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IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for the Workforce

This course isn’t currently open for applications, but you can still register your interest.

  • Qualifications Other Programmes
  • SCQF Level SCQF Level 5
  • Study mode Professional Learning
  • Campus Ayr
  • Start date On-demand
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Attendance / Duration

1 Day (9:00am - 4:00pm)

Overview

This 1 day course provides learners with a practical introduction to environmental sustainability, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, and motivation to make a positive difference within their organisation.

Cost

£225

Enquiry

For further information or to be added to our waiting list for future course dates please email engage@ayrshire.ac.uk

What's Involved?

This concentrated one-day course provides learners with a practical introduction to environmental sustainability, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, and motivation to make a positive difference within their organisation. This course is perfect for those working in any job role across all sectors at an operational level.

Course Content

The course covers the main environmental risks and opportunities facing organisations:

  • The importance of resource efficiency.
  • The impacts of pollution, prevention, control and legislation.
  • The impact of transport,
  • Knowing how employees can support environmental sustainability.

By the end of the course, you will:

  • have knowledge and understanding of the main environmental and economic risks and opportunities,
  • have knowledge and understanding of compliance obligations and business drivers for change,
  • have knowledge and understanding of the main potential impacts on environment and sustainability,
  • have knowledge and understanding of how to improve environmental performance.

IEMA Assessment

The assessment consists of an online 20 question multiple-choice test and learners must achieve 70% to pass. The test is completed through the IEMA assessment portal and candidates are sent a link upon registration to the assessment.