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My WAMITAB Level 4 Journey
HSEC Services • 23 March 2021
My WAMITAB Level 4 Journey - Day 1, Week 1
I started working at HSEC Services in September 2020, as Centre Administrator. I have been working in administration for over 20 years but for the last 10 years I have been in the oil and gas industry.
When it comes to the waste industry, I know nothing! When I had my interview Ben at the time said he would expect me too complete a WAMITAB Level 4 Waste Management qualification.
At the time I was thinking to myself ‘yeah that will be fine’, I can do that, I’ve done NVQ’s’.
I’ve now been with HSEC Services 5 months, doing the day-to-day administration for the centre and its now time to find out more about waste management it’s self and also to start my journey to achieve the WAMITAB Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management – VRQ qualification.
About 6 weeks ago Ben said to me he was putting me on the VRQ course we had running in February and March. For the week leading up to it I will say it worried me, everything was running through my head, ‘I know nothing about what goes on, on sites. How much am I expected to know’.
The VRQ course is run online, over the course of 5 days, before the course starts you are issued the following:
• Portfolio – 5 Mandatory Units and Optional Unit(s)
• Question Papers
You are sent a Zoom link for the course the week before the course starts.
I will be attending the split course, which will be 3 days in February and the following 2 days in March.
It is the first day and I have my portfolio and question papers, too hand, as well a notepad and pen.
On my course there was 8 of us and there was a good mixture of people from various backgrounds. The Trainer introduced himself and gave a brief outlook of how the course will be run the chosen dates.
The course is done via ‘Power Point Presentation’. Everyone introduces themselves and then it is straight into the first unit.
Over the course of the three days, we covered three full units and half off another, which we will pick up again in March.
The trainer talks you through each slide, makes you aware of information you can access in order to research and learn more on that subject you are covering.
I learnt about a ‘Waste Hierarchy’ and how to apply it to different types of waste, it was interesting to know that all waste operators have to apply this. What I did find a helpful was the Trainer would give you scenarios of when things may happen, this helped me to understand more why things were needed.
I liked the health and safety unit, this was because I knew a bit of the subjects being covered and it was a lot easier for me to pick up bits of information, I may of not known.
One of the things I liked covering was the risk assessments, as this was an easier way to produce them, compared to how I have previously did them.
The administration part which was covered - keeping records and management systems I liked, as this is what I enjoy doing in administration and why I work within administration. I learnt about the different types of permits and the differing rules.
Over the three days, we covered a lot of different elements and if you work on a waste management site, I can see why this is beneficial and people take on this qualification.
I did find the sustainability section hard going.
The course is very intense and there is a lot to take in. Now I have got a 2-week break before I finish the remaining units, I need to start working on the question papers.
Even though I have a year to complete this qualification, I am going to start these early, as I think if I leave it too late, I will forget what I have learnt up on the course, plus the notes I have taken will not make any sense too me! I have started working on a question paper for one of the units and I’m hoping that I will soon be able to submit it for marking.
Wish me luck!
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