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Management of Portfolios (MoP®) Foundation: Virtual In-House Training In this MoP® Foundation course, participants will acquire the sufficient knowledge and understanding of the principles, cycles, practices, techniques, roles, responsibilities, documents, and organizational context within which portfolio management operates. MoP helps organizations ensure if the investments are done in the right change initiatives and implementing them correctly. This is achieved by: Prioritizing the programs and projects in terms of their contribution to the organization's strategic objectives and overall level of risk Managing the programs and projects consistently to ensure efficient and effective delivery Maximizing the benefit by providing the greatest return from the investment made What You Will Learn Individuals certified at the MoP Foundation level will be able to: Define the scope and objectives of portfolio management and how it differs from program and project management List the benefits of applying portfolio management Explain the context it operates in List the principles upon which successful portfolio management is based on List the different approaches to implement MoP List the factors required to maintain the progress and assess the success of portfolio management State the purpose and key content of the major portfolio documents Define the scope of key portfolio management roles Introduction: MoP Scenario Background of the Methodology The MoP Principles Senior Management Commitment Governance Alignment Strategy Alignment Portfolio Office Energized Change Culture The MoP Definition Cycle Roles and Responsibilities The MoP Delivery Cycle Management control Benefits management Financial management Risk management Stakeholder engagement Organizational governance Resource management The MoP Framework Recap

Our excellent value long-term support option for RICS APC candidates, covering all RICS APC routes, pathways and world regions. This is one of our most popular packages providing you with your own personal APC support team. This can include a Counsellor sign-off, subject to separate agreement between you and Property Elite. This includes: Submission Review APC Question Pack E-mock Interview 2 hours of 1-2-1 or small group online/telephone mentoring per month with a current RICS APC assessor. If you wish, this can be saved up to use at any time during your sign-up period with Property Elite. Full suite of online revision quizzes Full revision guide package Our minimum sign up period is 4 months - minimum £350 + VAT per month over 4 months = total of £1,400 + VAT. You will need to sign up at least 1 month before you submit your final assessment documents to ensure you are able to take full advantage of this package.

This qualification is designed for Water Network Field Managers, Operational Managers, Project Managers, Department Heads, and other practising Senior and Middle Managers. The qualification will develop your technical skills and understanding of the Management of demand Management & Leakage and improve your performance. It will encourage strategic thinking at this level of management to foster business improvement. Main themes Understand the role demand management plays in the water industry sustainability plan Understand the range of demand management tools available and their effectiveness Understand the application of leakage strategies, the economic value and the external influences Understand data handling, meaningful leakage calculations and the interpretation of leakage data Understand various leakage control methods used and their respective effectiveness and economic cost-benefit Understand network repair and maintenance methods and the provision of these services Instructions This online course will be delivered using CISCO Webex. You will need a suitable device with a camera and microphone like a laptop. If you have any questions about what is required, please contact us on enquiries@learninganddevelopment.associates. Qualification All learners taking the qualification will need to produce identification to enable ProQual registration. This can take the form of a: Passport Driving Licence Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card (CSCS Card) Construction Plant Competence Scheme Card (CPCS Card) If none of the above are available to the learner, a photograph with a statement confirming their identity, dated and signed, along with a utility bill, would be acceptable.

Details This course is aimed at Water and Wastewater managers, field managers, asset managers and others involved in meeting compliance within the Water industry. As Wastewater Treatment compliance now comes under increasing regulatory scrutiny from OFWAT the overall ability of the Water Industry to effectively oversee and manage the Wastewater Treatment process comes under sharper focus. Demonstrating the competence of those responsible will likely become increasingly the focus of public awareness and form a key strand of the regulator’s investigation. Main themes Demonstrate an understanding of the current regulatory framework pertaining to pollution incidents Understand the sources of pollution Understand pollution risks specific to the Water and Wastewater industry Critically analyse the stakeholders’ views of pollution from the Water and Wastewater industry Understand the importance of stakeholder communication, feedback and involvement in the context of pollution incidents Understand the impact of pollution in terms of the environment, customers, cost, H&S and from the regulatory perspective Describe the cumulative effect of point source and diffuse sources of pollution Describe and explain the collective responsibilities and ethical and moral issues as pertaining to pollution incidents Critically evaluate the use of internal systems and mechanisms for delivery of pollution risk reduction strategies Develop a pollution risk reduction strategy appropriate to your organisation. Instructions This online course will be delivered using CISCO Webex. You will need a suitable device with a camera and microphone like a laptop. If you have any questions about what is required, please contact us on enquiries@learninganddevelopment.associates. Qualification All learners taking the qualification will need to produce identification to enable ProQual registration. This can take the form of a: Passport Driving Licence Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card (CSCS Card) Construction Plant Competence Scheme Card (CPCS Card) If none of the above are available to the learner, a photograph with a statement confirming their identity, dated and signed, along with a utility bill, would be acceptable.

