This full day course will provide participants with an overview in the following: -

• Introduction and understanding the role of monitoring & sampling within the overall scope of works including Conceptual Site Model, Safety, Health, Environment and Quality.
• “How to” perform gas and vapour monitoring & sampling.
• “How to” perform water monitoring & sampling.
• The role of supporting suppliers, record keeping and the “dark arts”.

Who should attend this course?

This course is ideal for Early Years Practitioners including geo-environmental consultants, remediation contractors and contaminated land regulators who have an introductory knowledge of ground gas, vapour, and water monitoring & sampling which they wish to develop.

Course Prerequisites

Delegates should bring their experience and questions as the day will be interactive and questions as we go. Example equipment will be available on the day to view but delegates can bring their own equipment if they wish. 

About the trainer

 Paul Brennan is an independent Contaminated Land practitioner with over 30 year’s experience in the site investigation, remediation, and waste management industries. Initially working for an independent contaminated land laboratory before setting up Environmental Monitoring & Sampling Services Limited in 2006 to provide activities including environmental monitoring and sampling, collection of factual data, laboratories liaison, walkover surveys, project management and on-site supervision & management during site investigation, remediation, and demolition contracts.

Paul has worked on a variety of projects from clean and food production facilities to sites with significant contamination such as gasworks.