Training programmes for irrigation staff: an example from East Java, Indonesia

This paper describes the East Java Irrigation Project training program which covers the majority of the irrigated area in East Java. The training program is designed for irrigation staff, both managers and operators. After the author presents a general overview of the project which was established to carry out survey and rehabilitation work, he describes in more detail the program implemented to train the staff of the East Java Irrigation Service. A companion paper by Ian Smout (86/1e) describes a similar program to train members of the water users' association for a groundwater irrigation project.