Online and In-Person Training Courses and Events

Training from experienced practitioner Richard Taylor (Principal Engineer – Water)

Richard Taylor shares his extensive knowledge through engaging online and in-person training workshops designed specifically for engineers. His courses cover a wide range of topics (refer lists of sessions). Participants benefit from his practical experience and expert insights, gaining valuable skills and knowledge to excel in their careers.

These training courses can fill fast, so if you or your engineering team are keen to learn from practical real-world examples and solutions, sign up today!

Richard Taylor has over 30 years’ experience working with water supply networks. His 22 years at the former Waitakere City Council (WCC) in Auckland (eight years as a Three-Waters Manager) provided him with first hand detailed operational and planning experience; Non-Revenue Water was reduced from 25% to 11%, and levels of real water losses were reduced to world class standards (ILI of 1.0). Since joining Thomas Consultants in 2010, his work comprises mostly of assisting Councils around New Zealand specialising in water loss management and network planning.

Elevate your water network expertise with our comprehensive online training. This 9-hour course, spread across three 3-hour sessions, is designed to equip your team with the knowledge and skills needed to understand, operate, and design efficient water supply networks.

From network fundamentals to practical applications, our expert-led sessions cover everything you need to know. Gain valuable insights, receive detailed presentation materials, and earn CPD credits. Enrol today and empower your staff to excel in water network management.”

Dive deep into stormwater and wastewater gravity networks with our comprehensive online course. This 3-hour session is designed to equip you with a foundational understanding of these critical systems. Explore their components, GIS applications, operational principles, and potential challenges.

Gain valuable insights through our informative presentations and receive a CPD certificate and all the presentation material, upon completion. Sign up today and enhance your knowledge in this essential field.

Don’t miss this chance to tackle water loss and optimise your water supply network! Our upcoming event features expert presentations on the latest WaterNZ Water Loss Guidelines and cutting-edge smart metering solutions. Join us for a day of learning, networking, and discussion.

With water loss now a key focus for Taumata Arowai’s Environmental Performance Measures, this event is essential for water network staff and management. Conveniently located at the Holiday Inn, Auckland Airport, with accommodation options available.

Customer Feedback

• I thoroughly enjoyed the online course and the content was excellent! It summarised quite neatly, everything I’ve learnt working in the water supply industry over the past 16 years. If anything, I wish this training was available to me earlier on in my career, so I will be recommending it to other engineers who work on our local networks as well as our development engineers.
• Thank you for your time and knowledge sharing. I really enjoyed your sessions and I think that they are very informative and a great way to start a journey with the water supply systems!  WG Tonkin&Taylor’
• This is really helpful and very important information. The flow of presentation is well organized, and discussion is very clear. I appreciate you for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
• Thank you for the delivery of the Network Course recently, I have been working in the sector for years and really enjoyed the new things one always seems to pick up and the reinforcement of things that we don’t think about on a daily basis.
• I found your training session very informative and provided a good overview at a good pace. I’m on the contractor side of things so don’t undertake detailed design work, but the content will help me when scoping water jobs.
• For a newbie like me, it’s perfect.