Environmental Management Training Courses
Environmental Management ISO 14001 and EMAS Foundation Course
A one-day course designed to provide attendees with a thorough knowledge of environmental management systems and implementation requirements for ISO 14001 and EMAS.
Introduction
In the past some companies may have seen environmental management as a luxury that they could ill afford but things are changing. Legislation designed to protect the environment has steadily increased and many customers use environmental performance as a key selection criteria when awarding contracts. This means that a systematic approach to environmental management can often make good commercial sense.
Who Should Attend?
Decision makers and project managers need to understand the fundamentals and practical implementation requirements of an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). Environmental Managers or those with responsibility for maintaining an existing EMS to a recognised standard will also find this course very useful.
Course Objectives
To enable those attending to gain an in-depth knowledge of EMS structures, ISO 14001 and EMAS.
Course Content
- Introduction to ISO 14001 & EMAS
- Global environmental issues
- Identification of environmental aspects
- Review of legislative requirements
- Continual improvement process
- Prevention of pollution
- Benefits to business
- Hazardous substances
- Environmental management system implementation & certification
What Are The Benefits?
Attendees will develop a detailed understanding of exactly what is required in implementing a certified EMS allowing informed decision-making. If you have already decided that ISO 14001 will be of benefit to your company then the course helps you to identify the requirements and pitfalls before you start helping to avoid blind alleys and costly mistakes.
In-House Courses
Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.
Style of Delivery And Course Leaders
The course includes a combination of interactive training sessions and exercises designed to facilitate understanding. Our course leaders have substantial experience in the field of environmental management systems. They are qualified and experienced auditors with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government. We have extensive experience working across cultural boundaries, through our work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.
Certification
Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded an IRCA registered certificate.
Booking and Course Fees
The fee includes lunch and refreshments during the day. Please complete the booking form and return together with the relevant fee.
Environmental Management ISO 14001 & EMAS Internal Auditor Course
This interactive two-day training programme aims to help delegates to understand and apply the principles and techniques that are required for conducting effective environmental audits. This course is registered with the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA).
Introduction
A good system of auditing is one of the most effective methods of ensuring that the Environmental Management System (EMS) continues to meet its objectives and for control and for identifying improvements. Auditors need to be sufficiently competent in order to evaluate the EMS effectively if the organisation is to achieve the full benefit from its EMS and have confidence that it is achieving its objectives. This IRCA registered course focuses delegates on the most important attributes of a modern and effective environmental management system and helps them to understand the role of the auditor in its development and continual improvement. It introduces delegates to business environmental issues and relevant legislative issues.
Who Should Attend?
The course designed specifically for people engaged in environmental audits within their own organisation. It may also be useful for those people who are required to audit the EMS of suppliers or potential suppliers.
Course Objectives
To enable delegates to effectively plan, perform, evaluate and report the results of internal environmental audits with confidence.
Course Content
- Environmental Issues
- Checklist development & use
- Environmental standards
- NCRs and categorisation
- Types of audit
- Auditor skills, protocols and techniques
What Are The Benefits?
This course, combined with an ISO 14001 foundation course, satisfies the formal training requirements for those wishing to register with the IRCA as an Internal EMS Auditor. Successful delegates will be equipped with the technical skills and knowledge required to plan, conduct and report internal EMS audits. Delegates also find the interactive nature of the course, its challenging content and extensive use of team-based exercises an enjoyable and effective way to learn.
In-House Courses
Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.
Style of Delivery And Course Leaders
A combination of presentations and guided exercises and a highly interactive role-play exercise involving a simulated audit makes this course both highly beneficial and enjoyable for participants. Our course leaders are qualified and experienced environmental auditors with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government. We have extensive experience working across cultural boundaries, through our work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.
Certification
Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded an IRCA registered certificate.
Booking and Course Fees
The fee includes lunch and refreshments during the day. Please complete the booking form and return together with the relevant fee.
Lead Environmental Auditor Course
This five-day advanced auditor’s course designed for those people wishing to develop their environmental auditing skills to a professional level either to improve company auditing processes or to audit systems in a third party capacity. This course is registered with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
Introduction
This course satisfies the training requirements for those who wish to register as Lead Auditor to IEMA. Course attendees are assessed on their knowledge and understanding throughout the course and will also be required to sit a 2-hour open book examination to assess their level of understanding.
Who Should Attend?
This course is invaluable for those who have the main responsibility for implementing and maintaining their environmental management system; for those who are required to regularly assess performance of other companies and for those who are seeking to develop their auditing and environmental skills.
Course Objectives
The course will help delegates to understand the principles of good Environmental Management and to develop their knowledge of the environmental management standards. It will also develop delegates’ knowledge & understanding of different audit types, and the practical skills required to plan, execute and report environmental management audits. On completion, delegates will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of an EMS based on the ISO 14001 or EMAS standards at a level acceptable to certification bodies.
Course Content
- Auditor registration
- Audit case study and role-play
- Global environmental issues
- ISO 14001:2004 & EMAS
- Prevention of pollution
- ISO 19011
- Certification & verification
- Roles and responsibilities of auditors
- Auditor skills & development
- Audit planning, execution and reporting
- NCRs and categorisation
- Identification/evaluation of environmental aspects
- Overview of current environmental legislative requirements
What Are The Benefits?
