Achievement of this qualification demonstrates competence by the learner to manage permitted waste facilities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for Non-Hazardous Waste Landfill (including Single Stream) activities.

Available for bespoke permits only. 

Achievement of this qualification demonstrates competence by the learner to manage permitted waste facilities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for Non-Hazardous Waste Landfill (including Single Stream) activities.

The process requires the Learner to demonstrate he or she has the required knowledge and skills to manage a permitted waste management facility.

The qualification process would include a number of visits by one of our competent Assessors. 

The first assessment visit will include an induction, to explain the process, as well as the Centre and awarding organisation’s policies, practices and procedures. 

Each Delegate will need to complete the 8 Mandatory units listed below. They will also need to select one of the below pathways, containing a further 3 Mandatory units and 1 Optional unit, making the award 12 units in total:

Mandatory Units:

• Maintain health and safety in the waste and resource management industry (OCS01)

• Manage the environmental impact of work activities (OCS02) 

• Provide leadership and management in the workplace (OCS04) 

• Identify and implement improvements to waste management operations (OCS07)

• Control maintenance and other engineering operations (OCS08) 

• Procedural compliance (OCS09) 

• Manage and maintain systems for responding to emergencies (OCS10) 

• Manage an inspection visit at your site from regulatory bodies (OCS65)

Pathway A – Non-Hazardous Waste Pathway

Mandatory Unit Group: 

The learner must complete all of the units from the following group: 

• Manage the movement, sorting and storage of waste (OCS05)

• Manage the reception of non-hazardous waste (OCS12) 

• Managing disposal operations of non-hazardous waste to land (OCS34)

Optional Unit Group: 

The learner must choose one unit from the following group: 

• Restore and prepare landfill sites for aftercare (OCS42) 

• Develop restoration and aftercare schemes for non-hazardous landfill sites (OCS44)

• Prepare landfill sites for the acceptance of non-hazardous waste (OCS47)

Pathway B – Non-Hazardous Waste Single Stream Pathway

Mandatory Unit Group: 

The learner must complete all of the units from the following group: 

• Manage the reception of non-hazardous waste on a single waste stream site (OCS15)

• Manage the movement, sorting and storage of waste on single waste stream sites (OCS18)

• Manage disposal operations of non-hazardous waste to land on a single waste stream site (OCS37)

Optional Unit Group:  

The learner must choose one unit from the following group: 

• Restore and prepare landfill sites for aftercare (OCS42) 

• Develop restoration and aftercare schemes for non-hazardous landfill sites (OCS44) 

• Prepare landfill sites for the acceptance of non-hazardous waste (OCS47)

As part of the process, you will be required to answer 12 question papers (One for each unit), gather documents relevant to your role such as risk assessments, environmental procedures, check sheets, permits, planning conditions and other such documents! 

Don’t worry, you will plan each assessment visit with your Assessor to allow time to complete the work required! 

When your Assessor arrives on site, he or she will be looking to observe you carrying out your daily duties, asking questions about the tasks you carry out, looking at the documentation and getting you to explain the various processes and procedures. 

On completion, the Centre will claim your certificate, which will be scanned, and a copy sent in advance of the original certificate. 

CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 High Risk Operator Competence Qualifications

£3595.00 + VAT Per Learner

Includes:

• CIWM (WAMITAB) Registration for the appropriate high risk operator competence award. 
• 6 Assessment visits, Including over 36 hours of assessment.
• All assessor time, travel and associated expenses.
• E-Portfolio to allow you to complete your knowledge questions, upload evidence and track your progress. 
• Access to hundreds of pieces of guidance as well as knowledge videos.
• Option to attend training covering health and safety, environmental protection and legislation. 

Additional Charges:

£600 + VAT - Per additional assessment visit, this is typically required where the assessor has confirmed an assessment within 7 days, and then turns up on site and the learner has either done nothing or the assessment can’t go ahead as the learner has meetings or other work which takes priority over the assessment. 

However, to date we have never charged a client for an extra assessment visit which is down to the rigorous planning and support we provide our learners.

Your E-Portfolio

Your portfolio will be located online, which you can access through any website browser via a laptop, computer or mobile device.

Here you can access your knowledge question papers, completing them online and submitting them for marking, with one simple click of a button, which will also notify your Assessor automatically!  We also provide access to a huge archive of guidance documents on a range of health, safety, waste and environmental subjects.

This will not only help you research and learn in order to achieve the award, but it’s also the ideal on-site reference tool, when carrying out your daily duties.

Because we have remote access to the information provided, it allows us to add and update information over time, resulting in an ever-expanding resource at your fingertips!

We will also provide you access to a range of knowledge video’s, which explain how to carry out specific tasks, procedures or assessments as well as more in-depth videos which cover specific topic areas such as legislation.

It's plain sailing, with a little training!

We offer separate underpinning knowledge training courses, which will help you save time and speed up your development.

Each course will provide a good foundation of knowledge, as well as boosting your confidence, which in turn reduces the time spent carrying out hours of research, and the overall time required to achieve your chosen qualification!

The course can cover generic subjects such as Health and Safety, Environmental Protection, and Legislation, as well as activity-specific subjects like hazardous waste transfer, transfer and treatment of non-hazardous waste, anaerobic digestion, managing a landfill, restoration and aftercare to name but a few!

This newfound or updated knowledge can then be applied to the written question papers, which make up a large proportion of the qualification, as well as the assessments themselves.

Courses are delivered online, providing additional flexibility. Don’t worry if you’re not tech savvy, we can provide you with all the help and support you need!

 All you require is a computer or laptop with a camera and microphone, connected to the internet, as well as access to email! After that it’s just a case of clicking a button and starting your journey to achieve the required technical competence, for a permitted waste management facility!

For further information on our training services, don’t hesitate to let us know when making your enquiry.

Yes, you need access to a working site with the required resource, as the assessment phase is completed in the working environment.

Yes, we can arrange for one of our trainers to deliver an underpinning knowledge course. 

Designed to deliver knowledge in a range of areas, prior to your allocated assessor taking over and starting the assessment phase. 

This can speed up the completion time frame as well as ensuring you have a good solid foundation of knowledge. 

These qualifications are led by the Learner, with support from their Assessor. 

It’s hard to give an accurate time frame, as it will depend in a range of factors, such as time the Learner can put into research and learning, completing work set by their Assessor, existing knowledge and experience, work load to name but a few. 

We have outlined approximate time frames below, however, the time frame can be dramatically increased or decreased depending on the Learner and whether additional time is required in order to carry out further learning. 

Approximate times:

• Low Risk Operator Competence (LROC1): 3 to 6 Months

• Medium Risk Operator Competence (MROC): 4 to 8 Months

• High Risk Operator Competence (HROC): 8 to 14 months

No, this qualification is open entry which means you don't need to have achieved any other qualification.