There are a number of National Vocational Qualifications at level 3 standards and awards for people working in various parts of the environment industry:

Water
BETWI - The Board for Education and training in the Water Sector - offer a series of qualifications at levels 1- 3. At level 3 these include Monitoring the Water Environment, and Controlling Water operations.
http://www.betwi.demon.co.uk

Land
LANTRA, the land based NTO, provide N/SVQ at level 2 & 3 in Environmental Conservation.
http://www.lantra.co.uk/agendat/
nto/occupation/occupation.htm

Waste
Waste management licensing legislation in 1994 introduced the concept of competence and the need to be able to demonstrate it against a recognised occupational standard.

WAMITAB the Waste Management Industry and Training Board have produced standards from levels 1 to 4 that cover waste management activities including landfill, transfer, treatment, incineration and civic amenity site operation. The awards cover the reception of wastes, protection of the environment, and control of the use of resources.
http://www.wamitab.org.uk

In additional to NVQs, vocationally related awards exist where there are no sector specific national standards.

Environment at work
The Awarding BodyNCFE offer a vocationally related award at level 3 called 'Advanced Certificate for the Environmental Practitioner'.
http://www.ncfe.org.uk

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