Technical Water Damage Awareness Day
Course Background
On average £1b is spent annually on flood or wet peril related claims by UK insurers with a rise to £3b last year due to the well reported surge. Although regularly dealing with water damage claims, many 'field based' claim handling professionals have never witnessed an actual "Flood Event" and as a result are unfamiliar with what a claimant is experiencing.
In response, the National Flood School created the 'Technical Water Damage Awareness' course for field-based staff. This one day course allows Loss Adjusters, technical auditors, etc to experience first hand a major flood in a controlled environment and get directly involved in the methods and techniques used in assessment, control and drying. This course is designed specifically to broaden the technical experience of those in the field so they get valuable insight into being at the "sharp" end of flood restoration.
The aims of the course are:
To give Loss Adjusters, technical auditors, etc the experience of an actual "flood" event including the widespread damage to different types of buildings and their contents.
To give Loss Adjusters, technical auditors, etc an understanding of the capabilities, methods and varying techniques used by restorers.
To increase technical knowledge through first hand experience thus providing the insurer competitive advantage through service differentiation.
Benefits to our customers:
Greater staff awareness and empathy when dealing with the insured.
The ability to question the methods and processes of restorative drying professionals - with knowledge.
This unique one day course has been structured around an actual loss scenario and through the use of both classroom training and hands-on activities a student will experience all aspects of a loss from initial flooding, through to water extraction, cleaning, and drying.
More time is spent on the effect of water damage on different types of materials, various specialist drying equipment, effective use of moisture meters, quality control of the drying process being provided by the restoration technician, and much, much more.
The hands on activities are carried out in a unique floodable training facility. This facility, constructed of 60 common household building materials form the basis of a fully functional house. The "Flood House" is the only one in Europe and consists of a usable kitchen, bathroom, study, lounge and two bedrooms. For the purpose of the demonstrations 1500 gallons of water are pumped into the 'Flood House', thus simulating a major top down pipe leak. This fully controlled and safe environment allows each student to experience first hand, the devastation of flood damage and witness how restorative drying techniques can facilitate a quick and inexpensive return to pre-loss condition.
In March 2008, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) awarded the course a CPD Accreditation making it the first course of its kind specifically dedicated to water damage claims, to achieve this sought after award. The CII assessor that evaluated the course made the following statement:
The National Flood School Technical Water Damage Awareness Day training programme has been awarded CII Continuing Professional Development Accreditation. CII Accreditation provides external, industry recognised validation of the high standards of training design and delivery provided to learners by the National Flood School. The training combine's classroom based training delivery with a real life experience of water damage and restoration in its innovative 'Flood House'.
The variety of training methodology employed assist in making the training programme an engaging and valuable learning experience for all. The variation in methodologies also assists in supporting a range of learning preferences through use of both visual, practical and classroom based learning; this is considered to reflect best practice in a learning environment.
The CII are pleased to recognise the excellent training provided by The National Flood School; the quality and professionalism of the training and of those involved in the training is to be congratulated.
Jeremy Mullen Cert CII,
Consultant - Accreditation Services,
Chartered Insurance Institute
Constructive feedback is extremely important to us as it helps us continually develop our course material to meet the growing and changing needs of the industry. The feedback that we have received to date tells us that we are delivering over and above our customers expectations. Attendee benefits include, a greater confidence in knowing that claims costs are right, swifter claims processing and settlement, reduced claims leakage and secondary losses, faster identification of fraudulent claims, a more distinctive and competitive service and an overall improvement in customer satisfaction and loyalty.
An FCII qualified, Chartered Insurer, who attended the course, gave us the following feedback:
"This unique course offers a remarkable insight into the science and efficacy of restoration. It revealed an embarrassing eye-opener for both claims directors and procurement managers into the true impact on claims service and particularly, the excessive cost penalties experienced by insurers, contributing to significant and unnecessary claims leakage. This course is a revelation, and provides a deep understanding of restoration best practice."
Other endorsements we have received about the best things of the Course include:
- "Understanding of the different drying processes available and the common errors committed by drying companies with regards to processes that extend drying times.""
- "The ability to ascertain whether unnecessary drying is being carried out on claims. I can also deliver more probing questions to drying technicians.""
- "Different drying techniques, length of time drying, what needs to be removed/stripped out."
Availability & Attendees
The Technical Water Damage Awareness Days are being run throughout the year, however due to a huge demand some dates have already been reserved for private course bookings. We have limited the course to 16 people per day to allow for the full experience and quality of service to be maintained. Each attendee will receive a certificate of attendance and may now claim up to 25 CII CPD credits for completing the course.
Pricing & Payment
We aim to charge our customers a fair price for a quality service.
Our current rate per attendee is: £275 + VAT (includes course attendance, lunch and refreshments throughout the day)
Payment can be made via cheque or credit/debit card. Please indicate how you would like to pay on the booking form.
Booking & Terms & Conditions
Booking could not be easier...
- Call us on 01252 821185, or
- Complete the booking form
and then - fax to: 01252 715725, or
- email to: information@nationalfloodschool.co.uk, or
- post to: The National Flood School, 47a Wrecclesham Road, Farnham, Surrey. GU9 8TY
We will confirm your booking in writing as soon as payment has been received and we have verified your information and requested dates.
For our full Terms & Conditions, please refer to the booking form.
Agenda
09.30 Arrival and Registration
10.00 Introduction to the day
10.15 Categories of Water Damage, Risk and Loss
- Materials & Wetting
- Restore or Replace
- Sewage and associated problems
11.15 Break
11.30 Loss assessments, pre-existing conditions and mitigation.
- Extraction and materials damage
13.30 Lunch Break
14.00 Moisture surveys, reading & meters
- ISD approach, Dry standards and drying goals
- Principles of drying (Physics & Psychrometrics)
- Drying equipment & drying systems
- Drying processes & associate costs
15.45 Questions and Answer section
16.00 Close
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