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Module 1 Assemble the WSP team. Session Structure Overview Actions Challenges Outputs Exercises. Module 1 Assemble the WSP team. Overview. Engage senior management. Identify required expertise. Appoint team leader. Define time frame. Define roles and responsibilities.
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Module 1Assemble the WSP team • Session Structure • Overview • Actions • Challenges • Outputs • Exercises
Module 1Assemble the WSP team • Overview Engage senior management Identify required expertise Appoint team leader Define time frame Define roles and responsibilities
Module 1Assemble the WSP 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 WSP 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 organization size and system complexity Catchment Treatment Distribution User
Module 1Assemble the WSP 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 WSP 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 WSP 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 WSP team • Challenges • Finding skilled personnel • Organizing the workload • Identifying and engaging external stakeholders • Keeping the team together • Effective communication
Module 1Assemble the WSP 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 WSP 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 WSP 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