The course will be run in the field over 4 days including 2.5 days of practical hands on experience of well siting, drilling supervision, pumping tests and water quality sampling, and 1.5 workshop days covering groundwater theory, well siting, borehole design and pumping test data analysis to put this practical experience into context.
This course has been developed as a collaboration between RedR and Cranfield University. Course presenters and facilitators are experienced Hydrogeologists and Humanitarians who have worked in
the field.
DAY 1: SITE ASSESSMENT AND BOREHOLE DESIGN
Practical sessions including:
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Introduction to Hydrogeology and the Task for the Course
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Group Desk Study / Assessment of Drilling Site
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Geological and Hydrogeological Appraisal in the Field
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Electrical Geophysical Surveying Methods
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Drilling Supervision Briefing for Day 2
DAYS 2 AND 3: SUPERVISION AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER WELLS
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Drilling Supervision (using Manual Jetting, Percussion and Rotary Methods)
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Materials, methods, sampling and record keeping (logging drill cuttings, well consumables, well development)
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Well installation and development
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Pumping test – using other boreholes on site
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On-Site water quality testing (physio-chemical /microbiological)
DAY 3: POST-DRILLING SITE ACTIVITIES
DAY 4: THE BIGGER PICTURE
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Siting boreholes – a case study from the African Basement complex (workshop)
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Designing boreholes – principles & practice (guided case study)
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Pumping theory and interpretation (workshop)
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Borehole rehabilitation
RedR UK is an HPass accredited organisation. Our courses adhere to HPass quality standards of best practice in humanitarian learning and assessment.
To find out more, please follow the link onto the HPass website.
How much does it cost?
Plus, receive 10% off the course fee when booking at least one month before the start of the training.*
*applies to both individual and organisational tickets
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Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
The minimum age for this event is 18.
What's the refund policy?
-For bookings cancelled two or more weeks before a course, administrative charges will apply. Applicants will be entitled to a refund of 85% of the course fees paid, or if places are available will be offered a transfer of 90% of the course fees paid onto the next instance of the course.
-For bookings cancelled one to ten working days* before a course begins, 25% of the course fee will be refunded (*during normal UK working days, Monday-Friday and working hours 9am-5pm).
-For bookings cancelled less than 24 hours (working days only) before a course, or after a course has started, no refund will provided.
-If the applicant chooses to transfer to another course and then cancels their booking a second time, neither a further transfer nor a refund will be offered.
-The refund must be claimed within two months from the cancelled course start date.
-Please note that unfortunately we are only able to cover our local bank charges and not the recipient’s bank charges when we make refunds.
-Refunds may take up to 30 days.