CIWM
Level 4
QN: 601/8502/8
Curriculum Active
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 High Risk Operator Competence for Managing Physical and Chemical Treatment of Hazardous Waste
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CIWM. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 338 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
CIWM
Syllabus Units
12 Units
Guided Hours
338 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
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.
2
Control work activities on a waste management facility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the underpinning legislative requirements and organisational procedures for managing waste operations.
- Understand how to control work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and organisational procedures.
- Understand how to use and communicate data and information.
- Be able to control work activities on a waste facility.
- Be able to use and communicate data and information on a waste facility.
- Be able to re
- solve problems that may arise when controlling work activities on a waste facility.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
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.
7
Manage site operations for the treatment of hazardous waste
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative and organisational requirements for site management of hazardous waste treatment operations.
- Understand how to maintain adequate resources for site operations.
- Be able to manage treatment operations for hazardous waste.
- Be able to control work activities on waste sites.
- Be able to use
- record and communicate data and information.
- Be able to re
- solve problems which may arise from hazardous waste treatment operations.
8
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.
9
Manage the movement, sorting and storage of waste
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific regulation, procedures and requirements for the movement, sorting and storage of waste.
- Understand the health, safety and environmental implications of movement, segregation and storage of waste.
- Be able to implement systems and procedures to manage the movement, sorting and storage of waste.
- Be able to manage vehicles, plant and crews on sites which handle waste.
- Be able to use
- record and communicate information.
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise during or resulting from the movement, sorting and storage of waste.
10
Manage the reception of hazardous waste
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the regulations, procedures and requirements for managing waste operations.
- Understand the health, safety and environmental impacts associated with the reception of hazardous waste.
- Be able to implement systems and procedures to manage the reception of hazardous waste.
- Be able to use and communicate information.
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise from managing the reception of hazardous waste.
11
Manage Transfer and Disposal from Hazardous Waste Treatment and Recovery Operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific regulatory requirements for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from hazardous waste treatment and recovery operations.
- Understand the organisational procedures for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from hazardous waste treatment and recovery operations.
- Know how to identify risks and manage work-related hazards.
- Be able to implement management systems for hazardous waste treatment and recovery operations.
- Be able to manage information for the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from hazardous waste treatment and recovery operations.
- Be able to re
- solve problems which arise from the transfer of outputs and disposal of residues from hazardous waste treatment and recovery operations.
12
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.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/8502/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- CIWM
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2016