This course satisfies the formal training requirements for those wishing to register with the IEMA Auditor Registration Scheme. Attendees will develop a detailed understanding of environmental management systems, know the criteria required for implementing a successful certified EMS and how to assess against the ISO 14001 and EMAS standards.
In-House Courses
Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.
Style of Delivery And Course Leaders
A combination of presentations and guided exercises and a highly interactive role-play exercise involving a simulated audit makes this course both highly beneficial and enjoyable for participants. Our course leaders have substantial experience in the field of environmental management systems design and implementation. They are qualified and experienced auditors with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government.
Certification
Delegates successfully completing the course, including examination, will be awarded an IEMA registered certificate.
Booking and Course Fees
The fee includes lunch and refreshments during the day. Please complete the booking form and return together with the relevant fee.
Environmental Management CIWM Waste Awareness Certificate Course
This intensive one-day course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM) and covers the key elements of waste management, waste minimisation and helps your organisation stay within the law. It is designed for those people who require a sound understanding of the issues involved in satisfying legal requirements and the associated practical implications including waste minimisation.
Introduction
Waste management legislation is complex and getting it wrong could land your company, and those responsible for any breach, in court. Managing your company’s waste properly is not just about covering the legal angles. Waste is gradually becoming more expensive but, with costs spread around the organisation, the total waste and its cost are not always obvious. If you are not looking at waste costs – then what about your competitors? This course identifies the legal obligations of all those handling waste and provides practical solutions for waste management practices and significant cost savings. Companies with ISO 14001 certified systems can demonstrate improved competency in their management of waste and particularly if seeking improvements in this area this course can help to identify potential opportunities. Delegates are required to complete a multi-choice exam paper at the end of the course.
Who Should Attend?
All those with responsibility for ensuring waste management is dealt with in a legally proper manner and those who are seeking to improve their understanding of the legislation in place on waste. It is also useful for those who are trying to improve their company waste management. People who are trying to establish waste minimisation initiatives, perhaps in companies with ISO 14001 who are intending to focus on waste minimisation as part of their continual improvement programme.
Course Objectives
To enable those attending to understand waste, types of waste and how and where it is produced in the workplace, appropriate waste legislation with the aim of ensuring that these requirements are fulfilled in practice. To enable attendees to initiate a company waste minimisation programme.
Course Content
- Waste definitions and types
- Waste reduction, re-use and recycling
- Waste categorisation and streaming
- Waste disposal routes and records
- Waste legislation and regulation
- Storage and environmental aspects of waste
- Practical waste management including Duty of Care and Enforcement
- Waste management procedures, monitoring and auditing
What Are The Benefits?
Delegates can make an immediate impact on waste management practices within their organisation leading to long-term savings where appropriate. It will also improve confidence that company legal obligations with respect to waste are sufficiently addressed.
In-House Courses
Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.
Style of Delivery And Course Leaders
IQMS’ philosophy is to create an atmosphere where delegates can gain most benefit from attending our courses. We believe that a relaxed and informal atmosphere helps to achieve this and our interactive training sessions and workshops promote understanding of the issues. Our course leaders have substantial experience in the field of environmental management and pollution control. They are qualified and experienced trainers and consultants with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government.
Certification
Delegates successfully completing the course and passing the CIWM multi-choice examination will be awarded a CIWM registered certificate.
Booking and Course Fees
The fee includes lunch and refreshments during the day. Please complete the booking form and return together with the relevant fee.
Environmental Legislation Awareness Course
This intensive one-day course is designed to equip delegates with a knowledge and understanding of the legislative structure, current environmental legislation and how it is enforced.
Introduction
No company or organisation can afford to neglect the law, but many companies still do not realise the full extent of their obligations under environmental legislation. Lack of knowledge is no protection for either a company or an individual. This course aims to cover the key legislative requirements that are required. This course seeks to address the need for business to gain an appreciation of applicable environmental legislation and the actions they should typically take to ensure they are legally compliant. This course is essential for those companies who are in the process of setting up a certified environmental management system.
Who Should Attend?
This course is recommended for individuals with key environmental management responsibilities, particularly those seeking or maintaining certification against the ISO 14001 standard. It is also suitable for senior managers and directors and environmental auditors, in fact anyone seeking to increase their environmental legislative knowledge
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide an understanding of environmental legislation and the enforcement process for business.
Course Content
- Air emissions
- The Environment Act
- Water Pollution
- The Environmental Protection Act
- Waste Management
- Oil storage
- Contaminated Land
- Packaging
- Principles of environmental legislation
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC/APC)
- European and International influences on Environmental Law
What Are The Benefits?
On successful completion, delegates will have improved their knowledge of environmental legislation and requirements, improved confidence in the extent of compliance of their own systems and be able to identify any current weaknesses in their management of environmental legislation
In-House Courses
Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.
Style of Delivery And Course Leaders
Our course leaders have substantial experience in the field of environmental management and pollution control. They are qualified and experienced with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government. We have extensive experience working across cultural boundaries, through our work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.
Certification
Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded an IQMS registered certificate.
Booking and Course Fees
The fee includes lunch and refreshments during the day. Please complete the booking form and return together with the relevant fee.
