The Water Industry Capacity Development (WICD) initiative aims to provide greater national coordination of and access to water-related training and professional development courses and resources to the industry. WICD provides a means for the water industry to collaborate on training and professional development issues nationally to ensure that staff skills meet the water industry’s needs into the future.

WICD will cover training and professional development for the water industry from vocational to tertiary education as well as short courses for professional development of staff.

1. Brokering training services.
2. Contribute to the Water Industry Training Package Review – Phase II.
3. Development of the ‘Skills Supermarket’ online database.
4. Professional Development – Sharing of resources and courses.
5. Attracting people to the industry – career development.
6. Identify the gaps and needs – mapping exercise.
7. Portability of staff – enabling movement between water management positions in urban and rural settings.