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1a – Introduction to the Management of Waste and Resources
1b – Practical Waste Management
1c – Resource Management/Sustainable Approach

What this cover • Introduction to the waste industry
• The circular economy and waste prevention
• Collection of waste
• Treatment of bio-degradable waste
• Recycling
• Understanding of resource and waste management systems, waste composition, industry best practice and national waste strategies in your day-to day work.
• How to contribute to your organisation’s compliance with waste legislation including Duty of Care responsibilities and hazardous waste management
• Options available for the prevention, recovery, reuse, treatment and disposal of waste and resources throughout the whole management system
• The role of the regulator and how effective communication can change behavior
• Circular Economy principles
• Overview of the essential workings of an MRF, End of Life Vehicle Site, and Energy from Waste site (depending on the sites visited)
• Update your knowledge on key industry topics including the waste hierarchy, extended producer responsibility, recycling collections, thermal treatment, landfills, and biological treatment
• Create your own Circular Economy action plan
• Waste as a resource
• The environmental impact of waste
• The cost effectiveness of managing waste efficiently
• Understanding and applying the waste hierarchy

Who can participate?
This course is for anyone new to the waste and resources sector, those currently dealing with their organisation’s waste and resources, and anyone wishing to develop or change their career. It is particularly relevant to those in the local authority and private sector and those who need to understand international waste policy.

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2a – Hazardous Waste Classifications
2b – Impact of Hazardous Waste on our environment
2c – Management of Hazardous Waste

What this cover

• Introduction to Hazardous Waste
• Types of Hazardous Waste & how to manage effectively
• Specific regulations relating to the management of hazardous wastes
• Operational activities for waste producers, carriers, and waste management sites
identify the impact of hazardous waste regulations on operational activities for producers, carriers, and waste sites
• Using the various definitions and classifications of hazardous wastes
• Understand the main hazards and risks associated with the management of industrial hazardous wastes, including its production, treatment, and disposal
• Understand the range of technical options available for the effective management of industrial hazardous wastes
• Main controls on the transport of hazardous waste
• Understand the effect of the regulations on operational activities for waste producers, carriers, and waste management site
• Understanding and applying the waste hierarchy

Who can participate?
This course is for anyone new to the waste and resources sector, those currently dealing with their organization’s waste and resources, and anyone wishing to develop or change their career. It is particularly relevant to those in the local authority and private sector and those who need to understand International waste policy

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3a – Implications of Waste Legislation
3b – Waste Legislations that will benefit Nigeria
3c – Duty of Care

What this cover

• Key issues in relation to waste definition
• The practical implications of Duty of Care
• Implications of environmental permitting
• Waste controls including waste pre-treatment and waste acceptance criteria
• Code of practice
• Required documentation, including waste transfer notes and waste audits
• Your role and that of others in directing how waste is managed and controlled

Who can participate?
This course is ideal for anyone involved in the production, transport, handling, treatment, control or disposal of waste that needs to understand their duty of care responsibilities and how to comply with waste legislation and the waste code of practice.

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5a – Management of Landfill Gas & Groundwater
5b – Leachate Management
5c – Landfills: Closure, Aftercare & Economy

What this cover

• Understand how and why landfill gas is produced, what effects it can have on the natural and built environment and best practice in managing the gas
• Confidently, safely and cost-effectively manage and control those aspects of landfill gas
that you are responsible for, including best practice design, installation, operations and monitoring
• Compare a full range of different landfill gas management and treatment systems and infrastructure and understand their application and opportunities
• How to safely sample, monitor and obtain data on landfill gas and groundwater
• Understand monitoring requirements and procedures and choose appropriate monitoring techniques
• How to use and maintain monitoring equipment
• Understand the data collected to make decisions and act
• Explain the basic principles of leachate generation
• Identify the key contaminants within leachate and the risks that they pose
• Identify of the most adopted treatment processes and systems in the UK and overseas, including methane stripping, chemical treatment, various biological processes, and polishing processes
• Be aware of the various options for procurement of leachate treatment plants and key engineering constraints and construction issues to be considered
• Identify landfill closure constraints including health, safety and legal issues
• Hydrology and geotechnical issues within a closed landfill
• Identify requirements for the closure plan and requirements for proof of stabilization
• Identify key requirements for post-closure management of sites
• Prioritize potential options for site development including understanding risks and requirements for monitoring and the due diligence process
• Evaluate opportunities for maximizing economic returns from a closed landfill

