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Increase your knowledge and develop your skills. We offer fully funded professional development for local authority staff.

The most helpful aspect of the course was the coursework - it wasn't just created for the course, but for the Council to take forward.  The course has changed the way the Council works. Resources (both staff and budget) are used more effectively and a partnership has developed.

Emma Cocksedge, Recycling Officer - Essex County Council

WRAP's Recycling Managers Training Programme is designed to support recycling and waste managers in local authorities and those from third sector organisations or private waste management companies who are directly involved in recycling and resource efficiency.

Our varied courses develop the knowledge and skills needed to assess the performance of collection systems, identify opportunities for efficiency gains and evaluate cost-effectiveness.  Courses help delegates to understand the factors that drive householder participation, and plan, deliver and monitor efficient recycling and waste prevention programmes.

If you would like to work with us to deliver a training course for your area please contact training@wrap.org.uk.

Delivery of the courses listed below is subject to continued support and funding.

*If there is no date advertised for the course you are interested in please click onto the course title and complete the registration form*

Training courses

  • Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1

    This is a 3 day residential course.

    This course aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to develop, promote and monitor efficient schemes for the collection and sorting of materials from the household waste stream to meet end market requirements.

    07 Feb
    Manchester
    13 Mar
    London - COURSE IS FULL

  • Improving efficiency

    1 day non-residential course.

    This course aims to enable delegates to review services to evaluate performance, identify improvements and deliver an efficient recycling service.

    14 Mar
    Birmingham

  • Working with local community partners

    This is a 1 day course.

    This course aims to enable delegates with the knowledge and skills to enable them to work effectively with Local Community Partners to improve the performance of recycling and waste prevention services.

    21 Mar
    Bristol

  • Delivering waste prevention: planning, implementing and communicating waste prevention

    This is a 2 day residential course.

    This course aims to provide delegates with the necessary knowledge, understanding and tools to enable them to move from strategy development to action plan, implement, communicate and monitor and evaluate the performance of waste prevention initiatives.

     

    This is a newly revised course which contains elements from the previous ‘Waste prevention: a strategic approach’ and the ‘Waste prevention: planning and delivery’ courses with the addition of communications.

    31 Jan
    Birmingham - THIS COURSE IS FULL

  • Reviewing and re-tendering your services - no dates currently available

    This is a 3 day (11am start of first day) residential course

    This course aims to enable delegates to develop a contract that will deliver an efficient collection service based on a review and evaluation of the performance of the existing service.

  • Communications planning

    1 day non-residential course 

    This course aims to enable delegates to critically evaluate communication issues and strategies for increasing householder participation in collection schemes and plan, implement and measure the effectiveness of a communication campaign.

    18 Jan
    Sheffield - THIS COURSE IS FULL

  • Communications planning and design

    This is a 2 day residential course.

    This course aims to enable delegates to increase the efficiency of their collection schemes by developing a communications plan and improving the effectiveness of waste and recycling communication materials.
    21 Mar
    London

  • Monitoring and evaluation

    This is a 2 day residential course.

    This course will enable delegates to plan and implement monitoring and evaluation to determine service efficiency and effectiveness.

    13 Mar
    Birmingham - FEW PLACES REMAINING

  • Schools recycling schemes: improving performance

    This is a 1.5 day residential course.

    This course enables delegates to establish the performance of current recycling collection schemes for schools, review the schemes, plan and implement improvements that will increase the efficiency and sustain the improved performance of the schemes by planned communication with the schools.

Workshops & Seminars