NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate

ACT are proud to have achieved NEBOSH Gold Learning Partner Status. This means that our courses use high quality materials and expert tutors.

The NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management is a certificate level qualification that develops your knowledge and understanding of the principles of environmental management. The course includes information that is relevant for both the UK and international markets, and can be a brilliant first step towards a career in environmental management.

The course takes a risk management approach to environmental issues, which can help to prevent environmental incidents from occurring, while also planning better control of wider environmental issues such as pollution, efficient energy usage, and environmental emergencies.

As such the certificate is designed to provide a broad understanding of the environmental issues that affect workplaces, and enable efficient management of risks. As well as covering a range of workplace environmental hazards, impacts and methods of control.

Our course includes all of the relevant materials that you will need in order to undertake the course itself and the assessments. This includes an RMS Publishing Environmental Management Certificate Study Book which is a fantastic accompanying study guide during your course, revision tool, and future reference material for after your have gained your qualification.

This course is an extremely useful qualification to hold for managers, supervisors, worker representatives and those responsible for environmental strategies and reviews within their organisation.
It is ideal for those looking to progress into a career in environmental management as it provides a sound understanding of the principles of environmental management, and creates a solid basis of study on which to build upon to work towards an Environmental Diploma.

The course is also used by many organisations in order to train their managers to assist in the implementation and maintenance of environmental management systems such as the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems.

This course is designed for people throughout the world who understand the growing importance of holding a recognised and respected environmental management qualification.

Aside from a suitable standard of English there are no requirements for this course.

This qualification covers the practical issues relating to the management of environmental risks. It takes a proactive, risk management approach which is based around best practice and industry standards.
Unit EMC1: Environmental management:

• Element 1: Foundations in environmental management
• Element 2: Environmental management systems
• Element 3: Assessing environmental aspects and impacts
• Element 4: Planning for and dealing with environmental emergencies
• Element 5: Control of emissions to air
• Element 6: Control of environmental noise
• Element 7: Control of contamination of water sources
• Element 8: Control of waste and land use
• Element 9: Sources and use of energy and energy efficiency

Unit EMC2: Environmental Practical application:

• A practical assessment carried out at the candidate’s workplace.

NEBOSH recommends a private study commitment based around 33 hours of self-directed further study and background reading in addition to the 5 taught classroom days.

The qualification is divided into two units, each of which is assessed separately:

Unit EMC1 is a Open Book Examination examination that consists of ten short answer questions, and one long answer question.
Unit EMC2 is a practical application of knowledge in the form of an environmental management based review of your workplace.

Both units must be successfully completed within 5 years to achieve the full NEBOSH National Environmental Certificate.

If you would like any further information regarding the assessment for this course please contact one of our NEBOSH course advisors:
Email: nebosh@actassociates.co.uk
Phone: 01384 447915