Waste Management Training Programme
Module 1 9th-10th September 2026, Module 2 7th-8th October 2026 and Module 3 18th-19th November 2026
Where: Park Hotel Mullingar
The last module in this course deals with the day-to-day running off waste facilities. Running a compliant facility is every operators objective and for complicated waste activities this requires a significant effort. The course has been designed to provide training for waste licence holders and also waste facility permit holders and deals with the key aspects of each type of authorisation. During the course delegates explore the conditions that are applied to typical licenced and permitted facilities and the processes by which the regulator seeks to ensure environmental compliance. The main aspects of environmental authorisation are explored, including emission control and monitoring, accident and emergency response, environmental liabilities risk assessment and closure and decommissioning. The course looks at many aspects of licence compliance and provides assistance in exploring the requirements for environmental management systems and other procedures that are required to be developed as part of a waste management licence or waste facility permit. During the course you will complete a number of relevant exercises that will provide a better understanding of how to achieve compliance . This course has proven popular both with facility operators and also with environmental regulators and explores a number of aspects of site inspection and auditing.
The contents of the course are as follows:
As with all other modules, a manual is provided with Module 6. The tutor will provide examples of waste authorisations to use during exercises and relevant work sheets to examine the issues around compliance in more detail.
Module 6 is a very practical course where delegates are shown how to prepare procedures and to develop plans that will integrate with their environmental management systems.
Vip Patel is an experienced trainer and waste and environmental professional with over 30 years operational, training and consultancy experience gained in Ireland, UK, Hong Kong, Europe, and North America. He has extensive experience in all aspects of work concerned with integrated waste management projects, including policy development, feasibility and strategic studies, market intelligence and assessment.
He also has a good appreciation of life cycle assessment / analysis, producer responsibility issues, waste contract development and assessment, conceptual design and development of waste collection /recovery & recycling/ treatment / processing systems, including technology assessments and reviews. He is also a highly experienced environmental trainer / communicator and believes in strong links with government, regulators, and industry to achieve sustainable environmental solutions.
The course is suitable for a wide range of waste managers and regulators.
The course is suitable for staff starting a new role in either regulation or as a waste manager and is written to ensure that delegates develop a “start to finish” overview of the subject.
