Waste Management Technician
Waste Management Technician
Waste Management Technician
36 months
Portugal
Portuguese

Qualification details

ISCO Number
3132.2
Type
Dual
Stage
I-VET
EQF
4
Specific Occupational Qualifications

Liquid waste management technician; Liquid & solid waste treatment plant operator

ISCO Label
Incinerator and water treatment plant operators

No Europass Certification Supplement

Curriculum Documentation
Last Update: June 7, 2024, 12:01 p.m.

Learning Outcomes

  • Carry out the collection of data in a format for easy manipulation.
    3

  • Conduct field data gathering and data analysis.
    4
  • Principles of process automation and control systems.
    3
  • Process and equipment design principles.
    3
  • How to implement corrective actions to ensure the process meets its target performance.
    3
  • The organisation’s procedures for recording, retrieving, recording and storing information in the appropriate format.
    3

  • Demonstrates general understanding and awareness of the organisation's wider impacts on the environment .
    2
  • Is aware of the environmental incident management process and their duties in it.
    2
  • Environmental related legal and other requirements.
    2
  • Operational control procedures for environmental aspects.
    3

  • Can outline the main types of law and the relationship between international, national and sub-national law.
    3
  • Able to explain key legislation.
    3
  • Recognises the environmental risks associated with the organisation's activities and operations.
    4
  • The environmental laws and regulations that are relevant to your industry and operations. This may include regulations related to air quality, water management, waste disposal, hazardous materials handling, pollution prevention, and environmental impact assessments.
    3
  • Compliance Requirements: Understand the specific compliance requirements imposed by environmental legislation. This includes knowing the permits, licenses, reporting obligations, and monitoring requirements that your organisation must adhere to. Ensure that you are aware of any deadlines or timelines associated with these requirements.
    3
  • Risk Management: Understand how to identify, assess, and mitigate these risks to ensure compliance with environmental legislation and minimize potential negative impacts on the environment.
    3

  • Knows where to go to stay up to date on emerging technologies, trends and legislative updates.
    3

  • Knowledge of waste management and its impact on the environment and economy.
    3

  • Conduct field data gathering and data analysis.
    4
  • Principles of process automation and control systems.
    3

  • Workplace safety and health (WSH) requirements.
    3

  • Problem-solving techniques.
    2

  • Can explain the basic principles of conventional water and wastewater treatment processes.
    3
  • Can examine the nature of impurities in waters and wastewaters and select appropriate processes for their removal (design of flow sheets).
    4
  • Able to explain and compare the structure and operation of the water sector, including legislations.
    4
  • Applies relevant fundamental scientific and engineering principles (i.e. water chemistry, hydraulics and pumping, mass balance, mass and heat transfers, reactor theory, chemical and biochemical kinetics) to water and wastewater treatment processes.
    4
  • Classification, significance and concentration ranges of impurities in water and wastewater, including: suspended and dissolved solids, organic and inorganic compounds, trace contaminants and pathogens.
    3
  • Physical methods for removing particulates, including screening and grit removal, sedimentation and filtration.
    4
  • Chemical dosing, including precipitation; coagulation and flocculation processes (including basic concepts from colloid science); disinfection and chemical oxidation.
    3
  • Biological processes for wastewater treatment, both aerobic and anaerobic, including activated sludge, trickling filters and sludge digestion.
    3
  • Process control systems and strategies.
    4
  • Flow distribution, divisions and combination.
    3
  • Flow through hydraulic structures and unit process.
    3

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