Sam scoops top national qualification at S Roberts Group
One of our directors has been awarded with one of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management’s (CIWM) top national waste and resource qualifications.
Sam Lawson, our Asbestos & Operations Director, has achieved a Waste Management Training & Advisory Board (WAMITAB) Level 4 High Risk Operator Competence for Managing Transfer of Hazardous Waste.
Knowledge & skills
He says: “I am really pleased to get this qualification as it represents a significant aspect of my role here at Roberts. It demonstrates that I have the required knowledge and skills, to manage or supervise a permitted waste facility, in this instance managing our permitted Asbestos Waste Transfer Station.
“Our permitted Asbestos Waste Transfer Station can accept both bonded and fibrous asbestos containing materials generated from remediation work, as we’re a licensed asbestos removal contractor. We also offer a hazardous waste collection service, carried out by our highly trained operatives, utilising vehicles with specially designed waste storage containers.”
Workplace competence
WAMITAB has developed more than 120 qualification pathways to ensure competence in the workplace and to promote environmental sustainability.
At the end of 2021, WAMITAB withdrew from its status as an awarding organisation and its parent organisation CIWM became the awarding body for all waste and resource qualifications nationwide.
CIWM is a professional membership body that represents and supports more than 5,000 individuals and 250 affiliated organisations across the UK and overseas. It is both a professional body and an awarding one. It develops and awards regulated qualifications.
Environmental impact
Vicky Owens, our Asbestos & Demolition Director, says: “CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 High Risk Operator Competence for Managing Transfer of Hazardous Waste is part of the awarding body’s Operator Competence Scheme and is designed to provide technically competent people with the knowledge and skills to ensure waste sites comply with Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations.
Flying colours
“This includes topics such as health and safety in the waste and resource management industry, managing the environmental impact of work activities and managing the movement, sorting and storage of waste. It’s a highly prized qualification and we’re thrilled that Sam has achieved his with flying colours. He’s a real asset to our business.”
Sam joined us in 2016 as a Junior Contracts Manager, progressing within a year to Contract Manager.
High service levels
Vicky adds: “With more than 12 years of experience in the licensed asbestos industry, ranging from analytical, laboratory, surveying, auditing and removals, Sam is highly skilled and qualified in every area, with an ethos for high standards and service being his, and our, number one priority.
“In December 2020, a challenging year, Sam stepped into the role of Asbestos and Operations Director, working closely with our clients, managers and our asbestos teams. He is determined to continually evolve, progress and improve the quality of work we’re known for within this industry and to give our customers the highest possible levels of service and support.
“We were one of the first demolition companies in the Westcountry to launch a specialist, licensed asbestos removal service. Sam’s involvement with this section of our business, since he joined us in 2016, has been substantial.”
