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TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Consultancy work is aimed either at providing expertise otherwise lacking within the client organisation or simply providing extra resources at times when in-house resources are being stretched. The use of consultancy services may thus be essential at certain times, but is no substitute for adequate training of full-time personnel, which provides enhanced in-house expertise available to the company all the time. This can be achieved by many methods from reading relevant journals to attending conferences. The former is relatively cheap and accessible to all staff, but rarely given adequate time, whereas the latter tends to be expensive and consequently limited at most to one person. An intermediate approach is on-site training which has the benefit of being able to bring together a group of people all interested in the same objective and working to a common aim.

Envirocell organises focused seminars aimed at different audiences within the pulp and paper sector. These are put on as general seminars at a central location, but also as customised seminars put on at a company's site.

General seminars

Each seminar is put on about twice per year (see below for dates in 2007).

The current standard seminar programmes are as follows:

Introduction to paper chemistry

This one day seminar represents an ideal way for anyone who is either new to the industry or for whom paper chemistry is not their main area of interest to gain an insight into this important aspect of papermaking. The programme is divided into three sessions covering papermaking
raw materials, process chemistry and the chemistry of paper products.

Wet end chemistry for papermakers

This two day seminar is for anyone wanting an in-depth treatment of paper chemistry, particularly that taking place at the wet end of the paper machine. The notes accompanying this seminar have been completely re-written and updated, providing a comprehensive document for reference purposes. This seminar was presented at the 2001 annual congress of the Technical Association of the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Industry (ABTCP) to an audience of about 70 people with simultaneous translation into Portuguese.

Wastewater treatment at paper mills

This two day seminar is aimed at anyone involved in the design and operation of treatment plants from operators to production/technical staff, including suppliers of treatment plant and chemicals. Whilst the legislative background and technical theory are covered, the emphasis is on practical aspects with a view to improving basic understanding and overall plant performance. The notes accompanying this seminar are continually updated, providing a comprehensive document for reference purposes.

Optimising water close-up at paper mills

This one day seminar is aimed at production and technical staff at mills and their suppliers who want to gain an insight into the motivations/problems and the different technical approaches involved in closing up. This can only be done by bringing together the quality, engineering, chemical and biological aspects of the total machine/mill operation.

Optimising wastewater treatment at paper mills

This seminar is aimed at anyone involved in the design and operation of mill treatment plants from operators to production/technical staff, including suppliers of treatment plant and chemicals. The emphasis is on practical aspects of plant operation with a view to improving understanding and overall plant performance and on the more recent process developments within each treatment category.

Optimising waste management at paper mills

This seminar is aimed at anyone involved in trying to minimise impacts and costs from the non-product residues ("waste") generated in papermaking. The concept of "waste minimisation" means different things to different people and this seminar will, amongst other things, explore its various layers with the overall objective of valorising as high a proportion as possible of a mil's total raw material input.

Management and technical options for environmentally-sound papermaking

This seminar looks at what might be called the "software" aspects of environmental management such as legislation, setting environmental performance standards, management tools, etc and the "hardware" aspects such as selecting raw materials, process optimisation to minimise wastes, abatement techniques, product recyclability, etc.

On-site seminars

If there are adequate numbers within one company, it is often better to do the seminar in-house as this allows a more focused programme and greater freedom for discussion. The programmes can cover the above stand-alone programmes, combinations of these programmes or programmes aimed at specific groups of people in the company. Examples of the latter are:

- Practical Paper Chemistry, a one day programme developed for paper machine operators

- Practical Effluent Treatment, a one day programme for effluent treatment plant operators.