Saturday, December 3, 2011

Topics in the Associate Certificate in Environmental Management Course

Dear all,

About a month plus ago, I attended a 2 week course in the above course. Just to share the topics covered included the following:

1. Introduction to Environmental Issues
2. Introduction to Environmental Law
3. Civil Liability
4. Air Pollution
5. Air Pollution Control Techniques
6. Reducing Emissions from Motor Vehicles
7. Pollution Control - summary
8. Integrated Pollution Control
9. Water Legislation & Controls
10. Water Pollution Prevention
11. Principles of Pollution Control
12. Contaminated Land
13. Contaminated Land: Sources & Remedial Measures
14. Waste Legislation & Controls
15. Waste Strategy & Principles of Waste Minimisation
16. Landfill and Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC)
17. Statutory Nuisance & Litter
18. Nuisance Control
19. Environmental Radiation
20. Integrated Management Systems
21. EMS Aspects Register
22. EMS Evaluation of Aspects Register
23. EMS Initial Environmental Review
24. Environmental Risk Assessment
25. EMS Certification
26. EMS Policy
27. EMS Objectives and Targets
28. EMS Commitment & Business Benefits
29. EMS Structure & Responsibility
30. EMS Emergency Planning
31. EMS Contingency Planning
32. EMS Documentation Control
33. EMS Standards & Schemes
34. EMS Audit & Review
35. Market Based Measures
36. Producer Responsibility
37. Transport
38. Environmental Planning & Hazardous Substances
39. Energy
40. Environmental Reporting
41. Holistic Approaches & Life Cycle Assessment

For those who are interested to quickly learn current and leading issues in overall environmental management, I truly recommend the above course. It also represents a good path for those who want to improve their career opportunities with IEMA.

Considering how Brunei will be coming up with 3 new environmental legislation; namely:

1. Environmental Impact Assessment Order
2. Hazardous Waste Control Order
3. Environmental Pollution Control Order

I would strongly suggest relevant organizations, policy makers and stakeholders attend the course.