CS - Solid Waste Management Operation Level III v2
CS - Solid Waste Management Operation Level III v2
CS - Solid Waste Management Operation Level III v2
UTILITIES SECTOR
Page No.
● Basic Competencies 2 - 29
● Common Competencies 30 - 40
● Core Competencies 41 - 52
GLOSSARY OF TERMS 56 – 61
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 62 - 63
COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATION LEVEL III
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SECTION 2: COMPETENCY STANDARDS
This section gives the details of the contents of the basic, common, and core units
of competency required for Solid Waste Management Operation Level III.
BASIC COMPETENCIES
2
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA REQUIRED REQUIRED
ELEMENT Italicized terms are elaborated in
the Range of Variables
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
2.4. Goals/objectives and action communication
plans undertaken in the methods
workplace are 2.5 Effective clarifying
communicated promptly and probing skills
3. Identify and 3.1. Issues and problems are 3.1. Organization 3.1. Organizing
communicate identified as they arise requirements for information
issues arising in 3.2. Information regarding written and 3.2. Conveying
the workplace problems and issues are electronic intended meaning
organized coherently to communication
methods 3.3. Participating in a
ensure clear and effective variety of
communication 3.2. Effective verbal workplace
3.3. Dialogue is initiated with communication discussions
appropriate personnel methods
3.4. Complying with
3.4. Communication problems 3.3. Workplace organization
and issues are raised as etiquette requirements for
they arise 3.4. Communication the use of written
3.5. Identify barriers in problems and and electronic
communication to be issues communication
addressed appropriately 3.5. Barriers in methods
communication 3.5. Effective clarifying
and probing skills
3.6. Identifying issues
3.7. Negotiation and
communication
skills
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Methods of May include:
communication 1.1. Non-verbal gestures
1.2. Verbal
1.3. Face-to-face
1.4. Two-way radio
1.5. Speaking to groups
1.6. Using telephone
1.7. Written
1.8. Internet
2. Workplace discussions May include:
2.1. Coordination meetings
2.2. Toolbox discussion
2.3. Peer-to-peer discussion
EVIDENCE GUIDE
VARIABLE RANGE
May include:
1. Work requirements
1.1. Client Profile
1.2. Assignment instructions
May include:
2. Team member’s concerns
2.1. Roster/shift details
May include:
3. Monitor performance
3.1. Formal process
3.2. Informal process
May include:
4. Feedback
4.1. Formal process
4.2. Informal process
May include:
5. Performance issues
5.1. Work output
5.2. Work quality
5.3. Team participation
5.4. Compliance with workplace protocols
5.5. Safety
5.6. Customer service
EVIDENCE GUIDE
1. Critical aspects of Assessment requires evidence that the candidate:
Competency 1.1. Maintained or improved individuals and/or team
performance given a variety of possible scenario
1.2. Assessed and monitored team and individual performance
against set criteria
1.3. Represented concerns of a team and individual to next level
of management or appropriate specialist and to negotiate on
their behalf
1.4. Allocated duties and responsibilities, having regard to
individual’s knowledge, skills and aptitude and the needs of
the tasks to be performed
1.5. Set and communicated performance expectations for a
range of tasks and duties within the team and provided
feedback to team members
2. Resource The following resources MUST be provided:
Implications 2.1. Access to relevant workplace or appropriately simulated
environment where assessment can take place
2.2. Materials relevant to the proposed activity or task
3. Methods of Competency in this unit may be assessed through:
Assessment 3.1. Written Examination
3.2. Oral Questioning
3.3. Portfolio
4. Context for 4.1. Competency may be assessed in actual workplace or at the
Assessment designated TESDA Accredited Assessment Center
3. Formulate 3.1. All possible options are 3.1. Competence to 3.1. Using a range of
resolutions to considered for resolution include the ability to analytical
specific of the problem. apply and explain, techniques (e.g.,
workplace 3.2. Strengths and sufficient for the planning,
challenges weaknesses of possible identification of attention,
options are considered. fundamental cause, simultaneous and
3.3. Corrective actions are determining the successive
determined to resolve the corrective action and processing of
problem and possible provision of information) in
future causes. recommendations examining
3.4. Action plans are 3.2. Relevant equipment specific
developed identifying and operational challenges in the
measurable objectives, processes workplace.
resource needs and 3.3. Enterprise goals, 3.2. Identifying extent
timelines in accordance targets and measures and causes of
with safety and operating 3.4. Enterprise quality specific
procedures OSH and challenges in the
environmental workplace.
requirement 3.3. Providing clear-
3.5. Principles of decision cut findings on
making strategies and the nature of
techniques each identified
3.6. Enterprise information workplace
systems and data challenges.
collation 3.4. Devising,
3.7. Industry codes and communicating,
standards implementing and
evaluating
strategies and
techniques in
addressing
specific
workplace
challenges.
