PHOTO: Cr Davies wants staff to learn skills that will be relevant to water issues in regional areas. (NRAR)
Weeks after the Alliance of Western Councils pursued the idea of a local training centre for water technicians, the NSW Government has announced 900 fee-free vocational training placements for the skill.
The staff are in charge of managing water and sewerage systems, avoiding taps running dry, toilets not flushing, or water services being disrupted.
Over the next four years, there is expected to be a deficit of 1,476 qualified water technicians…