Elements and Performance Criteria
- Advise customers on standard trade waste approval procedures.
- Comprehensively answer customer queries regarding applications for trade waste approval with reference to organisational and statutory requirements.
- Comprehensively answer customer queries regarding the procedures involved in processing and approving trade waste applications with reference to organisational requirements.
- Comprehensively answer customer queries regarding the procedures involved in monitoring and renewing trade waste applications with reference to organisational requirements.
- Evaluate trade waste discharges for new types of industries and/or new types of industry processes.
- Identify significant pollutants generated by new types of industries or processes.
- Identify and apply information about known impacts, risk assessments and control procedures.
- Identify trade waste management processes and workplace procedures for new types of industries or processes.
- Develop and check contingency plans for new types of industries or processes.
- Prepare trade waste management policies and plans for new types of industries and processes.
- Process applications for trade waste discharge approvals.
- Assess standard low risk trade waste applications to establish that all necessary documentation has been provided.
- Assess standard trade waste applications against concentration, mass and flow limits, discharges of prohibited substances and local sewerage issues and consider environmental issues.
- Assess proposed pre-treatment and monitoring systems for suitability.
- Schedule and conduct onsite inspections as required.
- Implement approved trade waste discharge applications.
- Calculate estimates of relevant charges and discuss with the applicant as appropriate, according to established charging policies and formulae.
- Determine monitoring activities and schedules and discuss with the applicant.
- Create and maintain database records, including charging parameters and monitoring schedule.
- Monitor construction activities where applicable to ensure compliance with approvals.
- Monitor customers' trade waste treatment and disposal and review trade waste approval.
- Conduct routine monitoring of the compliance of customers' trade waste treatment and discharge according to the trade waste approval and organisational requirements.
- Establish processes to identify and report non-compliances with trade waste approvals according to organisational requirements.
- Identify and apply enforcement measures and processes to manage identified non-compliances.