VARIABLES RANGE
1. Parameters May include:
1.1 Processes
1.2 Procedures
1.3 Systems
2. Analytical techniques May include:
2.1. Brainstorming
2.2. Intuitions/Logic
2.3. Cause and effect diagrams
2.4. Pareto analysis
2.5. SWOT analysis
2.6. Gant chart, Pert CPM and graphs
2.7. Scattergrams
3. Problem May include:
3.1. Routine, non – routine and complex workplace
and quality problems
3.2. Equipment selection, availability and failure
3.3. Teamwork and work allocation problem
3.4. Safety and emergency situations and incidents
3.5. Risk assessment and management
4. Action plans May include:
4.1. Priority requirements
4.2. Measurable objectives
4.3. Resource requirements
4.4. Timelines
4.5. Coordination and feedback requirements
4.6. Safety requirements
4.7. Risk assessment
4.8. Environmental requirements
2. Work 2.1 Knowledge, skills and 2.1 Value of diversity in 2.1 Demonstrating
effectively in experiences of others are the economy and cross-cultural
an recognized and society in terms of communication
environment documented in relation to Workforce skills and active
that team objectives. development listening
acknowledges 2.2 Fellow workers are 2.2 Importance of 2.2 Recognizing
and values encouraged to utilize and inclusiveness in a diverse groups in
cultural share their specific diverse environment the workplace and
diversity qualities, skills or 2.3 Shared vision and community as
backgrounds with other understanding of defined by
team members and and commitment to divergent culture,
clients to enhance work team, departmental, religion, traditions
outcomes. and organizational and practices
2.3 Relations with customers goals and 2.3 Demonstrating
and clients are objectives collaboration skills
maintained to show that 2.4 Strategies for 2.4 Exhibiting customer
diversity is valued by the customer service service excellence
business. excellence
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Diversity This refers to diversity in both the workplace and
the community and may include divergence in :
1.1 Religion
1.2 Ethnicity, race or nationality
1.3 Culture
1.4 Gender, age or personality
1.5 Educational background
2. Diversity-related conflicts May include conflicts that result from:
2.1 Discriminatory behaviors
2.2 Differences of cultural practices
2.3 Differences of belief and value systems
2.4 Gender-based violence
2.5 Workplace bullying
2.6 Corporate jealousy
2.7 Language barriers
2.8 Individuals being differently-abled persons
2.9 Ageism (negative attitude and behavior
towards old people)
EVIDENCE GUIDE
1. Critical aspects of Assessment requires evidence that the candidate:
Competency 1.1 Adjusted language and behavior as required by
interactions with diversity
1.2 Identified and respected individual differences in
colleagues, clients and customers
1.3 Applied relevant regulations, standards and codes of
practice
2. Resource The following resources should be provided:
Implications 2.1 Access to workplace and resources
2.2 Manuals and policies on Workplace Diversity
3. Methods of Competency in this unit may be assessed through:
Assessment 3.1 Demonstration or simulation with oral questioning
3.2 Group discussions and interactive activities
3.3 Case studies/problems involving workplace diversity
issues
3.4 Third-party report
3.5 Written examination
4. Context for 4.1. Competency may be assessed in actual workplace
Assessment or at the designated TESDA Accredited Assessment
Center
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Reasons May include:
1.1. Strengths and weaknesses of the current
systems, processes and procedures.
1.2. Opportunities and threats of the current
systems, processes and procedures.
2. Models of innovation May include:
2.1. Seven habits of highly effective people.
2.2. Five minds of the future concepts (Gardner,
2007).
