FlowVexa Academy is the professional training and knowledge-development division of FlowVexa. Digitized assets pay off only when operators, technicians and managers can read, trust and act on their data, so the Academy connects practical water and wastewater engineering with the technologies now reshaping plants, networks and industrial facilities: automation, IIoT, LoRaWAN, RFID, analytics and AI.
A new sensor network, a SCADA upgrade or a predictive-maintenance tool does nothing on its own. Its value appears when operators trust the readings, technicians know how to maintain the equipment, and managers know which questions the data can answer.
FlowVexa works on both sides of that gap: the physical process and the digital layer around it. The Academy carries the same approach into training. Courses start from how a plant or network actually operates, then show how automation, connectivity and data can make that operation clearer and more reliable.
Training sits next to the digitalization work, not behind it. The same engineering knowledge that shapes a FlowVexa solution shapes the course material.
The Academy is built Canada-first, for operators, technicians, engineers, municipalities, utilities, industry, colleges and universities across the country, and it welcomes international groups too. Courses can support operators' ongoing professional development, with delivery in English and, on request, in French.
Do not replace what works. Connect it, extend it and make the data more useful.
The Academy offers a clear choice between instructor-led and self-directed learning, and between open sessions and programs built around your own facility. All three draw on the same course catalogue.
Instructor-led sessions delivered remotely, plus focused technical workshops on a single technology. Questions and discussion happen in the room, wherever the room is.
Training delivered at your facility and built around your process, equipment and operating questions. The strongest option when a whole team needs the same knowledge at once.
Structured learning you complete when your schedule allows. A good foundation before a live session, or a way to bring new staff up to a common baseline.
| At a glance | Live online and workshops | Onsite corporate | Self-paced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where | Remote, from any location | At your facility | Anywhere you choose |
| Instructor | Live, with discussion | Live, in person | Not live; sessions can be added |
| Content fit | Catalogue content, adjustable to the group | Built around your site | Catalogue content |
| Best when | Teams are spread across locations | A whole team needs the same skills | Schedules are tight or staff join at different times |
Each option suits a different audience and a different moment in a project. Many organizations combine two or three, for example a management seminar followed by onsite technical training.
Instructor-led sessions delivered by video, with the structure of a classroom and none of the travel.
Suits: distributed teams, individuals and organizations without a training room.
Structured modules you complete on your own time, designed so that each topic builds on the one before.
Suits: new staff, busy professionals and teams that need a common baseline before live training.
Focused sessions on one technology or problem, with worked examples and open discussion.
Suits: teams exploring a specific technology such as LoRaWAN, SCADA or predictive maintenance.
Delivered at your facility and adapted to your process, equipment and operating practices.
Suits: utilities, plants and industrial sites training a full team at the same time.
Compact, catalogue-based courses that give a working understanding of one subject.
Suits: engineers, operators and technicians building a specific skill.
Briefings that explain a technology, its benefits and its trade-offs in terms decision-makers can use.
Suits: managers, planners, board members and cross-functional groups.
Seeing equipment in service makes theory concrete. Technical visits connect classroom or workshop learning to real treatment, pumping or industrial installations, where a host facility and access can be arranged.
Suits: university groups, new-hire cohorts and teams planning a similar installation.
Every course carries a code, a level and an indicative format, so you can see at a glance where it fits. Together, the tracks cover the process knowledge and the digital skills that teams need once their assets are digitized. Filter by track or by level to narrow the list.
No course in the catalogue matches this combination yet. Ask us about a custom program
Online or onsite
How raw water becomes safe, usable water, and how each treatment step protects the next one.
You will learn
Online or onsite
The preliminary, primary, secondary and tertiary stages of municipal wastewater treatment, explained in the order the water moves through the plant.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
Day-to-day operation of a wastewater plant: the routines, checks and adjustments, and the reasoning behind them.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Treating effluent from industrial processes, where composition varies and discharge requirements shape the design.
You will learn
Online or onsite
How reverse osmosis works in seawater (SWRO) and brackish-water (BWRO) systems, from pretreatment to membrane performance.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
Using monitoring data to find where a plant loses efficiency, then testing improvements in energy, chemicals and stability.
You will learn
Online or onsite
How flow, pressure, level, pH, ORP and conductivity instruments measure the process, and how to keep those measurements trustworthy.
