International Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001:2004

Environmental Risks and Hazards

e-Learning and Competency Based Training

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 - GST may be applicable

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 Nine 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

Key Assessment Task 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

Key Assessment Task 2 - 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

Key Assessment Task 3 - Identify and Rank Environmental Aspects

Key Assessment Task 4 - Classify the activities and processes

Key Assessment Task 5 - Identify the Aspects

Key Assessment Task 6 - Determine the Impact

Key Assessment Task 7 - Decide if the Impact is Tolerable

Key Assessment Task 8 - Impact Assessment

Key Assessment Task 9 - Preparing the Impact Control Action Plan

Key Assessment Task 10 - Control Measures

Key Assessment Task 11 - Review adequacy of the Control Measures

Key Learning Objective 4 - To establish the objectives and targets against which Environmental performance can be measured

Key Assessment Task 12 - Refining the Environmental Objectives, Targets

Key Assessment Task 13 - 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

Key Assessment Task 14 - To Identify the Management Programs

Key Assessment Task 15 - Approved Suppliers

Key Assessment Task 16 - Aspects and Impacts

Key Assessment Task 17 - Hazardous waste generation and its disposal

Key Assessment Task 18 - Contract Maintenance

Key Assessment Task 19 - Communications

Key Assessment Task 20 - Human Resources

Key Assessment Task 21 - Facilities

Key Assessment Task 22 - 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

Key Assessment Task 23 - 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

Key Assessment Task 24 - 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

Key Assessment Task 25 - Complete on line course assessment

Please be advised that as a World Certified Training Organisation (WRTO) with RABQSA International Inc we are required to maintain a data base on Recognised Current Competency (RCC)

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