2.3. Neuroplasticity and adaptation strategies.
3. Workplace May include:
requirements 3.1. Feasible
3.2. Innovative
4. Gaps or barriers May include:
4.1. Machine
4.2. Manpower
4.3. Methods
4.4. Money
5. Critical Inquiry May include:
5.1. Preparation.
5.2. Discussion.
5.3. Clarification of goals.
5.4. Negotiate towards a Win-Win outcome.
5.5. Agreement.
5.6. Implementation of a course of action.
5.7. Effective verbal communication. See our pages:
Verbal Communication and Effective Speaking.
5.8. Listening.
5.9. Reducing misunderstandings is a key part of
effective negotiation.
5.10.Rapport Building.
5.11.Problem Solving.
5.12.Decision Making.
5.13.Assertiveness.
5.14.Dealing with Difficult Situations.
3. Edit, format 3.1 Basic editing techniques 3.1 Basic file-handling 3.1 Using basic file-
and check are used techniques handling techniques
information 3.2 Accuracy of documents 3.2 Techniques in is used for the
are checked checking software
3.3 Editing and formatting documents 3.2 Using different
tools and techniques are 3.3 Techniques in techniques in
used for more complex editing and checking documents
documents formatting 3.3 Applying editing and
3.4 Proofreading techniques 3.4 Proofreading formatting
is used to check that techniques techniques
documents look 3.4 Applying
professional proofreading
techniques
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Information May include:
1.1. Property
1.2. Organizational
1.3. Technical reference
2. Technical information May include:
2.1. Paper based
2.2. Electronic
3. Software May include:
3.1. Spreadsheets
3.2. Databases
3.3. Word processing
3.4. Presentation
4. Sources May include:
4.1. Other IT systems
4.2. Manually created
4.3. Within own organization
4.4. Outside own organization
4.5. Geographically remote
5. Customers May include:
5.1. Colleagues
5.2. Company and project management
5.3. Clients
6. Security measures May include:
6.1. Access rights to input;
6.2. Passwords;
6.3. Access rights to outputs;
6.4. Data consistency and back-up;
6.5. Recovery plans
EVIDENCE GUIDE
VARIABLE RANGE
1. OSH Work May include:
Practices Issues 1.1 Workers’ experience/observance on presence of work
hazards
1.2 Unsafe/unhealthy administrative arrangements
(prolonged work hours, no break-time, constant overtime,
scheduling of tasks)
1.3 Reasons for compliance/non-compliance to use of PPEs
or other OSH procedures/policies/guidelines
2. OSH Indicators May include:
2.1 Increased number of incidents of accidents, injuries
2.2 Increased occurrence of sickness or health
complaints/symptoms
2.3 Common complaints of workers’ related to OSH
2.4 High absenteeism for work-related reasons
3. OSH Work May include:
Instructions 3.1 Preventive and control measures and targets
3.2 Eliminate the hazard (e.g. get rid of the dangerous
machine)
3.3 Isolate the hazard (e.g. keep the machine in a closed
room and operate it remotely; barricade an unsafe area
off)
3.4 Substitute the hazard with a safer alternative (e.g. replace
the machine with a safer one)
3.5 Use administrative controls to reduce the risk (e.g. give
trainings on how to use equipment safely; OSH-related
topics, issue warning signages, rotation/shifting work
schedule)
3.6 Use engineering controls to reduce the risk (e.g. use
safety guards to machine)
3.7 Use personal protective equipment
3.8 Safety, Health and Work Environment Evaluation
3.9 Periodic and/or special medical examinations of workers
4. OSH metrics May include:
4.1 Statistics on incidence of accidents and injuries
4.2 Morbidity (Type and Number of Sickness)
4.3 Mortality (Cause and Number of Deaths)
4.4 Accident Rate
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Environmental Work May include:
Practices Issues 1.1 Water Quality
1.2 National and Local Government Issues
1.3 Safety
1.4 Endangered Species
1.5 Noise
1.6 Air Quality
1.7 Historic
1.8 Waste
1.9 Cultural
2. Environmental May include:
Indicators 2.1 Noise level
2.2 Lighting (Lumens)
2.3 Air Quality - Toxicity
2.4 Thermal Comfort
2.5 Vibration
2.6 Radiation
2.7 Quantity of the Resources
2.8 Volume
2.9 Water Quality
EVIDENCE GUIDE
1. Critical aspects of Assessment requires evidence that the candidate:
Competency 1.1. Identified environmental issues relevant to work requirements
1.2. Identified gaps in work practices related to Environmental
Standards and Procedures
1.3. Gathered relevant information necessary to determine
environmental work targets
