION AWARDED