Waste

Unlike the other utilities sectors the waste management industry has no history of skills registration or statutory requirements.

Following on from similar registration schemes across the utilities sector the Safety, Health & Environmental Awareness (SHEA) in Waste Management was launched in autumn 2009. The scheme is designed to raise basic awareness about health & safety for anyone working within the waste sector. The scheme is also affiliated with the CSCS scheme for occasions where waste management is required on construction sites

StreetSafe Sam

In addition to the SHEA (Waste Management) registration Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) have worked with the waste management industry to produce a series of free interactive CDs for companies and authorities engaged in waste management. The "A Day in the Life of StreetSafe Sam" series are designed to raise awareness of potential hazards.

Modules

Modules currently available are:

Domestic Waste Collection

The CD is based around a typical "day in the life" of a waste operative and is composed of a mix of photographic stills, movie clips and interactive hazard awareness exercises to test the individual's knowledge of health and safety.

Civic Amenities Sites

The CD is based around a typical "day in the life" of an operative on a Civic Amenity site. It is aimed at providing induction level health and safety information that will work alongside formal health and safety training within companies

Commercial and Industrial Dry Waste Collection

this CD has been developed in partnership with Veolia Environmental Services and is available for use by the whole industry. Again, the CD follows the "day in the life" format and is aimed at drivers who undertake commercial and industrial dry waste collections.

For more information, or to order a copy of any of the CDs please click here.