1.4. Set environmental indicators based on gathered information to
measure environmental work targets
1.5. Recorded work environmental practices are recorded based
on workplace standards
1.6. Conveyed results of environmental assessment to appropriate
personnel
2. Resource The following resources should be provided:
Implications 2.1 Workplace/Assessment location
2.2 Legislation, policies, procedures, protocols and local ordinances
relating to environmental protection
2.3 Case studies/scenarios relating to environmental protection
3. Methods of Competency in this unit may be assessed through:
Assessment 3.1 Written/ Oral Examination
3.2 Interview/Third Party Reports
3.3 Portfolio (citations/awards from GOs and NGOs, certificate of
training – local and abroad)
3.4 Simulations and role-plays
4. Context for 4.1. Competency may be assessed in actual workplace or at the
Assessment designated TESDA Accredited Assessment Center
3. Apply 3.1 Enterprise is built up and 3.1 Cash flow 3.1 Setting
budgeting sustained through judicious management business
and financial control of cash flows. 3.2 Basic financial priorities and
management 3.2 Profitability of enterprise is management strategies
skills ensured through appropriate 3.3 Basic financial 3.2 Interpreting
internal controls. accounting basic financial
3.3 Unnecessary or lower-priority 3.4 Business statements
expenses and purchases are internal controls 3.3 Preparing
avoided. business plans
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Business May include:
strategies 1.1. Developing/Maintaining niche market
1.2. Use of organic/healthy ingredients
1.3. Environment-friendly and sustainable practices
1.4. Offering both affordable and high-quality products and
services
1.5. Promotion and marketing strategies (e. g., on-line
marketing)
2. Business May include:
operations 2.1 Purchasing
2.2 Accounting/Administrative work
2.3 Production/Operations
3. Internal controls May include:
3.1 Accounting systems
3.2 Financial statements/reports
3.3 Cash management
4. Promotional/ May include:
Advertising 4.1 Use of tarpaulins, brochures, and/or flyers
initiatives 4.2 Use of social media/Internet
4.3 “Service with a smile”
4.4 Extra attention to regular customers
EVIDENCE GUIDE
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Sources of Information sources may include but are not limited to:
Information 1.1. Media
1.2. Reference books
1.3. Libraries
1.4. Industry association
1.5. Industry journals
1.6. Internet
1.7. Seminars
1.8. Forum
1.9. Personal observation and experience
2. Information to 2.1. Different sectors of the industry and the services
assist effective available in each sector
work performance 2.2. Relationship between the customer representatives and
other personnel
2.3. Relationship between the industry and other industries
2.4. Industry working conditions
2.5. Legislation that affects the industry
2.5.1. drugs and liquor
2.5.2. health and safety
2.5.3. hygiene
2.5.4. workers compensation
2.5.5. consumer protection
2.5.6. building regulations
2.6. Industrial relations issues and major organizations
2.7. Career opportunities within the industry
2.8. Work ethic required to work in the industry and industry
expectations of staff quality assurance
EVIDENCE GUIDE
3. Maintain 3.1 Safe personal standards 3.1 Types of emergency 3.1 Practicing intra
safe are identified and followed situations and and
personal in line with enterprise procedures interpersonal
presentation requirements. 3.2 Personal safety skills
standards standards 3.2 Following
3.3 Verbal and written appropriate safety
communication personal
3.4 Interaction with standards
clients
3.5 Personal Safety
Equipment
3.6 Work hazards
3.7 Occupational safety and
health standards
3.8 RA 9003
3.9 RA 6969
3.10 Local ordinances
3.11 Safety- and-health
consciousness
3.12 Resourcefulness
3.13 Diligence
3.14 Time -consciousness
3.15 Cost -consciousness
3.16 Perseverance
3.17 Ability to work with
others harmoniously
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
REQUIRED REQUIRED
ELEMENT Italicized terms are elaborated
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
in the Range of Variables
1. Identify 1.1. Proper procedures are 1.1. Correct waste collection 1.1. Identifying
environmental followed in line with and hauling procedures environmental
risks and company and enterprise to assure environmental risks and
hazards in the procedures health and safety hazards in the
