NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management

Course details

The NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management is designed for managers, supervisors and employees who have responsibility for managing environmental issues as part of their work, focussing on assessing environmental management systems. The qualification is designed to benefit companies in all industry sectors who are seeking to implement effective environmental management systems and to provide managers with a sound understanding of the principles of managing environmental risk.

Course Programme (May 2012 syllabus)

The course consists of 2 units:

• Unit EC1 Management and control of environmental hazards
• Unit EC2 Environmental practical application

The following gives a breakdown of each unit:

Unit EC1 Management and control of environmental hazards

1. Foundation in environmental management
2. Environmental management systems
3. Environmental impact assessments
4. Control of emissions to air
5. Control of contamination of water resources
6. Control of waste and land use
7. Sources and use of energy and energy efficiency
8. Control of environmental noise
9. Planning for and dealing with environmental emergencies

Unit EC2 Environmental practical application

This unit requires the Learner to carry out an environmental review of a workplace or organisation and produce a justified action plan to improve performance. See below for more details.

Further information including the detailed course syllabus is available on the NEBOSH website.

Course Accreditation/Registration/Assessment

Certificate students need to register with a NEBOSH approved centre to sit their exam. (SQT is a NEBOSH Approved Centre 551).

The assessment process for delegates consists of an examination (1 papers; EC1) 2 hours. In addition there is the practical assessment of a workplace (EC2). Delegates must achieve the pass standard in both the examination paper and in the practical assessment to be awarded the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management.

Please note that NEBOSH have a Reasonable Adjustments and Special Consideration Policy.

NEBOSH schedule examinations dates four times per year: March, June, September and December. Candidates are prepared for the next available examination date.

Unit EC2 is carried out in the delegate’s own workplace. The aim of the practical assessment is to test your ability to apply the knowledge and understanding gained from the study of elements of Unit EC1 in a practical environment. You must carry out an environmental review of a workplace and complete a report to management regarding the review with recommendations. This practical application must be completed and returned to the SQT course tutor by a date determined (normally within 10 working days of the written examination). The practical application is internally assessed by the SQT Tutor and externally moderated by NEBOSH.

The NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management is rated at level 6 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF). The Irish awarding bodies and qualifications authorities and the UK awarding and qualifications regulatory bodies undertook an exercise to facilitate the comparison of qualifications in the qualifications framework in the UK and Ireland. The document, Qualifications can cross boundaries - a rough guide to comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland was published, and compares SCQF Level 6 to Level 5 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications. In addition there is a recently launched European-wide website which supports this comparison of different national education systems.