Continuing Competence Refresher Course
In order to meet the requirements of the CIWM (WAMITAB) Operator Competence Scheme, technically competent managers must sit a Continuing Competence test every two years, to demonstrate their knowledge and skills have kept up to date with changes made across the waste management industry e.g. the introduction of new legislation, technologies and/or techniques. Therefore, all competent persons falling within the Scheme are required to demonstrate ‘Continuing Competence’ by completing a multiple-choice test.
Description
About the Continuing Competence Test
Therefore, all competent persons falling within the Scheme are required to demonstrate ‘Continuing Competence’ by completing a multiple-choice test.
Exams can be booked through Pearson VUE
They run exams for various sectors and are probably most known for providing exams such as ‘’Driver Theory’’ test.
Pearson VUE provides various tests and is the principal company for providing CIWM (WAMITAB) continuing competence test.
Why should I attend a refresher course?
If you felt confident that you had kept your knowledge up to date regarding all the generic requirements of the test or even your specific competency, then you probably would not be reading this!
Often people attending for the first time don’t know what to expect, or they feel they haven’t kept themselves up to speed with changes in Legislation and Regulation or other aspects of what the test entails.
So, we provide an interactive two-day training course. Day one covers all the generic elements of the test, Legislation, Environmental Protection and Health & Safety, and day two covers your activity-specific competence or competencies.
This serves three purposes. One, it allows for your Knowledge to be brought back up to date in the relevant subject areas covered.
Two, it provides background and understanding regarding what’s required during the test and the process to prevent issues such as selecting the wrong competencies when sitting the test.
Three, it provides more certainty that you will PASS.
Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance Services Limited has a first-attempt pass rate exceeding 95% of all attendees.
During the course, we can help you book your own test, we will give you dummy tests in the same format as the actual test. We will provide you with revision documents to take away with you should you need to revise any further after the course.
We can provide courses in groups as individuals at any location, be it your site, your home, your conference centre, or in our training facility. We can tailor the training to meet your needs!
Example Refresher Course Schedule:
Day 1
09:00 – 09:20 – Registration / Induction
• Introduction
• The Continuing Competence Test
09:30 – 12:00 – Legislation – Generic
• Waste acceptance, classification and coding
• Waste Hierarchy and the Duty of Care, Waste Carrier requirements.
• Record keeping, Transfer & Consignment Notes
• Environmental Permitting
• Enforcement options
12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch Break
12:30 – 14:00 – Health & Safety – Generic
• Legislative requirements to include RIDDOR, LOLER, COSHH
• Noise, Vibration and Asbestos
• Risk assessment – Hazards, risk and control measures
• Use of personal protective equipment
• Managing people on site
• Traffic management plans to include signage
• Permit to work requirements
• Manual handling
• Hygiene
14:00 – 16:00 – Environmental Protection – Generic
• Environmental risk assessment and SPR linkages
• Control of Emissions such as mud, dust, litter, pests and noise.
• Containment and storage to include site infrastructure, such as drainage and bunding
• Fire Prevention
• Environmental Incidents such as spillage.
16:00 – 16:10 – Planning
At this stage, the trainer will plan with you the exact time for your activity-specific competence or competencies for those needing to do more than one activity-specific test.
On day 2 you will only need to sit through your activity-specific test option, which will be one or more of the following:
• Landfill Hazardous (LH)
• Landfill Non-Hazardous (LNH)
• Landfill Inert (LIN)
• Landfill Closed (LC)
• Treatment Hazardous waste (TMH)
• Treatment Non-Hazardous Waste (TMNH)
• Transfer Hazardous (TSH)
• Transfer Non-Hazardous (TSNH)
• Clinical Waste (CW)
• Contaminated Land (CLR)
• Aerobic Composting (AC)
• Metal Recycling Sites (MRS)
• End of Life Vehicles (ELV)
• Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
• Land Spreading (LSNHW)
Day 2
09:00 – 09:10 – Registration
09:10 – 12:00 – Activity-Specific Competencies
12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch Break
12:30 – 16:00 – Activity-Specific Competencies