Course details
The key to effective environmental management is employee involvement at each stage of the process.
This course provides an understanding of the main environmental issues facing Irish companies and identifies areas where employees own awareness and performance can improve the overall environmental performance of the company.
This course will provide the foundations of environmental awareness and give delegates an understanding of pollution, impact assessments and emergencies.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this training course, delegates should be able to:
- Identify the meaning of: the environment, weather, climate, habitats, ecosystems, biodiversity, pollution, sustainability
- Identify the importance and benefits of sustainable development
- Identify an environmental management system’s main components and the certification process
- Outline the principles and practice of impact (risk) assessments
- Identify the main sources, types, controls and impacts of air pollution
- Identify the main sources, controls and impacts of water pollution
- Identify the main sources, controls and impacts of environmental noise
- Identify waste types
- Identify the waste hierarchy and ways to effectively manage waste
- Outline the measures that need to be in place when dealing with emergencies
Course Programme
Element 1 – Foundations of environmental awareness
- Meaning of key environmental terms
- Sustainability
- Components and certification of an environmental management system
Element 2 – Pollution, impact assessment and emergencies
- Principles and practice of risk assessments
- Air, water and land pollution
- Environmental noise
- Waste management
- Environmental emergencies
- Exam : Multiple Choice
Course Accreditation/Registration/Assessment
Certificate students need to register with a NEBOSH approved centre to sit their exams. (SQT is a NEBOSH Approved Centre 551).
The assessment process for delegates consists of a multiple choice examination that will take 30 minutes. Delegates must achieve a pass in the examination paper to be awarded the NEBOSH Award in Environmental Awareness at Work.
NEBOSH recommends that candidates undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 5.0 or higher in IELTS tests or equivalent.
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