
Welcome to the team Parminder
July 30, 2024
Watertrain wins Small Supplier of the Year at the NWG GEM Awards
October 1, 2024Following on from the launch of the Water Treatment Technician apprenticeship standard, we would like to welcome Mike Quest, Matt Morse and John Smith to the team, all who have specialist experience in the Waste Water Treatment sector with a history of exceptional coaching skills.
Meet our new team members below.
John Smith

- Extensive experience in water treatment, legionella control and training services
- Degree in Chemistry with Metallurgy
- Fellow of the Water Management Society
- Past Chair of the British Chemical Association (BCA) Water Treatment Group
- Member of the Legionella Control Association (LCA) Management Committee (Chair 2024 – 2026)
- Chair of the Closed Systems Control Association (CSCA) technical group
- Contributed to the development of ACOP L8, BG29, BG50, HSG274 Part 1, BS8552.
- Chair of the LCA Standards & Technical Committee and in this role produced the LCA service delivery standards in May 2010
- Developed the first Level 2 & Level 3 Competence Qualifications in Water Treatment
- Part of the industry group that developed the current apprenticeship programmes in water treatment and legionella control
- Tutor & Assessor for pilot apprenticeship programmes in Water Treatment
Mike Quest

- Extensive experience in water and waste water treatment, and legionella control
- Apprentice qualified Engineer with a HND in Engineering
- Degree in water & environmental management
- Fellow of the Water Management Society, Member of IHEEM & Institute of Water
- Chartered Environmentalist, Incorporated Engineer
- Past member of the Legionella Control Association (LCA) Management Committee;
- Legionella control Association assessor
- Contributed to the development of the LCA service standard for Legionella Risk Assessments and the Knowledge & Skills Matrix
- Water Safety Authorising Engineer in healthcare
- Tutor with numerous organisations including Highfield and Eastwood Park
- Assessor for pilot apprenticeship programmes in Water Treatment
Matt Morse

- Extensive experience in water treatment and legionella control
- Degree in Earth Science
- Fellow of the Water Management Society (WMS), Member of IHEEM
- Member of the British Chemical Association (BCA) Water Treatment Group
- Past chair of the Legionella Control Association (LCA) Management Committee
- Founding director of Closed Systems Control Association (CSCA)
- Contributed to the development of ACOP L8, BG50, HSG274 Part 2, BS8580, BS8580-2, BS8680, BS7592, BS7592-2.
- Member of the LCA Standards & Technical Committee
- Current Manager of LCA (part-time)
- Tutor for WMS
To learn more about the new Level 3 Water Treatment Technician apprenticeship standard, please visit https://www.watertrain.co.uk/level-3-water-treatment-technician