Who can participate?
This course is suitable for a wide range of people who have the responsibility for design, installation, management and regulation of landfill gas control systems and anyone who requires an in-depth and clear understanding of the technical and managerial issues. Past attendees have included site and system managers, monitoring technicians, engineers, treatment system operatives, site managers, specialist services providers, enforcement officers and planners.

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Specialist Course (Including Emerging Trends, Corporate Waste Management etc)

6a – Smarter Solutions
6b – Waste Crimes, Audits & Enforcing Environmental Legislation
6c – Creating a New Revenue Stream
6d – Safety at Waste Sites (Fire Safety etc)

What this cover

• The cost effective & smarter approach of managing waste efficiently
• Intelligence sharing and how to embed in processes
• How to use apps/CRMs to improve on data collection and logistics
• Introduction to new technology that could improve management of waste
• How to plan and deliver an audit of your waste arising's
• How to evaluate data from an internal waste audit and identify key findings
• Identify areas for improvement relating to non-compliance and/or cost savings control how premises and assets are managed, including environmental permits
• How to recognise offences, take appropriate basic enforcement action such as warnings, issue statutory notices and gather appropriate evidence to assist in an investigation for a prosecution.
• Understanding the rules governing an investigation for a prosecution and be able to carry out simple interviews in their investigations.
• How to develop some skills in running an investigation and preparing prosecution file
• Guidance relevant to fire prevention for waste facilities
• Key responsibilities regarding fire prevention for a responsible/competent person and site managers
• Causes and consequences of fires within waste and recycling facilities and how these can be prevented
• Know what to consider when creating the plan for your site

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Specialist Course (Including Emerging Trends, Corporate Waste Management etc)

The Fire Safety Course is designed to raise awareness of fire hazards in the workplace and how to act safely in the event of an emergency fire situation, including selecting and using the correct fire extinguisher. The course is also designed to train staff in your fire safety procedures.

What this cover

• The cost effective & smarter approach of managing waste efficiently
• Intelligence sharing and how to embed in processes
• How to use apps/CRMs to improve on data collection and logistics
• Introduction to new technology that could improve management of waste
• How to plan and deliver an audit of your waste arising's
• How to evaluate data from an internal waste audit and identify key findings
• Identify areas for improvement relating to non-compliance and/or cost savings control how premises and assets are managed, including environmental permits
• How to recognise offences, take appropriate basic enforcement action such as warnings, issue statutory notices and gather appropriate evidence to assist in an investigation for a prosecution.
• Understanding the rules governing an investigation for a prosecution and be able to carry out simple interviews in their investigations.
• How to develop some skills in running an investigation and preparing prosecution file
• Guidance relevant to fire prevention for waste facilities
• Key responsibilities regarding fire prevention for a responsible/competent person and site managers
• Causes and consequences of fires within waste and recycling facilities and how these can be prevented
• Know what to consider when creating the plan for your site

Who can choose this course? This course is ideal for anyone interested in understanding how fires start and continue, identify the dangers of fire, understand the effects of fire, know how to react in an emergency, understand when and how to tackle a small fire and understand how to identify and use the correct extinguisher.

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Waste To Wealth

What this cover?
• General knowledge of Waste & the impact to our environment
• Subtypes of Waste & The 5Rs  
• Challenges & The Potential 
• Overview Of Waste Management
• Overview Of a Circular Economy.
• Wealth from Waste
• Case Studies, Project Ideas, Q&A on general understanding

Who can participate?
This course is for anyone new to the waste and resources sector, those currently dealing with their organisation’s waste and resources, and anyone wishing to develop or change their career.

It is particularly relevant to those in the local authority and private sector who are looking to explore ideas & create opportunities in the Waste & Resource industry.