Contaminated land training and capacity building for NSW Councils
Training Courses
If you are new to contaminated land management, never got a chance to learn the key concepts, or need a refresher, it is recommended that you start with our "introduction to Contaminated Land for Councils" course, and complete the numbered courses in the order outlined here.
01
Introduction to Contaminated Land for Councils
5 hrs online (including breaks) via MS Teams
$250 (excl. GST)
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone in council who deals with contaminated land, such as planning and development staff, environmental health officers, land or asset managers. It provides a broad overview of concepts relating to contaminated land, relevant to all roles.
Course description:
This course will provide you with an understanding of the main concepts of contaminated land relevant to councils. The course covers:
What is contaminated land?
Legislative frameworks and councils' roles
Overview of contaminated land guidelines and resources
High level overview of the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process
Understanding the contaminated land site auditors', and certified consultants' schemes and their relevance for councils
The role of council contaminated land policies, procedures and information systems
02
Understanding the Contaminated Land Assessment, Remediation and Management Process
4 hrs online (including breaks) via MS Teams
$200 (excl. GST)
Who is this course for?
This course is for council staff who deal with contaminated land assessment remediation and management through the planning and development process or for councils' own land. It provides an understanding of the steps involved in the contaminated land process, and the objectives for each step, which can support council staff when writing requests for information or conditions of consent for the planning and development process, or land and asset managers dealing with contamination on council land.
Course description:
This course goes through the steps in the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process as outlined in guidance made or adopted by NSW EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (CLM Act). For each step, we will talk about the objective, key inclusions, and relevance to councils' roles in contaminated land. The course covers:
Overview of the CLM Act and framework of guidance documents
Overview of each step in the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process:
Preliminary Site Investigations
Sampling and Analysis Quality Plans
Detailed Site Investigations
Site Specific Risk Assessments and Modelling
Remedial Action Plan
Remediation and Validation
Ongoing Management and Monitoring
03
How to Review Technical Contaminated Land Reports - Introduction
4 hrs online (including breaks) via MS Teams
$200 (excl. GST)
Who is this course for?
This course is for council staff who review consultants' reports submitted through the planning and development process as a basis for land use suitability assessments, or assessment of risk from contamination on councils' own land.
Participants will get benefit most from the course if they have an understanding (through experience or one of our courses) of the steps in the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process.
Course description:
This course goes through checklists, resources and common mistakes to look for when reviewing technical contaminated land reports. The course covers:
Council decision making based on contaminated land reports
Checklists and tools available for reviewing technical reports submitted as part of the planning and development process, or for councils' own land
Key guidelines when reviewing reports
Common mistakes in reports for each step of the contaminated land process
04
Understanding Contaminated Land Sampling Design and Commonly used Criteria
3 hrs online (including breaks) via MS Teams
$150 (excl. GST)
Who is this course for?
This course is for council staff who review consultants' reports submitted through the planning and development process as a basis for land use suitability assessments, or assessment of risk from contamination on councils' own land.
Participants will get benefit most from the course if they have an understanding (through experience or our series of courses) of the steps in the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process.
Course description:
This course goes through sampling design and sampling requirements for contaminated land, and commonly used criteria to assess risks from site contamination. The course covers:
The basic requirements under NSW EPA, 2022, Contaminated Land Sampling Design Guidelines (Part 1 and 2)
Sampling design for service station sites in accordance with NSW EPA, 2023, Contamination assessment of service station sites - Minimum sampling requirements
Criteria adopted in the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999 (the ASC NEPM, amended in 2013), including basic assumptions and limitations
05
How to Review Technical Contaminated Land Reports - Intermediate
3 hrs online (including breaks) via MS Teams
$150 (excl. GST)
Who is this course for?
This course is for council staff who review consultants' reports submitted through the planning and development process as a basis for land use suitability assessments, or assessment of risk from contamination on councils' own land.
Participants will get benefit most from the course if they have an understanding (through experience or our courses) of the steps in the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process, and have participated in our introduction course on reviewing technical reports.
Course description:
This course builds on the information provided in the "introduction" course. The course covers:
Overview of checklists for reviewing consultants reports
Conceptual site models
Data quality objectives and data quality indicators
Interpretation of sampling and analysis results
Waste classification requirements
Requirements for material imported to a site
06
How to Review Technical Contaminated Land Reports - Practical Application
3 hrs online (including breaks) via MS Teams
$150 (excl. GST)
Who is this course for?
This course is for council staff who review consultants' reports submitted through the planning and development process as a basis for land use suitability assessments, or assessment of risk from contamination on councils' own land.
Participants will get benefit most from the course if they have an understanding (through experience or our courses) of the steps in the contaminated land assessment, remediation and management process, and have participated in our introduction and intermediate courses on reviewing technical reports.
Course description:
This course builds on the information from the "introduction" and "intermediate" courses. The course covers the topic by workshopping examples:
Examples from assessment, remediation and management reports
What to look for in laboratory reports
Reviewing land use suitability statements
Understanding Site Audit Statements, Interim Audit Advice, and Site Audit Reports
Course topics coming soon:
~ Contaminated Land for Planners
~ Underground Petroleum Storage Systems (UPSS)
meet the facilitator
Anna Lundmark is an environmental scientist with over 20 years of experience in the contaminated land field. She is a Certified Site Contamination Specialist under the CEnvP scheme and a certified change practitioner under Prosci. Anna started her career as a consultant undertaking contaminated land assessments and reviewing technical reports for a site auditor. Nowadays she has a focus on supporting local government managing contaminated land through capacity building, inhouse technical support and preparing tools and templates for policies, systems and procedures. She works with various levels of government to achieve this goal, and created Council CLM Central to meet the need for consistent, structured capacity building currently not addressed by other initiatives available to councils.
As the facilitator, Anna also brings in industry experts as needed to address councils' needs in contaminated land management.
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