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Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds (AGE 16 to 24)

Introduction The “AGE 16 to 24” is aimed at helping eligible employers to offer young people employment through the Apprenticeship programme, by providing wage grants to assist them in recruiting their first apprentice. The National Apprenticeship Service is committed to working closely with WAMITAB’s strategic partners including AoC, AELP, colleges and training providers across the […]

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Viridor – Composting Safety Film

A film to help improve health and safety at composting sites has been released by waste management firm Viridor. Designed for people who work on either in-vessel or windrow composting facilities, the film provides essential information needed to comply with Health & Safety Executive guidelines and manage the risks of working with these processes.  

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Deadline approaches for ‘continuing competence’ in the waste sector

Waste management facility operators need to be aware of the approaching deadline for Continuing Competence under the CIWM/WAMITAB Operator Competence scheme for England and Wales.  This scheme is one of the two routes approved by Defra through which operators can demonstrate their technical competence and it includes a requirement for individuals to keep their competence

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BBC’s Apprentice highlights Apprenticeship Scheme

Albion Environmental (and WAMITAB) were delighted to see entrepreneurship in the Waste sector, highlighted on the current series of The Apprentice (aired on BBC1 8th June). The Waste industry has suffered in the past as being perceived as a low level, low skilled working environment, however, the task shown in The Apprentice demonstrated the high

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Update on Situation Regarding Certificate of Technical Competence

Due to various changes in legislation and changes to training qualifications it has suddenly got a bit complicated in the WAMITAB Certificate of Technical Competence arena. In order to try and simplify and provide some clarity to the matter we have prepared the following brief guide. Please note – this guidance does not affect existing

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QCF Transition

WAMITAB is in the final stages of completing the transition of qualifications from the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) to the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). Access to these new workbooks is free of charge and can be downloaded from the website www.wamitab.org.uk    Albion have been approved to deliver all relevant QCF qualifications by WAMITAB,

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WAMITAB update Albion\’s Centre Approval

On Wednesday 9th March, WAMITAB made an approval visit to Albion Environmental Ltd. This was a positive Centre Approval visit for Albion.     This visit was a systems review to ensure that all the necessary documentation etc. was in place. The WAMITAB verifier was extremely impressed with the centre setup and the attention to detail with

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