Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for trade wastewater sampling and testing
- Identify the need to sample based on trade waste customer risk, sewer catchment and infrastructure issues.
- Schedule sampling and testing in accordance with a monitoring program.
- Identify wastewater quality parameters to be tested for.
- Identify appropriate sampling location and type of sample to be taken in accordance with the monitoring program.
- Communicate with an external laboratory regarding sampling, preservation, parameters to be analysed and transportation requirements.
- Select and apply sample preservation methods.
- Select, check, calibrate and prepare equipment and resources.
- Select, fit and use personal protective equipment.
- Conduct trade wastewater sampling and testing
- Adopt hygienic work practices.
- Carry out job safety analysis or risk assessment.
- Determinesampling method, either manual or automatic and time based or flow based.
- Sample and determine the trade wastewater related to the typical operation of the business.
- Collect samples ensuring that types, locations and times comply with requirements.
- Maintain integrity of samples during sampling and field testing.
- Conduct basic field trade wastewater tests.
- Assess and report abnormal characteristics and undertake corrective action.
- Limit hazards and contamination to self, work area and environment.
- Finalise work
- Apply chain of custody procedures.
- Organise transportation of samples to the laboratory.
- Report observations or measurements requiring further action.
- Clean testing equipment and sampling site.
- Record analysis results from field testing and laboratory testing.
- Interpret test results, assess compliance and reschedule sampling to confirm findings.
- Prepare for trade wastewater sampling and testing
- Identify the need to sample based on trade waste customer risk, sewer catchment and infrastructure issues.
- Schedule sampling and testing in accordance with a monitoring program.
- Identify wastewater quality parameters to be tested for.
- Identify appropriate sampling location and type of sample to be taken in accordance with the monitoring program.
- Communicate with an external laboratory regarding sampling, preservation, parameters to be analysed and transportation requirements.
- Select and apply sample preservation methods.
- Select, check, calibrate and prepare equipment and resources.
- Select, fit and use personal protective equipment.
- Conduct trade wastewater sampling and testing
- Adopt hygienic work practices.
- Carry out job safety analysis or risk assessment.
- Determinesampling method, either manual or automatic and time based or flow based.
- Sample and determine the trade wastewater related to the typical operation of the business.
- Collect samples ensuring that types, locations and times comply with requirements.
- Maintain integrity of samples during sampling and field testing.
- Conduct basic field trade wastewater tests.
- Assess and report abnormal characteristics and undertake corrective action.
- Limit hazards and contamination to self, work area and environment.
- Finalise work
- Apply chain of custody procedures.
- Organise transportation of samples to the laboratory.
- Report observations or measurements requiring further action.
- Clean testing equipment and sampling site.
- Record analysis results from field testing and laboratory testing.
- Interpret test results, assess compliance and reschedule sampling to confirm findings.