Guidance

MCERTS: competency standard for inspectors

MCERTS: competency standard for MCERTS inspectors and assistant inspectors - effluent flow and event duration monitoring.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 7 April 2014
• Last updated: 13 January 2026
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  1. 13 January 2026

     Updated the guidance to include information about event duration monitoring (EDM) of discharges to water. Changed the publishing format from PDF to webpage (HTML).

  2. 11 April 2018

     Change to Environment Agency and Sira contact details. Amendment to wording to clarify who this document is for. Clarification that standard is not only applicable to effluent.

  3. 9 March 2016

     Document updated with links and contact details.

  4. 7 April 2014

     First published.

Applies to England

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MCERTS competency standard: flow and event duration monitoring (EDM) inspectors

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This document defines the appointment procedures and competency requirements for MCERTS flow inspectors and assistant inspectors.