Introduction

Many organisations use environmental management systems to minimise their environmental impact and are increasingly asking suppliers to do so as part of tendering procedures. Organisations that can demonstrate their environmental awareness will achieve higher levels of efficiency.

Suitable for

Middle managers and supervisors who have responsibility for decision-making, managing budgets, allocating tasks and meeting specific performance targets.

By the end of the training, delegates will be able to:

	Understand a range of environmental issues, including environmental science, policy and management.
	Identify and manage environmental effects of their organisation's activities.
	Identify appropriate environmental management techniques and contribute towards a programme of environmental management.
	Undertake an environmental audit and produce and environmental report.
	Distinguish between standards available for the certification of different environmental systems.
	Take corrective action and be confident with dealing with environmental issues and customer queries.

Exam Format

Two and a half hour examination paper, comprising three sections: part 1 contains 10 short questions, part 2 contains three structured questions and part 3 is a case study followed by five questions.