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What is covered?
Module 1: Contaminated Land Principles (11 February 2026 – Online)
Gain an introduction and overview of causes and effects of contaminated land, common contaminants and contaminative land-uses in rural, regional and metropolitan settings.
Module 2: Investigation, Remediation and Reporting (18 February 2026 – Online)
You’ll develop the skills needed to efficiently and effectively review consultant reports. This module covers the stages of contaminated land assessment, remediation and management and what to expect of reports in each stage.
Module 3: Better Contaminated Land Regulation (25 February 2026 – Online)
Learn more about the use of the NSW regulatory regime available to Councils for regulation of development and pollution control. This module deals with powers and duties, the roles of NSW EPA and Site Auditors, and how to write effective and enforceable development consentconditions.
Who is this course for?
The courses are designed primarily for Council staff dealing with contaminated land, but are also suitable for environmental consultants, planning consultants, infrastructure engineers, land managers, environmental managers, environmental and property lawyers.
Sophie is a former NSW EPA and QLD accredited Site Auditor and is still a Certified Environmental Practitioner (Site Contamination Specialist) under the EIANZ scheme. She has a bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences, Geology (BA) from University of Cambridge, UK and a PhD (in geochemistry) from the University of Leeds, UK. With over 30 years’ experience in contaminated land and waste management consulting, Sophie has specialised in risk assessment for much of this time.
Prior to joining UTS in 2022, Sophie was a partner with ERM for 13 years. She was the lead author in the 2013 NEPM Schedules B4 (Site-specific risk Assessment) and B7 (Health-based Investigation Levels) and has worked on many major contaminated site projects including the Barangaroo site gasworks remediation, the remediation of the gasworks beneath the new Sydney Metro station at Central Station and for Western Sydney Airport. She is passionate about high quality teaching and learning and loves working with students to help them get the maximum benefit from their studies.
Online
$750 (GST free) per Module
ALGA Members:
Single module: 3% discount
Two modules: 13% discount
Three modules: 18% discount
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