Guidance

MCERTS: personnel competency standard for manual stack emission monitoring

This guidance defines the personnel competency standard and sets out the requirements for personnel to achieve certification under the standard.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 7 April 2014
• Last updated: 22 October 2018
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  1. 22 October 2018

     Updated MCERTS Personnel Competency Standard for Manual Stack-Emission Monitoring. • Section 3.2 – updated information on the MCERTS register. • Section 5 – moved information on maintaining certification during periods of extended absence into new section of standard. • Annex 2 – included statement in code of conduct about not releasing confidential examination materials or participating in fraudulent examination-taking practices.

  2. 14 September 2016

     1. Contact details for CSA have been updated. 2. Section 2.2 updated to allow trainees greater flexibility around timescales for taking level 1 examinations.

  3. 14 October 2014

     Updated version of existing document

  4. 7 April 2014

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 16 August 2021

See the updated MCERTS personnel competency standard: manual stack emissions monitoring guidance.

Applies to England

Documents

[Withdrawn] Personnel competency standard for manual stack emission monitoring

Ref: LIT 6718

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Details

Monitoring Certification Scheme (MCERTS) provides a framework of standards you can use to monitor things that affect the environment. This guidance sets out what you must do if you want to become certified to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks.