Monitor and control operating procedures required for legislative compliance

Overview

This Standard is about monitoring and controlling operating procedures required to comply with legislation in the waste management industry. This could apply to any type of waste management facility.
It includes requires monitoring and reviewing procedures for waste management particularly in relation to health, safety and the environment. it also includes identifying and dealing with non-compliance.
This standard is for waste managers in any type of waste management facility.

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. establish regular monitoring and review schedules for all site operations to maintain compliance with procedures
  2. complete monitoring and review processes to record data from acceptable operating conditions, abnormal operating conditions and reporting systems for variations 
  3. monitor all procedures designed to meet compliance requirements on a regular basis
  4. review procedures at intervals agreed with organisational and regulatory personnel
  5. review health and safety procedures on a regular basis to comply with legislative requirements
  6. review environmental procedures on a regular basis to maintain compliance with assessed environmental impact requirements
  7. recommend new or updated procedures where data from monitoring indicates they are needed
  8. ensure that procedures cover all operational situations on organisational premises and for attendance at external facilities
  9. review, implement and monitor processes when non-compliance is identified
  10. maintain up to date organisational procedures in line with new legislative requirements, approved codes of practice and other industry best practices 
  11. maintain recording and information systems in a way which enables them to be used to extract information for review and monitoring purposes
  12. deal with any failures with compliance in line with organisational procedures
  13. seek advice from relevant specialists to resolve situations which are outside own area of responsibility
  14. rectify any issues that prevent the maintenance of compliance regimes in line with organisational procedures

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. legislative requirements, regulations, codes of practice and guidance applicable to the processes carried out at the site
  2. planning permission, permit requirements and environmental management system (EMS) for the site
  3. monitoring processes for all machinery, plant and equipment used on the site
  4. records required by legislation and company procedures in relation to site activities
  5. organisational procedures for dealing with waste, out of specification waste and any other rejects from the process
  6. sources of information on new legislation, codes of practice and industry best practice
  7. organisational processes for developing and updating procedures
  8. methods to communicate data and information required to comply with legislative requirements and organisational procedures
  9. storage and handling procedures for the waste types handled on the site
  10. how to access waste management specialists 
  11. issues that can prevent the maintenance of compliance regimes including staff shortages, equipment deficiencies, external factors