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I recently sat my CIWM / WAMITAB continuing competence Test, which I am required to sit every two years. Previously I have sat an online course through Waste Training, which I found very helpful, this time I opted for the cheaper option of purchasing the revision guide and workbooks through wamitab.org . I found these to be very useful and if you are on a tight budget, are sufficient as long as you have a good understanding of the topics.
The booklets that I purchased this time were:
Generic Health & Safety
Generic Environmental Protection
Generic Legislation
Treatment & Transfer: Non Hazardous (This is what I choose as my specific activity)
The Continuing Competence test is made up of two parts. A Generic Knowledge test and three Activity Specific tests.
The Generic Knowledge test has a total of 18 questions is sat by everyone. It covers topics such as Legislation, Environmental Protection and Health & Safety.
The Activity Specific tests are more specific to your own services and site activities. You will take 3 Activity Specific tests and will need to find out which ones you will need to take before going to the examination. They cover various sub-categories such as non-hazardous landfill, managing the treatment of hazardous waste and managing incineration.
I found the WAMITAB website very helpful when preparing for my test, they have ‘Revision Tips & Links’ and ‘syllabus revision guide’ documents for each of the tests and a tutorial of the test itself so you know what to expect.
Below are a few of the test questions that I was given:
less than 32% concentration
less than 50% concentration
less than 16% concentration
less than 10% concentration
Blue
Green
Red
Yellow
Food waste
Wet cardboard
Solvent packaging with a small amount of residue solvent fluid
Waste paper with ink from a printer
Disposal
Prepare for refuse
Recycling
Prevention
I would definitely recommend buying the booklets, they are very handy for referring back to and if you have more than one WAMITAB member of staff you can share the books, just be mindful of when they are updated.
My tip would be to do as many mock exams online that you can find, I have used Albion Environmental previously and have always found it to be an excellent way of preparing for your exam.
Do not forget you ID on the day
Give yourself plenty of time to find the test centre
Stay calm and go over all of the questions before submitting your answers
Use the flag button option that they provide in the exam to remind you to go back over the answers you are not 100% sure of, I have always found this very helpful.
If you are not 100% sure, think logically and eliminate unreasonable answers, if you then only have two answers its a 50/50 chance of getting it right!
If you need any more tips or advice on the WAMITAB continuing competence exams, I would be happy for you to email the office for specific questions relating to this subject, I am not an expert, but I have sat many of these over the years and know what is expected of you to remain competent.
I hope you have enjoyed my blog!