CIWM
Level 4
QN: 610/6709/X
Curriculum Active
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Diploma in Systems and Operations Management in the Resource and Waste Sector
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CIWM. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 451 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
CIWM
Syllabus Units
23 Units
Guided Hours
451 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Award contracts for the supply of resource and waste management activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to award contracts
- Prepare the invitation to tender for the supply of resource and waste management activities
- Evaluate tender bids
- Place the contract for the supply of resource and waste management activities
- Use and communicate data and information that could affect the supply of goods or services
- Manage problems that could affect the supply of goods or services
2
Control maintenance and other engineering operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative requirements and organisational procedures for controlling maintenance and other engineering operations.
- Understand how to produce maintenance schedules.
- Understand how to manage maintenance and other engineering operations.
- Be able to produce maintenance schedules.
- Be able to communicate maintenance information effectively.
- Be able to manage maintenance and engineering personnel.
- Be able to monitor maintenance and other engineering operations.
3
Generate and retain waste and resource management business
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation, guidance and organisational requirements associated with generating resource and waste management business
- Understand how to contribute to the generation of resource and waste management business
- Understand how to contribute to the retention of resource and waste management business
- Understand how to use and communicate data when generating and retaining resource and waste management business
- Contribute to the generation of resource and waste management business
- Contribute to the retention of resource and waste management business
- Use and communicate information when generating and retaining resource and waste management business
- Report problems which could affect the generation and retention of resource and waste management business
4
Identify and implement improvements to waste management operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to identify improvements to waste management operations.
- Know how to implement improvements to waste management operations.
- Be able to monitor waste management operations to identify potential improvements.
- Be able to evaluate the costs and benefits for improving waste management operations.
- Be able to produce project plans for implementing improvements to waste management operations.
- Be able to store
- use and communicate information.
- Be able to re
- solve problems that could affect the implementation of improvements to waste management operations.
5
Maintain health and safety in the waste resource management industry
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the main requirements of health and safety legislation in the waste and resource management industry.
- Understand the hazards, risks, control measures and monitoring associated with a waste and resource management environment.
- Be able to make sure that hazards and risks are controlled safely and effectively on site.
- Be able to implement organisational health and safety procedures on site.
- Be able to monitor and review safety on site.
6
Manage a budget for own area or activity of work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare a budget for own area of responsibility
- Be able to manage a budget
- Be able to review budget management performance
7
Manage an inspection visit at your site from regulatory bodies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the regulatory environment.
- Understand compliance within your organisation.
- Understand how to prepare for an inspection from a regulatory body.
- Be able to plan for an inspection visit from a regulatory body.
8
Manage and maintain systems for responding to emergencies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative requirements and organisational procedures for maintaining effective systems for responding to emergencies.
- Understand how to maintain effective systems for responding to emergencies.
- Be able to implement emergency plans and procedures.
- Be able to maintain systems for responding to emergencies.
9
Manage and plan an operational area within an organisation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify workforce requirements in an operational area
- Be able to review the current workforce of an operational area
- Be able to plan the workforce requirements of an operational area
- Be able to communicate workforce plans in an operational area
10
Manage assets and the maintenance strategy in a resource and waste management workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisation's policies and procedures for managing assets
- Understand how to manage assets
- Understand how to monitor and control assets
- Understand how asset lifecycle impacts works and maintenance
- Be able to develop a maintenance strategy
- Be able to implement a planned maintenance programme
- Be able to control maintenance works
11
Manage Site Bio-security and Personal Hygiene
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to implement site biosecurity and personal hygiene measures.
- Be able to manage site biosecurity and personal hygiene measures.
- Understand requirements for site biosecurity and hygiene.
12
Manage the environmental impact of work activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for managing the environmental impact of work activities.
- Understand how to assess the environmental impact of work activities and how this can be minimised.
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for managing the risk of fires on site.
- Be able to assess and report on the environmental impact of work activities in own area of responsibility.
- Be able to organise work activities and resource use to minimise environmental impact.
- Be able to promote on-going improvement in environmental performance.
- Be able to implement fire prevention controls and measures on site.
13
Manage transfer and disposal from biological treatment operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific regulatory procedures and requirements for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from biological treatment operations.
- Understand the organisational procedures for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from biological treatment operations.
- Know how to identify risks and manage work-related hazards.
- Be able to implement management systems for biological treatment operations.
- Be able to manage information for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from biological treatment processes.
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise from the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from biological treatment processes.
14
Manage transfer and disposal from waste transfer and recovery operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific regulatory requirements for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste transfer and recovery operations
- Understand the organisational procedures for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste transfer and recovery operations
- Know how to identify risks and manage work-related hazards
- Be able to implement management systems for waste transfer and recovery operations
- Be able to manage information for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste transfer and recovery operations
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise from the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste transfer and recovery operations
15
Manage transfer and disposal from waste treatment and recovery operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific regulatory requirements for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste treatment and recovery operations.2.
- Understand the organisational procedures for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste treatment and recovery operations.3.
- Know how to identify risks and manage work-related hazards.4.
- Be able to implement management systems for waste treatment and recovery operations.5.
- Be able to manage information for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste treatment and recovery operations.6.
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise from the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from waste treatment and recovery operations.
16
Managing finance in a resource and waste management workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for financial planning and management in a resource and waste management environment
- Understand the sources of finance available in a resource and waste management environment
- Understand the process for arranging additional finance in a resource and waste management environment
- Be able to contribute to the organisations financial planning and management
- Be able to obtain additional finance in the resource and waste management sector
17
Monitor and maintain the quality of treatment processes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative and organisational requirements for monitoring and maintaining the quality of treatment processes
- Understand the waste treatment process
- Understand how to monitor and maintain the quality of treatment processes
- Understand how to maintain data and information in relation to waste treatment operations
- Be able to monitor the waste being treated
- Be able to operate processes to maintain the quality of the waste being treated
- Be able to use and communicate waste treatment data and information
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise from waste treatment
18
Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to produce a work plan for own area of responsibility
- Be able to allocate and agree responsibilities with team members
- Be able to monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility and provide feedback
- Be able to review and amend plans of work for own area of responsibility and communicate changes
19
Procedural Compliance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to comply with organisational procedures and legislative requirements.
- Be able to implement and maintain operating procedures required for legislative compliance.
- Be able to use data and information to maintain organisational procedures.
- Be able to re
- solve problems associated with compliance issues.
20
Provide leadership and management in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the personal skills, competencies and knowledge required to provide leadership.
- Understand how to review
- analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of the leadership provided.
- Be able to engage and lead stakeholders and colleagues.
- Be able to deliver results.
- Be able to review
21
Recruit people for your resource and waste management business
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare documentation for recruitment process
- Be able to advertise for a job vacancy in a resource and waste management business
- Be able to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a recruitment process for a resource and waste management business
22
Support learning and development within own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to develop a learning environment in own area of responsibility.2.
- Be able to identify the learning needs of colleagues in own area of responsibility.3.
- Be able to support colleagues in learning and its application.4.
- Be able to evaluate learning outcomes and future learning and development of colleagues.
23
Work productively with colleagues and stakeholders
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to identify stakeholders and their relevance to an organisation in the resource and waste management sector
- Understand how to establish and monitor working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders in the resource and waste management sector
- Understand the importance of fulfilling agreements and honouring commitments made to colleagues and stakeholders in the resource and waste management sector
- Be able to create an environment of trust and mutual respect with colleagues and stakeholders in the resource and waste management sector
- Be able to review and improve the effectiveness of working relationships in the resource and waste management sector
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/6709/X
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- CIWM
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2026