You will learn
Online or onsite
What a programmable logic controller does in a treatment plant or pumping station, and how it reads inputs and drives outputs.
You will learn
Online or onsite
How SCADA collects, displays and records process data, and how operators and engineers use it to run a facility.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Designing operator screens and alarm lists that help people act, not just see.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
Common control strategies in water systems, such as level, pressure and flow control, and how automation supports stable operation.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
How field devices, PLCs and SCADA exchange data across wired and wireless networks, including links to remote sites.
You will learn
Online, onsite or self-paced
A practical map of the digital water landscape: sensors, communications, data platforms, dashboards and analytics, and how they fit together.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Connecting pumps, meters, instruments and PLCs to a data platform without replacing the control system that already works.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Long-range, low-power wireless for meters, tanks and remote stations, and where it complements SCADA and telemetry.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Selecting and deploying sensors and meters that report digitally, and making their data dependable.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
Moving operations and maintenance routines from paper and memory to digital records, alerts and condition data.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Designing dashboards that give the right people the right information at the right time.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
From raw measurements to decisions: working with flow, pressure, water-quality, energy and equipment data over time.
You will learn
Online, onsite or self-paced
A plain-language introduction to what artificial intelligence can and cannot do with industrial and water-sector data.
You will learn
Seminar or onsite
How to approach digital change in a utility or industrial plant so that it improves existing operations rather than adding complexity.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Keeping operational data organized, trustworthy and accessible as more devices and systems start to report.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Moving from reactive and calendar-based maintenance toward decisions guided by equipment condition.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Managing physical assets across their life, from the register to criticality, spares and replacement planning.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
How AI-assisted methods are used to detect abnormal behaviour in networks and operational technology, and where their limits lie.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Giving every pump, motor, valve and instrument a durable digital identity using RFID.
You will learn
Online or onsite
Tracking tools, spare parts and mobile assets so that people always know what exists and where it is.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
Linking each tagged asset to its inspection and maintenance history, captured in the field rather than back at the office.
You will learn
Onsite or live online
Joining RFID identity with SCADA, IIoT and maintenance data to manage each asset from identity to condition.
You will learn
Duration, scheduling and certificates of completion are confirmed per program. Formats shown are indicative, and any course can be adapted to your group. Not sure where to start? Tell us about your team
Workshops take one current or emerging technology and work through it with examples from water and industry. Twelve topics are available, and each can be shaped around the group in the room.
Tell us the audience, the topic and the questions the group needs answered. We adjust depth, examples and pace to match.
Workshops built around your process, equipment and operating questions, delivered to a single team or to several sites together.
Practical sessions that connect coursework to operating plants, suited to guest lectures, student programs and technical visits.
Technical sessions for member groups, chapters and conferences, shaped to the interests and experience of the audience.
A practical professional program connecting traditional wastewater-treatment knowledge with modern digital technology. Participants learn both how the plant works and how digitizing its assets can help it work better.
Many wastewater plants run on deep operating experience and a growing amount of equipment that produces data. This program joins the two. It starts with the biological and mechanical treatment processes, then moves to the instruments, controllers and networks that observe and control them.
By the final module, participants can follow a signal from a probe in a tank to a PLC, across a network, onto a dashboard and into a maintenance decision, and can say what that chain needs in order to be dependable and secure.
The stages of a conventional plant, from screening and grit removal through primary and secondary treatment to final polishing and disinfection. What each stage removes, and how flow and load shape plant behaviour.
How microorganisms treat wastewater, what keeps them healthy and what upsets them. The principles behind activated sludge and fixed-film systems, and the operating signs that show a biological process is moving off course.
The daily routines of a well-run plant, and the instruments that support them: flow, level, pressure, pH, ORP and dissolved oxygen. How to judge whether a reading can be trusted.
Turning measurements into indicators that describe plant health. Choosing a short list of KPIs, setting meaningful limits and avoiding dashboards that show everything and explain nothing.
How controllers run pumps, blowers and valves, and how SCADA presents and records the result. Enough control-system literacy for operators and engineers to talk to each other clearly.
Extending a plant's visibility without rebuilding its control system. How gateways and IIoT platforms collect data from existing equipment, and where long-range, low-power LoRaWAN suits remote or distributed assets.
