Example Questions

Question 1

D2. How do you make developers care about Flood Risk Assessments and Flood Response Plans, rather than just treating them as paper exercises?

Question 2

A1. Setting aside your day job, what do you think are the three greatest water and environment challenges facing the world today?

Question 3

A2. You have been working for just over 5-years. In that time, what have been the most significant policy / strategy / legal changes affecting your work? What have you done to address those changes?

Question 4

A2. What have been the main changes to the NPPF, PPG and climate change guidance? How has this affected your work?

Question 5

A2. What is your opinion on the implementation of Schedule 3? How will it affect your work?

Question 6

B1. Can you outline the steps you went through to produce the Former Friends School drainage strategy? What was the final strategy proposed and how did you analyse its effectiveness?

Question 7

B2. Regarding the Newborough drainage strategy, how did you demonstrate that exceedance routes would not have an impact?

Question 8

B3. Regarding the Newborough drainage strategy, how did the client respond to an amended programme. How did you manage client expectations?

Question 9

B4. Do you have any examples of the B4 competence (ability to plans and implement solutions and monitor their continuing performance) that are not project management related?

Question 10

C3. How do you define sustainability?

Question 11

C2. What are the main health and safety risks associated with your work, and how do you manage them?

Question 12

C2. When managing subcontractors, how do you manage the health and safety of their work?

Answer 12

Employer responsibilities for contractor/subcontractor health and safety.

• Vet all potential contractors and subcontractors meet and assess their health and safety policies, procedures and competency
• Make sure that all parties are aware of your existing health and safety requirements and are committed to adhering to them
• Conduct a thorough Risk Assessment to help identify risks and potential hazards
• Provide all parties with information, instruction and training on anything else that might impact health and safety
  Review the way that work is carried out, and regularly assess and update risk assessments to reflect any changes
• Manage and supervise work tasks to ensure the safety of all workers.

Question 13

C2. What were the outcomes of the near misses you identified? What lessons were learnt?

Question 14

C3. Can you give an example of considering the social, environmental and economic impacts of a scheme?
How do you incorporate this type of analysis into your day to day work?

Question 15

C4. Can you give an example of using the QA system to improve future work?

Question 16

D2. Can you outline the main requirements of CIWEM’s code of ethics?

Question 17

D2. Have you ever had a situation where a client has asked to adapt your study findings to better suit their business? If so, how did you react?

Question 18

E1. How do you see your career developing over the next 2 to 3 years? What CPD are you doing now to achieve these goals?

Question 19

E2. If you are successful in becoming Chartered, what can you offer CIWEM?