Assemble the Team for Effective Water Safety Planning: A Comprehensive Approach
This module provides a structured framework for assembling a skilled and multidisciplinary team essential for effective Water Safety Planning (WSP). It outlines key actions such as engaging senior management, identifying required expertise, appointing a team leader, and defining roles and responsibilities. Challenges such as finding skilled personnel and ensuring effective communication are addressed, along with the necessity for external stakeholders. By following this guide, teams can ensure a thorough preparation phase for developing robust water safety practices, leading to safer water systems.
Assemble the Team for Effective Water Safety Planning: A Comprehensive Approach
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Module 1Assemble the Team • Session Structure • Overview • Actions • Challenges • Outputs • Exercises
Module 1Assemble the Team • Overview Engage senior management Identify required expertise Appoint team leader Define timeframe Define roles and responsibilities
Module 1Assemble the Team • Actions: Engage senior management • Why do we need it? • To support changes in work practices • To provide financial and resource support • How can we generate it? • Showcase the benefits of WSP • Highlight if there is a legal requirement
Module 1Assemble the Team • Actions: Identify required expertise and size • Skills and experience • Hazard identification and risk assessment • Knowledge of the supply chain: • Authority to implement change • Identify need for external stakeholders / consultants • Size of team depends on organisation size and system complexity Catchment Treatment Distribution User
Module 1Assemble the Team • Actions: Appoint a team leader • Needed to ensure focus • Authority, organizational and interpersonal skills • Ability to secure external support if needed • Partnering arrangements • National or international assistance programmes • Resources (e.g. the Internet)
Module 1Assemble the Team • Actions: Define roles and responsibilities • Should be clearly defined and documented • Document WSP related activities and who will be responsible • WSP team and stakeholder identification forms
Module 1Assemble the Team • Actions: Define time frame • Initial development = considerable time input • Time spent in fieldincreases • Reliance on the results of routine lab testsdecreases • Once WSP established, time input decreases Time input Time
Module 1Assemble the Team • Challenges • Finding skilled personnel • Organizing the workload • Identifying and engaging external stakeholders • Keeping the team together • Effective communication
Module 1Assemble the Team • Outputs • An experienced, multidisciplinary skill-set • Understanding of the components of the system • Be well placed to assess risks • Have an understanding of the health based targets that need to be achieved • Expertise to confirm whether the system can meet relevant standards
Module 1Assemble the Team • Exercises • In small groups • List an ‘ideal’ WSP team from your utility (real people, see workbook for details that should be recorded) • What other information would you record? • Is expertise missing and if so what areas of expertise are needed and how would you source this? • Are there external stakeholders that should be approached? • 25 minutes
Module 1 Assemble the team Summary of WSP stage 1 – Preparation Preliminary actions, including assembling the team (Module 1) Engage senior management, identify required expertise and appropriate size of the team, appoint team leader, define roles and responsibilities and define a time frame