work place 1.2. Breaches of 1.2. Identification of types of work place
environmental safety breaches of health, 1.2. Understanding
and security procedures safety and operational and following
are identified and procedures that the proper
reported in line with endanger environmental procedures
enterprise procedure. health 1.3. Identifying and
1.3. Suspicious workplace 1.3. Types of wastes and reporting
conditions or unusual their characteristics and breaches of
occurrences that are effects on the environmental
potential risks or hazards environment safety and
are reported in line with 1.4. Ways that different security
enterprise procedure. waste affect the procedures
environment 1.4. Reporting
1.5. Reasons for correct/ suspicious
proper use of PPEs. workplace
1.6. Verbal and written conditions or
communication unusual
1.7. Interaction with clients occurrences
1.8. Personal Safety that are
Equipment potential risks of
1.9. Work hazards hazards
1.10. Occupational safety and 1.5. Practicing
health standards communication
1.11. RA 9003 skills
1.12. RA 6969 1.6. Writing report
1.13. Clean Air Act
1.14. Clean Water Act
1.15. Other Laws
1.16. Local ordinances
1.17. Safety-and-health
consciousness
1.18. Resourcefulness
1.19. Diligence
1.20. Time-consciousness
1.21. Cost -consciousness
1.22. Perseverance
1.23. Ability to work with
others harmoniously
3. Implement 3.1. Resources for the 3.1 Correct waste collection 3.1 Implementing
mitigation operation of the and hauling procedures to mitigation
measures to environmental health assure environmental measures to
eliminate the and awareness are health eliminate
environmental identified, seek and and safety environmental
risks and provided, in a timely 3.2 Identify types of breaches risks and
hazards in the and consistent manner of health, safety and hazards in the
work place according to workplace operational procedures work place
procedures that endanger 3.2 Understanding
environmental health and following
the proper
procedures
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
REQUIRED REQUIRED
ELEMENT Italicized terms are elaborated
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
in the Range of Variables
3.2. Environmental health 3.3 Types of wastes and their 3.3 Identifying and
and awareness characteristics and effects reporting
measures are on the environment breaches of
communicated to 3.4 Ways that different waste environmental
relevant personnel as affects the environment. safety and
required 3.5 Reasons for security
3.3. Appropriate correct/proper use of procedures
development and PPEs. 3.4 Reporting
training on the 3.6 Verbal and written suspicious
environmental health communication workplace
and awareness are 3.7 Interaction with clients conditions or
provided or arranged for 3.8 Personal Safety unusual
relevant personnel as Equipment occurrences
required 3.9 Work hazards that are
3.4. Known and intended 3.10 Occupational safety potential risks
process changes and and health standards of hazards
enhancements to the 3.11 RA 9003 3.5 Practicing
environmental health 3.12 RA 6969 communication
management plan are 3.13 Clean Air Act skills
communicated to 3.14 Clean Water Act 3.6 Writing reports
relevant personnel 3.15 Other Laws 3.7 Documentation
3.5. All environmental health 3.16 Local ordinances and reporting
and awareness records 3.17 Safety- and -health skills
are confirmed and consciousness
reports are produced, 3.18 Resourcefulness
processed and 3.19 Diligence
maintained 3.20 Time-consciousness
3.21 Cost -consciousness
3.22 Perseverance
3.23 Ability to work with
others harmoniously
2. Conduct pre- 2.1. Instructions from the top 2.1. Company instructions, 2.1. Securing
operation management are secured policies and instructions
activity according to company procedures 2.2. Preparing and
procedures * 2.2. Manual of operations securing
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA REQUIRED REQUIRED
ELEMENT Italicized fonts are elaborated in
the Range of Variables KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
2.2. Pre-operation permitting 2.3. Procurement permitting
requirements are procedures - P.D. requirements
prepared and secured * 9184 and its IRR 2.3. Preparing cost
2.3. Operational cost 2.4. R.A. 9003 and its IRR, estimates
estimate is prepared for as amended 2.4. Administrative
specific projects * 2.5. R.A. 6969 skills
2.6. Guidelines on Waste 2.5. Technical skills
to Energy 2.6. Communication
2.7. DAO 2010-06 skills
