Categories: Environmental Management ,  IEMA Courses

IEMA Associate Membership Certificate

Overview
This 10 day course provides delegates with the range of knowledge and skills to meet the competency requirements of Associate Membership of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). Once completed candidates may become Associate Members and use the designation AIEMA after their name.

Duration
10 days

Who should attend
Those involved in environmental improvements programmes and/or environmental
management systems who wish to obtain a recognised environmental qualification and/or
achieve Associate Membership of IEMA. This course is particularly suitable for those wishing to broaden their qualifications and experience from other disciplines such as quality or health and safety.

Benefits to you & your organisation
By the end of the course delegates will be able to: -
• Appreciate how environmental issues evolve and identify how they can be incorporated into operational management.
• Outline practical ways an organisation can reduce its environmental impacts, both strategically and operationally.
• Determine the key environmental legislation, agreements and initiatives relating to an
organisation.
• Design and implement processes for assessment and interpretation of environmental
Performance 

Course content includes
• An in depth review of environmental legislation.
• Regulation and operator strategies.
• Sustainability strategies.
• Environmental auditing and policy.
• Environmental performance indicators.
• Internal and external communication.
• Environmental reporting.

Assessment
The course is assessed through the completion of a written exam of two and a half hours
duration. In addition candidates have to complete a preliminary environmental review of a chosen workplace.