Improve your knowledge of different dredging applications, equipment selection, dredging processes, hydrographic surveying, soil characteristics and project management. The course is designed for both technical and non-technical management professionals in dredging-related industries.
Learning goals
- Gain overview of different dredging processes, dredging equipment & dredging projects
- Set-up of dredging organisation and project teams
- Identify the dredging constraints in relation to dredging project and equipment
- Explain the value of site investigation and surveying
Training topics
The following topics will be covered during the two-week training:
- Different dredging applications within a port
eg. maintenance dredging, capital dredging - Dredge project phases
identification, investigation, feasibility studies, design, construction and maintenance - Dredge project phases
identification, investigation, feasibility studies, design, construction and maintenance - Dredging equipment types and boundaries for their use
- Scoping site conditions
soil characteristics, environmental aspects - Fundamentals of hydrographic surveying
- Dredge project management including costs and contracts
- Fundamentals of hydraulic transportation and dredge pumps
- Environmental aspects of dredging.