Where a plant spends energy, how to measure it and how to read the data. An introduction to trend analysis and anomaly detection using flow, energy and equipment information.
Using condition data to plan maintenance earlier, and protecting the connected systems that make it possible. Access control, network segmentation and the habits that keep an operational network safe.
Delivered onsite, with modules adapted to your process train, instruments and control system.
Delivered as a series of instructor-led sessions for operators and engineers at different locations.
Self-paced foundation modules, followed by live workshops and, where possible, a technical visit.
Corporate programs follow five steps. Each one exists to make sure the training matches the work people actually do.
We learn about your facility, your team's roles and experience, and the operational problem the training should help solve.
We select and adapt content from the catalogue, set levels and learning outcomes, and agree how examples from your site will be used.
We agree dates, group arrangements, language needs, materials, equipment and site requirements, including safety and access.
Instructor-led sessions, exercises and discussion, onsite or in another agreed format, with room to adjust as questions come up.
We gather feedback, review what participants learned and recommend next steps, such as a deeper course or support on the job.
When an organization installs new sensors, extends a SCADA system or begins collecting asset data, the people who will operate and maintain it need to understand it from the first day. Training that is planned alongside the deployment closes that gap.
FlowVexa digitizes assets through the digital water solutions it designs and integrates, and the Academy builds training around them. A corporate program can combine catalogue courses, a technical workshop and hands-on sessions that use your own equipment and operating questions.
The result is a program shaped by one team's real needs rather than a general course delivered unchanged.
| If you are working on | Related courses | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| IIoT connectivity | FVA-DW-201, FVA-ET-201 | IIoT solutions |
| LoRaWAN networks | FVA-DW-202, FVA-DW-203 | LoRaWAN solutions |
| SCADA and automation | FVA-AC-201, FVA-AC-202, FVA-AC-301 | SCADA and PLC |
| RFID asset tracking | FVA-RF-101 to FVA-RF-301 | RFID solutions |
| Dashboards and analytics | FVA-DW-205, FVA-DW-301 | Data analytics |
| AI and predictive maintenance | FVA-ET-101, FVA-ET-202 | AI solutions |
| OT cybersecurity | FVA-ET-301, workshop W12 | Cybersecurity |
| Water treatment | FVA-WW-101 | Water treatment |
| Wastewater treatment | FVA-WW-102, FVA-WW-201 | Wastewater |
| RO and desalination | FVA-WW-203 | RO and desalination |
| Industrial water | FVA-WW-202 | Industrial water |
Programs are delivered in English. For Canadian teams, delivery in French is available on request, depending on the program and the group. Tell us your language needs when you enquire so we can confirm what is possible, including for materials.
Group size is tailored to the program. Hands-on workshops usually work best with smaller groups, while seminars and online sessions can include more people. We agree group size with you during program design.
Certificates of completion are confirmed per program. Courses can support operators' ongoing professional development, but we do not make claims about recognition by any provincial certification body. If your organization needs training hours recognized by a regulator, employer or professional body, tell us at the start so we can confirm what is possible before you commit.
FlowVexa is based in Calgary, Alberta, and the Academy is designed first for Canadian municipalities, utilities, industry, colleges and universities. Onsite programs can be discussed for locations across Canada and in Saudi Arabia, where FlowVexa's founder has extensive professional experience, as well as for other locations on request, subject to logistics, site access and scheduling.
Yes. Most corporate programs are adapted. We can adjust the level, combine topics from different tracks and use your own process and equipment as examples. The onsite process above shows how that works.
Foundation courses assume no prior experience in the subject. Practitioner courses assume working familiarity with the plant or system in question. Advanced courses assume experience and build on Foundation and Practitioner material. If you are unsure, tell us about your role and we will suggest a starting point.
Duration, scheduling and pricing depend on the course, the format and the group, so they are confirmed per program. Send us an enquiry with your topic, group and preferred format, and we will respond with the details.
Yes, and it often works well. Connected plants depend on both groups understanding each other's constraints. Workshops such as IIoT, Digital Water and Industrial Cybersecurity are well suited to mixed teams. Tell us who will attend and we will shape the examples accordingly.
Tell us who needs to learn what, and where they work. We will suggest courses, a format and a way to measure the result.