On-Demand E-Learning
CIWM's e-learning portfolio provides instant, flexible access to first-class training - anytime, anywhere. Our e-learning courses are available on-demand, meaning you can complete them at your leisure without adhering to scheduled course dates.
Designed specifically for remote learning, these interactive courses are regularly updated to reflect the very latest policy, legislation and procedural changes.
Our e-learning courses are:
- Available 24/7, proving ultimate flexibility
- Specifically designed for online remote learners
- Engaging and interactive
- Cost-effective, with no travel or accommodation required
The following CIWM courses are available through e-learning:
The Challenge of Flexible Plastics
This short, engaging eLearning course explores what flexible plastics are, the different types in use, and why they pose significant challenges for the resource and waste management sector.
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Introduction for Simpler Recycling: Businesses
Historically, businesses across England have operated under waste collection systems that varied significantly based on their location, but the Government now aims to standardise these practices by implementing simpler recycling. This course enables organisations across the UK to understand and prepare for these new regulatory requirements.
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Introduction to Simpler Recycling: Local Authorities and Waste Collectors
Historically, households, businesses and non-domestic premises (e.g. schools and hospitals) in England have used a waste collection system that has varied significantly based on their location. The Government aims to change this by implementing simpler recycling.
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Introduction to Waste Carrier, Broker and Dealer (CBD)
Understanding your legal requirements and how to ensure you are compliant is essential for anyone involved in waste management. This course provides an introduction to waste management legislation and examines the key legal requirements and responsibilities of those who produce, carry or treat waste in the UK.
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Introduction to Waste Tracking
Understanding your legal requirements and how to ensure you are compliant is essential for anyone involved in waste management. This course provides an introduction to waste management legislation and examines the key legal requirements and responsibilities of those who produce, carry or treat waste in the UK.
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Waste Legislation Essentials
Understanding your legal requirements and how to ensure you are compliant is essential for anyone involved in waste management. This course provides an introduction to waste management legislation and examines the key legal requirements and responsibilities of those who produce, carry or treat waste in the UK.
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WasteAware
The course provides a comprehensive introduction to best practice in sustainable resources and waste management. It explores how to improve waste management in a variety of settings by applying the Waste Hierarchy and other key resource efficiency and circular economy principles. It also explains how to segregate, handle and store different waste materials to maximise resource value, reduce costs and remain within the law.
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WasteSmart Certificate
This foundation course will provide you with the necessary knowledge and understanding to make accurate and efficient waste-related decisions, whilst also increasing sustainability and improving performance. It is perfect for anyone who produces, handles or manages waste within an organisation, as well as students who wish to complement their academic learning with a professional certificate.
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The Waste Hierarchy in 5 Minutes
The waste hierarchy helps prevent the negative environmental impacts from waste management. This short online course outlines the basic principles of the waste hierarchy and why it is important to apply them to waste and resource management.
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Waste Producer Duty of Care in 15 minutes
Illegal waste activity costs the UK economy around £1 billion every year. If you handle, dispose of, deal or broker waste you have a duty of care to make sure you do not cause damage to human health or the environment. This online course provides an introduction to waste duty of care for waste producers, giving an overview of what it is and how to meet the requirements.
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Environmental Permitting & Exemptions
The course aims to improve the delegates’ understanding of how to produce a good permit / license application, when and how to source external technical support, and provide an overview of what your legal obligations are, when operating under a permit/license.
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Introduction to Environmental Awareness on a Waste Facility
This online training course provides a high-level summary of key environmental regulations applicable to waste facilities (e.g. waste transfer station, materials recovery facilities, skip hire, household waste sites and similar waste) in England and Wales. It focusses on offering practical guidance to help you identify and minimise the environmental risks associated your waste facility.
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Site Based Env Awareness: Waste Transfer Stations & Other
This online training course provides a review of key environmental regulations applicable to waste transfer stations and similar facilities (for example materials recovery facilities, skip hire, household waste sites and similar waste) in England and Wales and focusses on offering practical guidance to help you identify and minimise the environmental risks associated your waste facility.
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Site Based Env Awareness: Biowaste Facilities
This online training course provides a review of key environmental regulations applicable to biowaste facilities in England and Wales and focusses on offering practical guidance to help you identify and minimise the environmental risks associated your waste facility.
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Introduction to Waste Duty of Care
This online training course provides a high-level introduction to the crucial regulatory requirement of ‘waste duty of care’ using images, interactive elements, links, and quizzes to help you remember the course content.
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Regardless of where you are in your career, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) can benefit you. This process allows you to track and document the skills, knowledge and experience you gain (formally and informally). Furthermore, Chartered members and Fellows of CIWM commit to undertaking CPD each year to maintain standards by keeping up to date. It can be difficult to know where to start, so this course we will look at how to manage your CPD.
