The WAMITAB office will be closed from 4.45 pm on Thursday 18th April 2019 and will reopen at 9.00 am on Tuesday 23rd April 2019.
"We are delighted our bid was successful. WAMITAB’s work with the prison sector has become a key strand of our activities over the last five years. We are known for supporting learners to make more of their lives; embedding literacy and numeracy skills into our waste management, recycling and cleaning qualifications. There are some 120 prisons in England and Wales, each with a need for waste management and cleaning services. Neither cleaning nor waste management are innate skills, they must be learned. Moreover to do it properly requires structured training, practice and assessment. We take this very seriously. Perhaps more than most and probably this is why our bid was successful."
"With recruitment a real challenge in our sectors and, that challenge potentially increasing as the impact of Brexit takes hold, WAMITAB is committed to supporting the links between the prisons and employers.Individuals going through the prison system will achieve relevant vocational qualifications as well as practical experience through the delivery of waste or cleaning services in prison and those who are keen to progress into employment in the sector will be supported every step of the way. We have already had some successes with this model in prisons in the Midlands and see this contract as a great opportunity to roll this out nationally. We have established a team within WAMITAB who can offer employers support to navigate what can be a complex area."
Waste Returns: A Powerful Tool in the Regulatory Arsenal?
The Environment Agency has announced that changes to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 mean that operators of permitted waste facilities will need to include details of which technical competence scheme they are complying with in their waste returns in future.
For those who subscribe to the CIWM/WAMITAB Operator Competence Scheme this includes the name and date of birth of the Technically Competent Managers (TCM) for the permitted facility on each waste return. This information will allow the Agency to conduct some desk-based regulatory activity prior to planning site visits.
Verifying TCM data by accessing the WAMITAB QuartzWeb database. The database allows Regulators to search for an individual’s Operator Competence data, including name, date of birth, date of registration and date of certification for both primary qualifications and continuing competence. This means that the validity of TCM data provided on returns can be immediately checked in just a few clicks – a tool available at permit application, waste return or any other regulatory intervention.
WAMITAB welcomes this evolution of waste regulation, and can foresee that this has the potential to become a powerful tool in the Agency’s plans to ensure focussed, effective and risk-based regulation. We have worked with the Agency to ensure that a key aspect of this regulatory control, the ability to check the validity of qualifications and continuing competence achievements, is available to enforcement officers nationally at any time.
Representatives from WAMITAB will be available on the three days of The Cleaning Show at Excel, London.
Find us on the British Cleaning Council Stand - C40.
To pre-register for entrance tickets to the show click here.
Information about how to get Excel here.
We have made some minor changes to the syllabus for Continuing Competence, and the new syllabus is available on the Continuing Competence page of the website - click on the Revision button and scroll down the page.
There will also be a new question bank, which will go live at the Pearson VUE Test Centres from Friday 1st March 2019. If your test is booked on or after 1st March 2019, then it is important that your revision preparation is based on the new syllabus.
If you already have the copies of 2016-2018 Revision Guides, then you will see only minor changes in the topics covered so you will not need to buy copies of the new 2019-2021 Revision Guides; instead please use the free downloadable Update Sheets which capture these changes. However, please note that there have been extensive changes to the structure of Landfill Closed so we recommend purchasing the new edition of the Revision Guide to that topic.
Please note if your test is scheduled on or before 28th February 2019 then you need to base your preparations on the 2016-2018 syllabus and the 2016-2018 edition of the Revision Guides. However for those with tests booked on or after 1st March 2019, the new Revision Guides for 2019-2021 are now available to purchase on the website.
Background to the changes: we review the Continuing Competence syllabus every two years to ensure it reflects current legislation and practice. This latest review is an interim update; and a more comprehensive review is planned for the next Continuing Competence Test effective for 2021-2023, which will take into account potential changes that are introduced after Brexit is fully implemented.
The rolling two year programme will remain in place; the expiry date will be clearly shown on your Continuing Competence certificate, eg, if you passed on 5th March 2019 then the certificate will state an expiry date of 5th March 2021.
Please note that effective from 7 January 2019, the Continuing Competence test fee is £139.
Planning for the Christmas and New Year period.
The WAMITAB office will close at 3.00 pm on Friday 21st December 2018, and re-open at 9.00 am on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.
All orders received by 12 noon on Friday 21st December 2019 will be processed and despatched that day; orders received after this time will not be processed until the office re-opens on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.
The system will be available to users during the Christmas/New Year office closure but we are unable to offer any user support during that period; normal service will resume when the office re-opens on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. Please note all certificate and results processing times will begin when the office re-opens on 2nd January 2019.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year.
WAMITAB is pleased to announce that they have been accepted onto the Register of Approved End-Point Assessment Organisations to deliver end-point assessment for the Metal Recycling General Operative Standard. “WAMITAB Assessment” will operate as a service of WAMITAB, separate from its activities as an Awarding Organisation.
All applicants must hold relevant WAMITAB qualifications / assessment qualifications and have experience with assessing WAMITAB qualifications up to Level 4.
Have you been in the waste industry for some time? Feel you need a new challenge? Interested in becoming an Assessor? We are also seeking trainee assessors to work across England, training will be provided however its vital you have a good solid waste management background, ideally across a number of sector areas. To apply for these opportunities please send a covering letter and detailed CV including details about relevant qualifications to admin@hsecservices.co.uk .
To book your free tickets go to: www.rwmexhibition.com or call 0117 990 2097.