2.8. P.D. 1586 and its IRR 2.7. Documentation
2.9. MRF Guidelines skills
2.10. Permitting 2.8. Decision
requirements making skills
2.11. Procedural manual 2.9. Estimating skills
2.12. Design engineering
development plan
2.13. Manual of operation
2.14. Cost engineering
procedures
2.15. Monitoring plan
2.16. Environmental Law
and IRRs
3. Coordinate 3.1. Issued policy, procedures, 3.1. Procedural manual 3.1. Disseminating
waste guidelines and standards 3.2. operations manual issued policies
management are disseminated based 3.3. Stakeholders 3.2. Coordinating
activities on operational relationship with
requirements * management plan stakeholders
3.2. Coordination with 3.4. Communication plan 3.3. Coordinating
stakeholders is done 3.5. Corporate social with other
according to plan responsibility (CSR) supervisors
3.3. Coordination with other policies 3.4. Administrative
supervisors is conducted 3.6. Environmental Laws skills
based on workplace and IRRs 3.5. Executing
procedures 3.7. Guidelines on Waste established
3.4. Established waste to Energy collection routes
collection routes are 3.6. Technical skills
executed based on 3.7. Communication
workplace procedures skills
3.8. Documentation
skills
3.9. Troubleshooting
skills
3.10.Decision
making skills
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Solid waste May include:
management 1.1. sanitary landfill operation
activities 1.2. collection and hauling operation
1.3. composting operation
1.4. recycling operation
1.5. co-processing facility operation
1.5.1. waste to energy facility operation
1.6. MRF operation (LGU & Private sector)
1.7. transfer station operation
1.8. conduct of WACS
1.9. analyzing results of WACS
2. resources May include:
2.1. workforce
2.2. equipment
2.3. budget
2.4. supplies and materials
3. instructions May include:
3.1. Memo / order / circular
3.2. Standard operating procedure
3.3. Project plan
3.4. Instruction manual
3.5. electronic instructions through i.e. emails, messaging
apps, online meeting platforms, etc.
4. Pre-operation Includes but is not limited to:
permitting 4.1. permits and tools
requirements 4.2. design
4.3. site development plan
4.3.1. electrical
4.3.2. mechanical
4.3.3. structural
5. Operational cost May include:
estimates 5.1. workforce
5.2. supplies and materials
5.3. equipment
5.4. logistics
6. Stakeholders May include:
6.1. internal-
6.1.1. sections
6.1.2. divisions
6.2. external
6.2.1. LGUs (Province/City/Municipalities/Barangay)
6.2.2. National
2. Ensure 2.1. Company procedures for 2.1. Company policies 2.1. Implementing
compliance the collection, transport, and procedures company
with waste transfer, recovery, for the collection, procedures for the
legislative treatment and disposal of transport, transfer, collection,
regulations waste is implemented in recovery, transport,
compliance with all treatment and transfer, recovery,
regulations and legal disposal of waste treatment and
requirements.* 2.2. regulations and disposal of waste
2.2. Company procedures for legal requirements 2.2. Monitoring
the collection, transport, 2.3. Manual of company
transfer, recovery, operations procedures for the
treatment and disposal of 2.4. Environmental collection,
waste is monitored in laws and IRRs transport,
compliance with all transfer, recovery,
regulations and legal treatment and
requirements.* disposal of waste
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA REQUIRED
ELEMENT Italicized fonts are elaborated in REQUIRED SKILLS
the Range of Variables KNOWLEDGE
2.3. Reports and other 2.3. Submitting reports
documents are submitted and other
following regulations and documents
legal requirements 2.4. Administrative
skills
2.5. Technical skills
2.6. Communication
skills
2.7. Documentation
skills
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Subordinates May include:
1.1. team leaders
1.2. foreman
1.3. operators
1.4. waste workers
1.5. administrative personnel
VARIABLE RANGE
1. Feedbacks May include:
1.1. Verbal
1.2. Non-verbal
2. Irregularities May include but not limited to:
2.1. Burglary
2.2. Violations
2.3. Pilferage
2.4. Drinking alcohol
2.5. Smoking in prohibited areas
2.6. Gambling
The trainees who wish to enter the course should possess the following
requirements:
● Must have completed basic education or an alternative learning
systems (ALS) certificate of completion with grade 10 equivalent
holder AND with at least 1 year of relevant waste management
experience.
