International Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001:2004
Developing the Environmental Management System
e-Learning and Competency Based Training
MODULE 2
Course Title: Environmental Aspects, Risks and Hazards and associated Policy Objectives of an Organisation.
Course Overview This course will involve the student getting to understand Environmental Aspects and how these will relate and impact on an organisation. The participant is assisted with the aid of a RABQSA accredited Tutor to ensure they as well as the organisation identifies all of its risks and aspects because these underpin all subsequent environmental management activities.
Length: 4 weeks may vary depending on organisational time and resources
Course Approval numbers: RABQSA EM, AU, and TL.
Course Code: EMS2
Prerequisites: Nil
Tutor: RABQSA approved and appointed at course registration.
Price: $400.00 AUD.
Recognition: Letter of attainment
Learning Objectives There are Eight Learning Objectives to be achieved in this Course followed by a Final Course Assessment Task covering everything that has been covered within the course. This ensures all assessment Tasks have been completed and assessed by the assigned Tutor. The Final Assessment Task also ensures that the student has completed to the organisations satisfaction all necessary tasks required within the context of the Development and Implementation Project. Within each Key Learning Objective there are a number of Key Assessment Tasks to be completed by the student and then submitted for assessment by their assigned Tutor. Follow up activities are carried out resulting from the Stage 1 Initial Audit and also the Management Programs are begun to be developed. Key Environmental Aspects, Risk and Hazards are also identified.
The Eight Key Learning Objectives and their associated Key Assessment Tasks are:
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1 - To prepare a policy i.e. a statement of intent about how the organisation views its environmental aspects and responds to them.
- Assessment Task 1.1 - Developing the Environmental Policy
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2 - To identify all relevant environmental legislation and ensure that its particular relevance to the organisation is clearly defined
- Assessment Task 2.1 - Research and Identify all relevant Environmental Legislation and Statutory Regulations
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3 - To identify and evaluate for significance all aspects that impact on the organisation's activities, products and services
- Assessment Task 3.1 - Identify and Rank Environmental Aspects
- Assessment Task 3.2 - Classify the activities and processes
- Assessment Task 3.3 - Identify the Aspects
- Assessment Task 3.4 - Determine the Impact
- Assessment Task 3.5 - Decide if the Impact is Tolerable
- Assessment Task 3.6 - Impact Assessment
- Assessment Task 3.7 - Preparing the Impact Control Action Plan
- Assessment Task 3.8 - Control Measures
- Assessment Task 3.9 - Review adequacy of the Control Measures
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 4 - To establish the objectives and targets against which Environmental performance can be measured
- Assessment Task 4.1 - Refining the Environmental Objectives, Targets
- Assessment Task 4.2 - Communicating the Environmental Policy and Objectives
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 5 - To identify the management programs in your organisation and to perform a gap analysis to determine the current status of the system
- Assessment Task 5.1 - To Identify the Management Programs
- Assessment Task 5.2 - Approved Suppliers
- Assessment Task 5.3 - Aspects and Impacts
- Assessment Task 5.4 - Hazardous waste generation and its disposal
- Assessment Task 5.5 - Contract Maintenance
- Assessment Task 5.6 - Communications
- Assessment Task 5.7 - Human Resources
- Assessment Task 5.8 - Facilities
- Assessment Task 5.9 - Security
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 6 - Having carried out the initial audit and identified your management programs follow up activities need to be planned and carried out
- Assessment Task 6.1 - Plan and develop your follow up activities through the systematic use of your internal audit program supported by management review
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 7 - To ensure all is correct by checking against relevant standards via a checklist
- Assessment Task 7.1 - Complete end of module checklist
- Assessment Task 7.2 - Complete end of module checklist
- KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVE 8 - To submit on line an end of course assessment based on the answering of selected questions relating to all Key Assessment tasks undertaken and completed within the course/module including relevant follow up and planned audit questions
- Assessment Task 8.1 - Complete on line course assessment
Please be advised that as a International Certified Training Organisation (ICTO) with RABQSA International Inc we are required to maintain a data base on Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) and Recognised Current Competency (RCC)
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Developing and Implementing a Environmental Management System
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