Sessions Note that this will be a two-day course run on consecutive days and the date of day one is shown in the booking system schedule. Online event This online course will be delivered using CISCO Webex. You will need to have a good internet connection, a suitable device with a camera and microphone such as a laptop, and headphones. Level of study This Level 5 programme is the equivalent standard of a unit of a foundation degree or a unit of a first year of an honours degree. Details We will address the following key themes and their impact on the Water Industry as it prepares for PR19 and beyond. Innovation and business performance and using innovation to improve operational processes throughout the business. Financial and social benefits; efficiency, SIM, customer service, safety. resilience Radical and incremental innovation Innovation to gain competitive advantage Creativity and innovation – what conditions and processes are required to encourage them? Instructions This online course will be delivered using CISCO Webex. You will need to have a suitable device with a camera and microphone such as a laptop. If you have any questions about what is required please contact us on enquiries@learninganddevelopment.associates. Qualification All learners taking the qualification will need to produce identification to enable ProQual registration. This can take the form of a: Passport Driving Licence Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card (CSCS Card) Construction Plant Competence Scheme Card (CPCS Card) If none of the above are available to the learner, a photograph with a statement confirming their identity, dated and signed, along with a utility bill, would be acceptable.

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Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is an IT, facilities or data centre operations professional working in and around the data centre and having the responsibility to achieve and improve high-availability and manageability of the data centre. Overview After completion of the course the participant will be able to:? Understand the design life cycle of data centres and the stages involved? Discuss the data centre requirements in great level of detail with vendors, suppliers and contractors to ensure that these requirements are met? Validate design plans, quotes and offers proposed by vendors/contractors? Understand redundancy levels for both the data centre design/setup and maintenance? Understand the various building considerations such as bullet proofing, mitigation of seismic activity, fire ratings and thermal stability? Understand how to install a raised floor that meets requirements, avoiding misalignment, level differences and leakage? Understand how to read a Single Line Electrical Diagram to identify and avoid the most common design issues? Choose the correct UPS and parallel configuration, learn and avoid classic parallel installation mistakes? Understand how to calculate battery banks, validate offered configurations to ensure they meet requirements? Understand what distance to keep to avoid EMF issues for human safety and equipment disturbances? Understand the fundamental cooling setup, CFM, Delta-T and other important factors? Understand contamination factors and limitations? Understand full details of fire suppression options, how to calculate gas content and verify installations? Understand how to measure data centre energy efficiency and how to improve it The course will bring participants to the level of a suitable sparring partner with suppliers. They will be able to verify offers provided by vendors for correctness, effectiveness and efficiency. Data Centre Design/Life Cycle Overview Overview of the phases of a data centre life cycle Planning, re-alignment and continuous improvement Standards and Rating Level Definitions Rating level history Difference between Uptime and TIA-942 Rating level definitions Redundancy options (N+1), 2N, 2(N+1) Concurrent Maintainability/Compartmentalisation Example configurations Substation and feed requirements Maintenance options Operational processes guidelines/standards Skill development Building Considerations Building location considerations Floor and hanging loads requirements Fire rating for walls and glass Blast protection Bullet proofing Forced entry protection Advanced Raised Floor & Suspended Ceiling Raised floor installation guidelines Techniques to install a proper and leveled raised access floor Common mistakes Choosing the right tiles and their locations Seismic-mitigating floor constructions Choosing the correct suspended ceiling Advanced Power Power infrastructure layout; Formulas which you should know for the data centre Single Line Electrical diagrams; how to read to ensure key components are present for protection Over current protection devices (MCB/MCCB/VCB/ACB/Fuses) definitions and what to use where Earth Leakage devices (RCB/RCD/ELCB/GFCI/ALCI/RCBO), definitions and what to use where Sizing of protective