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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Over five modules, this e-learning course will explore the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the resource and waste management sector, and the impact it has on our business and the people around us. It will equip you with the knowledge, skills and perspectives necessary to understand and champion inclusion within your organisation and the wider sector.
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Introduction to Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging
This short 15-minute course will combine video and interactive e-learning will help you to develop a greater understanding of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and what it means for key stakeholders across the UK.
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Introduction to Deposit Return Schemes (DRS)
Deposit Return Schemes (DRS) are used across the world as a way of encouraging more people to recycle drinks containers and will be introduced across the UK. This short 15-minute course will combine video and interactive e-learning will help you to develop a greater understanding of DRS and what it means for key stakeholders across the UK.
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Introduction to Climate Change
The effects of climate change because of human activities are becoming more evident. We must manage and adapt to the risks associated with climate change, while taking steps to tackle the climate crisis.
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Introduction to the Circular Economy
The effects of climate change because of human activities are becoming more evident. We must manage and adapt to the risks associated with climate change, while taking steps to tackle the climate crisis.
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Introduction to Net Zero
Climate science indicates that we must limit global temperature increases to avoid the significant impacts of climate change. To achieve this, we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and reach net zero.
This short course will combine video and interactive e-learning will help you to develop a greater understanding of net zero and what it means for individuals, organisations and the resource and waste management sector.
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Introduction to Sustainability & Sustainable Development
Sustainability requires us to meet the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations. This short course will combine video and interactive e-learning will help you to develop a greater understanding of sustainability and what it means for individuals, organisations and the resource and waste management sector.
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CIWM (WAMITAB) Operator Competence Scheme Explained
This short course combines video and interactive e-learning to help you to develop a greater understanding of the CIWM (WAMITAB) Operator Competence Scheme and how it can be used to support individuals, organisations and the resource and waste management sector.
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The Risk Tier Table Explained
The risk tier table is applicable to facilities in England and Wales operating in accordance with the Environmental Permitting Regulations. This short course combines video and interactive e-learning to help you to develop a greater understanding of the risk tier table and how it can be used to support individuals, organisations and the resource and waste management sector.
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Introduction to Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS)
Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS) are a cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gases and are used by governments to incentivise businesses to reduce their emissions. This short 15-minute course will combine video and interactive e-learning will help you to develop a greater understanding of ETS and how the UK ETS applies to the resource and waste management sector.
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The Challenge of Waste Batteries
If batteries, or electricals containing batteries, are not properly separated they can end up being crushed in the waste and recycling process. This increases the chances that they will be punctured and self-combust, setting fire to any surrounding combustible materials. This short course will combine video and interactive e-learning will help you to develop a greater understanding of the challenges waste batteries pose and what it means for individuals, organisations and the resource and waste management sector.
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Waste Exemptions Reform
In 2018, a waste crime consultation was held which included waste exemption reforms designed to ensure exemptions could no longer be used to mask illegal waste activity in England and Wales. This short course will use interactive e-learning to help you to develop a greater understanding of what changes will be implemented following this consultation and what it means for individuals, organisations and the resource and waste management sector.
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If you have any questions about our e-learning courses and how to access them, please don't hesitate to contact us at training@ciwm.co.uk.
This series of courses have been developed by E-Tech learning Ltd and is accredited by CIWM:
Fundamentals of Combustion
The UK waste industry now relies on its many thermal waste treatment plants, both private and public, to deal with non-recyclable and residual waste streams and to generate useful heat and/or power effectively and efficiently from these feedstocks. Similarly, biomass, medical wastes and municipal sludges are also processed through thermal treatment plants. Fundamentals of Combustion is a two-part course that provides the underpinning knowledge for operating these technologies more confidently and optimising thermal efficiency.
Module 1
Module 2
Anaerobic Digestion Module 1: A technical overview
The interactive module uses practical examples and visual representations of operational facilities to help explain the theory behind anaerobic digestion. It will introduce you to the microorganism activity and the optimal environmental conditions required and the four-stage process leading to the production of biogas is also explained.
Module 1
Flue Gas Conditioning & Waste Heat Recovery Boilers (Mod 4)
Increasing demand for energy and rising energy prices is placing pressure on UK thermal waste treatment plants, both private and public, to generate useful heat and/or power effectively and efficiently from non-recyclable and residual waste streams (including refuse derived fuels) without posing a risk to people or the environment. This specialist e-learning course provides you with the opportunity to learn more about how flue gas conditioning and waste heat recovery boilers are used to increase efficiency and accomplish this goal.
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Fundamentals of Flue Gas Treatment
Thermal waste treatment processes produce flue gas contaminated by particulates, heavy metals and acidic gases which requires treatment. This specialist e-learning course provides you with the opportunity to learn more about flue gas treatment techniques and technologies.
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