The Local Government Authority states that no single body is responsible for managing flood risk. All organisations with responsibility to respond and be involved must train their people to work safely in and around surface water flood incidents. This can now be achieved under City & Guilds Accreditation by training with IWTS. Together with partners B.S.H.I.Ltd, we have the solutions and resources of fully accredited training for both senior and operative levels of surface water flood defence incident risk management. Our programmes are based on recommendations highlighted in the 2007 PITT Report, the cornerstone of national flood defence strategy, the key points stated are:
All IWTS surface water flood defence training courses carry full City and Guilds Accreditation to meet corporate compliance to prepare and mitigate the demands placed on Local Authorities, Government Agencies and the Emergency Services across the UK