CMS has been designed by Energy & Utility Skills as an alternative to the WAMITAB/CoTC  system.  It is a cost efficient way to meet your Environmental Permit’s requirement to demonstrate technical competence to run a permitted site.  

Environmental Permits include a condition that requires operators to demonstrate technical competence.  You must join one of two schemes WAMITAB or CMS to demonstrate your commitment to running your site in a technically competent manner. 

CMS is approved by Defra, the Welsh Government, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales.

CMS takes away the  reliance on a staff member to provide WAMITAB cover.  Staff are trained to  understand site compliance requirements, know how to react in the event of an incident, comply with legislation and minimise the risk and the impact of site activity on people and the environment.

CMS is an alternative to the WAMITAB Certificate of Technical Competence Scheme and enables businesses to satisfy their CoTC requirements as a business rather than being reliant on a single person with the WAMITAB qualification being on site for a mandatory amount of time.  

CMS is bespoke to your permit requirements.

CMS requires documents and actions, consistent with 14001 and 9001.  So, if you have an existing ISO system,  CMS can easily be integrated reducing the time  and cost of CMS implementation.  It is important to stress that ISO 14001 does not cover the requirements of the CMS and both standards must be certificated separately. 

CMS can be a stand alone management system.

You must be able to demonstrate competence via an approved scheme within a year of your permit gaining approval.

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Because of the bespoke nature of CMS, the training required will depend upon the details in your permit but can include: Duty of Care; fire prevention plans; spill response plans; accident management plans; drainage awareness and emergency closure etc. It is recommended that training courses align to National Occupational Standards or Industry Standards where available. 

The cost to  install CMS depends upon the number of permitted activities, number of employees and whether any systems are already in place.  Because each site’s CMS is tailored to the Environmental Permit’s specific requirements a quote will be given following an assessment of needs.  

Each CMS is individual to a permitted site and its Environmental Permit requirements.  Time to install CMS depends upon the amount of sites,  number of employees, whether any systems are already in place and the complexity of the permitted activities.

Certificates are valid for three years, with surveillance visits every 12 months.

Contact 360 Environmental using the contact box at the bottom of the About CMS page.