Elements and Performance Criteria
- Advise customers on trade waste approval procedures
- Advise customers of the procedures involved in processing, approving and monitoring trade waste applications
- Obtain and analyse work health and safety (WHS), environmental and sustainable energy practices and procedures
- Evaluate trade waste discharges for new industries
- Identify hazards, assess risks and implement control measures according to workplace procedures
- Identify and evaluate trade waste management processes and workplace procedures
- Develop and check contingency plans
- Prepare trade waste management policies and plans
- Assess applications for high risk trade waste discharge approvals
- Assess applications against concentration, mass and flow limits, discharges of prohibited substances and local sewerage issues according to environmental issues
- Assess proposed pre-treatment systems, monitoring, control systems and procedures for suitability
- Assess chemical storage, handling and spill prevention procedures and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry standards
- Schedule and conduct on-site inspections according to workplace procedures
- Implement approved trade waste discharge applications
- Estimate cost calculations and discuss with customers according to current charging policies and formulae
- Monitor construction and commissioning activities to ensure compliance with approvals
- Determine monitoring activities and schedules and discuss with customer
- Create and maintain database records including charging parameters and monitoring schedule
- Monitor and reviewtrade waste treatment and disposal approvals
- Establish processes to identify and report non-compliances with trade waste approvals to relevant stakeholders
- Identify and implement enforcement measures and processes to manage identified non-compliances