CABWI Awarding Body · RQF Level 3
CABWI Level 3 Diploma in Waste Water Treatment
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits50
- Guided learning301 hours
- Units in this qualification15
Awarded by CABWI Awarding Body · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
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These are the units CABWI Awarding Body registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Waste Water - Asset ManagementReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of asset lifecycles within the context of waste water management.
- Understand the purpose and application of asset management systems in the waste water industry.
- Understand the various methods and sources used to finance water industry assets, including waste water treatment infrastructure.
- Understand the strategies and techniques employed to maintain the performance of waste water treatment assets, ensuring operational efficiency and compliance.
Waste Water - Nuisance ControlReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of nuisance control processes in wastewater treatment.
- Understand the operation of nuisance control processes, including the equipment and techniques used.
- Understand how to investigate faults in nuisance control processes and implement appropriate corrective actions.
- Understand the optimisation methods used to improve nuisance control and the effectiveness of nuisance control processes.
- Undertake wastewater nuisance control processes, demonstrating practical skills and knowledge.
Waste Water - Primary TreatmentReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of primary treatment of waste water and its objectives
- Understand the purpose and operation of plant and equipment used in primary treatment of waste water
- Understand how to investigate faults and take corrective action for plant and equipment used in primary treatment of waste water
- Understand the optimisation of primary waste water treatment processes to improve efficiency
- Undertake Primary Treatment processes in accordance with established procedures and safety guidelines
Waste Water - Regulation and ComplianceReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the UK water supply regulatory framework and its key components
- Understand regulatory performance measures used in the water industry
- Understand how regulation impacts the operational activities within a water company
- Understand the relevant health and safety regulations pertaining to the water industry
Waste Water - Understanding Sludge DigestionReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of anaerobic sludge digestion processes
- Understand the function and operational characteristics of the main systems and processes involved in sludge digestion
- Understand how to investigate faults and implement corrective actions for sludge digestion systems
- Understand the optimisation methods used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of sludge digestion
Waste Water – Activated Sludge ProcessesReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of activated sludge processes in wastewater treatment.
- Understand the purpose and operation of the main components, including plant and equipment, used in activated sludge treatment systems.
- Understand how to investigate faults within activated sludge systems and determine appropriate corrective actions to resolve them.
- Understand the methods used to optimise activated sludge processes for improved performance and efficiency.
- Undertake activated sludge processes, demonstrating practical application of knowledge and skills in a wastewater treatment context.
Waste Water – Fixed Film Biological TreatmentReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of fixed film biological treatment in wastewater treatment.
- Understand the purpose and operation of plant and equipment used in fixed biological filtration systems.
- Understand how to investigate faults within fixed film biological filtration systems and determine appropriate corrective actions.
- Understand the optimisation methods used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of fixed film biological filtration processes.
- Undertake fixed film biological treatment processes, demonstrating practical application of knowledge and skills.
Waste Water – Nutrient RemovalReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of nutrient removal from wastewater.
- Understand the various processes and operations involved in nutrient removal, including their purpose and application.
- Understand how to investigate faults within nutrient removal processes and determine appropriate corrective actions.
- Understand the different optimisation methods used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of nutrient removal processes.
- Undertake nutrient removal from wastewater processes, demonstrating practical application of knowledge and skills.
Waste Water – Preliminary TreatmentReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the preliminary treatment process of waste water and its objectives
- Understand the purpose and operation of plant and equipment used in preliminary treatment of waste water
- Understand how to investigate faults and take corrective action for plant and equipment used in preliminary treatment of waste water
- Understand the optimisation of preliminary waste water treatment processes to improve efficiency
- Undertake Preliminary Treatment processes in accordance with established procedures and safety guidelines
Waste Water – Pumping StationsReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and operational mechanisms of waste water pumping and flow systems
- Understand how to diagnose faults and implement effective corrective actions in waste water pumping stations
- Understand the factors influencing the efficiency and reliability of waste water pumping operations
- Undertake practical waste water pumping station operations in accordance with established procedures
Waste Water – Sludge DigestionReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of anaerobic sludge digestion in wastewater treatment.
- Understand the function and operation of the main systems and processes involved in sludge digestion, including their purpose and application.
- Understand how to investigate faults within sludge digestion systems and determine appropriate corrective actions.
- Understand the optimisation methods used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of sludge digestion processes.
- Undertake sludge digestion processes, demonstrating practical application of knowledge and skills.
Waste Water – Sludge Treatment and RecyclingReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles underpinning sludge treatment and recycling processes in the waste water industry.
- Understand the specific processes and operational procedures involved in the primary sludge disposal and recycling routes commonly used in the UK.
- Understand how to systematically investigate faults or malfunctions within sludge treatment and recycling systems, and implement appropriate corrective actions to resolve the issues.
- Understand the methods and strategies for optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of sludge treatment and recycling operations.
- Undertake practical waste water sludge treatment processes, demonstrating competence in applying relevant techniques and procedures.
Waste Water – Small Works and Package PlantsReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of sewage treatment using small works and package plants
- Understand the operational procedures involved in small works and package plants
- Understand how to effectively investigate faults and implement appropriate corrective actions for small works and package plants
- Understand the various optimisation methods employed to enhance the performance of small works and package plants
Waste Water – Tertiary TreatmentReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles underlying tertiary treatment processes
- Understand the purpose and operational characteristics of plant and equipment used in tertiary treatment
- Understand how to investigate faults and implement corrective actions for tertiary treatment systems
- Understand the methods for optimising tertiary treatment processes to achieve desired outcomes
- Undertake practical tertiary treatment processes in accordance with established procedures and safety guidelines
Waste Water– Science and Applied MathematicsReal unit · CABWI Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the mathematical techniques commonly applied in waste water treatment processes
- Understand the chemical and physical characteristics of waste water and their significance
- Understand the microbiological characteristics of waste water and their implications for treatment
- Understand the environmental impact associated with the waste water industry and mitigation strategies
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Develop, implement and monitor strategic plans to minimise risk from contamination and other non-compliance situations
- Educate and Increase Stakeholders’ Knowledge of Water Fittings Compliance Requirements
- Educate, guide and enforce to secure water fittings compliance with legislation
- Use discussion, advice and education and secure compliance with water fittings regulations and byelaws Legacy
Where this can lead
Associate Water Compliance Coordinator
This Associate role is just the beginning. We're looking for someone who sees this as a launchpad for a significant career in environmental compliance and water management. We're here to help you grow, learn, and make a real impact on our company's environmental performance.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will explore asset management principles within the waste water industry, including asset lifecycles, management systems, and financing. The unit emphasises maintaining asset performance to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of waste water infrastructure.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for CABWI Level 3 Diploma in Waste Water Treatment
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by CABWI Awarding Body.
- Waste Water - Asset Management
- Waste Water - Nuisance Control
- Waste Water - Primary Treatment
- Waste Water - Regulation and Compliance
- Waste Water - Understanding Sludge Digestion
- Waste Water – Activated Sludge Processes
and 9 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.