● Must be able to communicate both orally and in writing
● Must be able to perform basic mathematical computations
● Must be able to perform basic computer operations.
OR
The areas indicated here are indicative for a class size of 25 students/trainees.
For a smaller class size, they may be reduced, provided that there should be at least
1.0 sq. m. or more space per trainee.
NOTE: Access to and use of tools, equipment, materials and facilities can be provided through cooperative
arrangements or MOA with other partner-companies
GENERAL
1) Basic Competencies - are the skills and knowledge that everyone needs for work
2) Common Competencies - are the skills and knowledge needed by all people
working in a particular industry or sector
6) Core Competencies - are the specific skills and knowledge needed in a particular
area of work - industry sector/occupation/job role
8) Elective Competencies - are the additional skills and knowledge required by the
individual or enterprise for work
10) Evidence Guide - is a component of the unit of competency that defines or identifies
the evidences required to determine the competence of the individual. It provides
information on critical aspects of competency, resource implications, assessment
method and context of assessment
11) Level - refers to the category of skills and knowledge required to do a job
12) Method of Assessment - refers to the ways of collecting evidence and when
evidence should be collected
14) Qualification - is a cluster of units of competencies that meets job roles and are
significant in the workplace. It is also a certification awarded to a person on
successful completion of a course in recognition of having demonstrated
competencies in an industry sector
15) Range of Variables - describes the circumstances or context in which the work is to
be performed
SECTOR SPECIFIC
2) Bulky wastes shall refer to waste materials which cannot be appropriately placed in
separate containers because of either its bulky size, shape or other physical
attributes. These include large worn-out or broken household, commercial, and
industrial items such as furniture, lamps, bookcases, filing cabinets, and other similar
items;
5) Collection shall refer to the act of removing solid waste from the source or from a
communal storage point;
7) Consumer electronics shall refer to special waste that includes worn-out, broken,
and other discarded items such as radios, stereos, and TV sets;
10) Disposal shall refer to the discharge, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of
any solid waste into or in a land;
11) Disposal site shall refer to a site where solid waste is finally discharged and
deposited;
14) Ecological solid waste management shall refer to the systematic administration of
activities which provide for segregation at source, segregated transportation,
storage, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste and all other
waste management activities which do not harm the environment;
17) Generation shall refer to the act or process of producing solid waste;
18) Generator shall refer to a person, natural or juridical, who last uses a material and
makes it available for disposal or recycling;
19) Hazardous waste shall refer to solid waste management or combination of solid
waste which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics may: (1) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality
or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or (2) pose
a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed;
20) Leachate shall refer to the liquid produced when waste undergoes decomposition,
and when water percolates through solid waste undergoing decomposition. It is
contaminated liquid that contains dissolved and suspended materials;
22) Materials recovery facility - includes a solid waste transfer station or sorting
station, drop-off center, a composting facility, and a recycling facility;
23) Municipal waste shall refer to wastes produced from activities within local
government units which include a combination of domestic, commercial, institutional
and industrial wastes and street litters;
24) Opportunity to recycle shall refer to the act of providing a place for collecting
source-separated recyclable material, located either at a disposal site or at another
location more convenient to the population being served, and collection at least once
a month of source-separated recyclable material from collection service customers
and to providing a public education and promotion program that gives notice to each
person of the opportunity to recycle and encourage source separation of recyclable
material;
27) Person(s) shall refer to any being, natural or judicial, susceptible of rights and
obligations, or of being the subject of legal relations;
33) R.A. 6969 – Controlled Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste;
35) Receptacles shall refer to individual containers used for the source separation and
the collection of recyclable materials;
36) Recovered material shall refer to material and by products that have been
recovered or diverted from solid waste for the purpose of being collected, processed
and used as a raw material in the manufacture of a recycled product;
37) Recyclable material shall refer to any waste material retrieved from the waste
stream and free from contamination that can still be converted into suitable
beneficial use or for other purposes, including, but not limited to, newspaper, ferrous
scrap metal, non-ferrous scrap metal, used oil, corrugated cardboard, aluminum,
glass, office paper, tin cans and other materials as may be determined by the
Commission;
38) Recycled material shall refer to post-consumer material that has been recycled and
returned to the economy;
39) Recycling shall refer to the treating of used or waste materials through a process of
making them suitable for beneficial use and for other purposes, and includes any
process by which solid waste materials are transformed into new products in such a
manner that the original product may lose their identity, and which may be used as
raw materials for the production of other goods or services: Provided, That the
collection, segregation and re-use of previously used packaging material shall be
deemed recycling under this Act;
40) Re-use shall refer to the process of recovering materials intended for the same or
different purpose without the alteration of physical and chemical characteristics;
41) Resource conversation shall refer to the reduction of the amount of solid waste
that are generated or the reduction of overall resource consumption, and utilization
of recovered resources;
43) Sanitary landfill shall refer to a waste disposal site designed, constructed, operated
and maintained in a manner that exerts engineering control over significant potential
environment impacts arising from the development and operation of the facility;
45) Secretary landfill shall refer to the Secretary of the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources;
46) Segregation shall refer to a solid waste management practice of separating different
materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling and re-use of resources
and to reduce the volume of waste for collection and disposal;
48) Solid waste shall refer to all discarded household, commercial waste, non-
hazardous institutional and industrial waste, street sweepings, construction debris,
agricultural waste, and other non-hazardous/non-toxic solid waste.