components Lightning strikes and surge protection devices (TVSS/SPD), how they operate, where to use and how to install Power cabling and cable run considerations PDU/DB setup and minimum requirements Generators; Generator types: Standy/Prime/Continuous Component make up and functions Fuel storage and calculation Paralleling of gen-sets Generator room/area requirements UPS Systems; Required specifications for UPS systems How to read data sheets and select the correct UPS Requirements for parallel configurations and avoid pitfalls such as single point of failures How parallel installation should be done, classic mistakes made by installers and how to avoid these Harmonic Filters; Active/Passive filters and their application Battery Banks; Battery bank terminology Designing battery banks, how to calculate, and double check the battery bank to be installed Battery charging pitfalls and ensuring the right charger is being installed and used Using parallel battery banks; how to properly install them, limitations and risks when using batteries in parallel How to test batteries correctly and make decisions on cell/block or string replacement Battery casing choices; ABS, V0, V1, V2 Alternative energy storage; flywheel, re-usable cell, compressed air UPS, etc. Advanced Electro Magnetic Fields Sources of EMF Difference between single, three phase and bus-bar EMF Options available to measure EMF and how to interpret the results from single-axes and composite measurements Guidance on safe distance for equipment and humans Calculation of EMF attenuation factor for shielding material permeability and saturation factors Advanced Cooling Important definitions; dry-bulb, wet-bulb, dew-point, RH, sensible and latent heat Psychometric chart and ASHRAE recommendations Environmental class definitions and thermal specifications Temperature/humidity measurements guideline Heat dissipation methods Altitude impact on temperature intake to ICT equipment Floor plan setup for effective cooling Differences in tile surface and supporting structure and the air-flow performance impact Rack door construction and the flow performance impact Equipment Delta-T and its impact Optimising air flow Thermal units conversions Calculations for air volume displacement (CFM/CMH) Cooling capacity calculations Air-conditioning selection De- / humidifying options Air conditioning efficiency SHR impact on cost saving Efficiency indicator New cooling principle and techniques (Submerged, VSD/VRF/ECF/water- and air side economisers) Redundancy guidelines for air-conditioners avoiding classic misconceptions and mistakes for meeting ANSI/TIA-942 compliant designs Installation requirements Connections to fire panel and EPO Commissioning of air conditioners Set points and calibration CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Advanced Fire Protection The fire triangle and elements to stop a fire Detection systems in detail (VESDA, VIEW, smoke sensors) Considerations for installation of sensors Proper testing of smoke sensors Water based systems i.e. deluge, wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action and why most of them don't work and how to detect this Details on Inert and Halocarbon systems and how to select the correct system for your data centre How to calculate the gas content ensuring the appropriate level is installed to suppress the fire including safety considerations Other requirements for gas systems such as release times, hold times, pipe install requirements and other important factors Requirements for the fire detection panel Installation verification, methods, what to check and how New advanced fire suppression technologies Design and Install Scalable Networking Cabling System ANSI/TIA942 cabling structure topology ToR, EoR Design Intelligent patching systems Installation best practice such as routing, bending radius, separation from power, containment fill ratio, fiber link loss calculator, bonding and grounding requirement Standard for telecommunications labeling and administration Environmental Specifications and Contamination Control Acoustic noise effects, regulations, specifications and limits Data centre contaminations and classifications Measurements, standards and limits Preventive measures and avoidance Data Centre Efficiency Business drivers to go Green High-availability or Green? Green guidelines and standards How to measure it and what are acceptable numbers compared to the general industry PUE classes defined by Green Grid and issues with PUE Techniques for saving energy in all parts of the data centre i.e. application/system level, cooling, power distribution Mock ExamEXAM: Certified Data Centre Specialist

Explore China’s growing influence in Africa through this in-depth course. Weekly themes blend history, trends, and analysis to unpack the economic, political, and social layers of this evolving relationship. Gain a nuanced view of its impact on Africa’s global role

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