CEHI Indicative List of Training Programmes 
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Environmental Impact Assessment: Environmental Health Impact Assessment

2000: Regional training workshop on “Environmental Health Impact Assessment” 
Click here to read the workshop report.

Environmental Quality Monitoring: Water; Soil; Food

2001: Officers from the Ministry of Health in St. Lucia and St. Kitts Water Department were attached to the laboratory for training in water quality analyses and microbiological techniques

Laboratory Equipment and Methodology: Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Gas chromatograph, High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, Microbiological techniques, Heavy Metal and Pesticide analyses

2002: CEHI staff traveled to Guyana to provide training in pesticide analyses using Gas chromatography for the Food and Drug department, Ministry of  Health

2001: A staff member from the Dominica Produce Chemistry laboratory was attached to CEHI for training in pesticide analyses  

Environmental Information Systems: Development and utilization of management and monitoring systems,

1997: Training course in "Management Information Systems", St. Lucia

Environmental data analyses and application 

2001: Regional training workshop on “Converting Water Quality Data into Information for Decision Making”

Solid Liquid and Hazardous Waste Management

2002:  Regional workshop on “Biomedical Waste Management in the Caribbean,” St. Lucia 

2002: Regional training workshop on “Landfill Monitoring”, St. Lucia

2001: Regional training course on “Operations and maintenance of Sewage treatment facilities” for representatives from across the region. 

2000:  Trained representatives from Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados Guyana and St. Kitts/Nevis in Advance Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment.

1998: Training course on  “Best Practices in Liquid and Solid Waste Management for the Tourism Industry”

1997 Conducted a Regional training course on " The Management of Sanitary Landfills", Trinidad.  Approximately thirty-four persons were trained.

Water Resources Management: Drinking water, and recreational water analyses, water supply

2002: National training course on “Sanitary surveys”, St. Vincent

2002: Developed a Sanitary Survey training manual

1999: Training on “Certification of drinking water microbiology laboratories”

1999 Training course on “The Fundamentals of Safe Drinking Water”, Trinidad