Unless specifically noted otherwise, the term “solid waste” as used in this Act shall
not include:
(1) Waste identified or listed as hazardous waste of a solid, liquid, contained
gaseous or semisolid form which may cause or contribute to an increase in
mortality or in serious or incapacitating reversible illness, or acute/chronic effect
on the health of persons and other organisms;
(2) Infectious waste from hospitals such as equipment, instruments, utensils, and
fomites of a disposable nature from patients who are suspected to have or have
been diagnosed as having communicable diseases and must therefore be
isolated as required by public health agencies, laboratory wastes such as
pathological specimens (i.e. all tissues, specimens of blood elements, excreta,
and secretions obtained from patients or laboratory animals) and disposable
fomites that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms, and surgical operating
room pathologic materials from outpatient areas and emergency rooms; and
(3) Waste resulting from mining activities, including contaminated soil and debris.
49) Solid waste management shall refer to the discipline associated with the control of
generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of
solid wastes in a manner that is in accord with the best principles of public health,
economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other environmental
considerations, and that is also responsive to public attitudes;
51) Source reduction shall refer to the reduction of solid waste before it enters the solid
waste stream by methods such as product design, materials substitution, materials
reuse and packaging restrictions;
52) Source separation shall refer to the sorting of solid waste into some or all of its
component parts at the point of generation;
53) Special wastes shall refer to household hazardous wastes such as paints, thinners,
household batteries, lead-acid batteries, spray canisters and the like. These include
wastes from residential and commercial sources that comprise bulky wastes,
consumer electronics, white goods, yard wastes that are collected separately,
batteries, oil, and tires. These wastes are usually handled separately from other
residential and commercial wastes;
54) Storage shall refer to the interim containment of solid wastes after generation and
prior to collection for ultimate recovery or disposal;
55) Transfer stations shall refer to those facilities utilized to receive solid wastes,
temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the materials in the solid
wastes, or to transfer the solid wastes directly from smaller to larger vehicles for
transport. This term does not include any of the following:
(1) a facility whose principal function is to receive, store, separate, convert or
otherwise process in accordance with national minimum standards, manure;
(2) a facility, whose principal function is to receive, store, convert, or otherwise
process wastes which have already been separated for re-use and are intended
for disposals, and
(3) the operations premises of a duly licensed solid waste handling operator who
receives, stores, transfers, or otherwise processes wastes as an activity
incidental to the conduct of a refuse collection and disposal business.
56) Waste diversion shall refer to activities which reduce or eliminate the amount of
solid waste from waste disposal facilities;
57) White goods shall refer to large worn-out or broken household, commercial, and
industrial appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, and clothes
washers and dryers collected separately. White goods are usually dismantled for the
recovery of specific materials (e.g., copper, aluminum, etc.);
58) Yard waste shall refer to wood, small or chipped branches, leaves, grass clippings,
garden debris, vegetable residue that is recognized as part of a plant or vegetable
and other materials identified by the Commission.
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) would like to
extend gratitude and appreciation to the many representatives of business, industry,
academe and government agencies and labor groups who provided their time and
expertise to the review, updating and validation of this Training Regulations.