IEMA - Certificate in Environmental Management-leading to Practitioner Membership course syllabus.

Category: Environmental

Level: Intermediate

The IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management - leading to Practitioner Membership course is suitable for course covers all areas of knowledge you need to become an IEMA Practitioner (PIEMA) and is the brand new course specifically designed for Practitioner membership.

Practitioner membership is the benchmark for Environmental and Sustainability professionals with sleeves rolled up - membership for the working experts who are driving change.

The Certificate in Environmental Management course will give you the knowledge needed to further your career. It is for professionals who are working across organisations at an operational level, and pursuing a career path in environment and sustainability.

This new and improved course has replaced the Associate Certificate and is the new route to Practitioner membership.

The IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management - leading to Practitioner Membership is suitable for:

Learners who are working within environmental management and require detailed knowledge of environmental / sustainable principles, management tools and skills to effectively deliver positive change

Those who wish to upgrade to Practitioner Membership

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

A foundation level of environmental / sustainability knowledge gained through work experience or a relevant course e.g. the IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Management or equivalent

Over the course of three modules a learner on this course will be able to:

Explain the implications of global trends for the environment, for society, for the economy and for organisations and the role of an Environment / Sustainability practitioner in overcoming these challenges

Explain sustainable business/governance models, their underlying principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services

Explain environmental principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services

Explain major policy and legislation and their implications for organisations, products and services

Explain major and relevant tools, techniques, systems and practices, their application and how they can be used to develop sustainable products and services and improve sustainability performance

Explain the role of innovation and other leading practices in developing sustainable products and services and providing sustainable solutions

Collect and critically analyse data, and report information that informs decision making

Identify problems and assess opportunities that deliver innovative and sustainable products and services

Determine, implement and measure methods of effective communication

Identify and engage in two-way communication with stakeholders

Apply or implement tools, techniques, systems and practices that identify opportunities and risks.

Deliver projects and programmes that achieve performance improvement

Implement change and transformation

The course is assessed through three knowledge based assignments and one assessment of competence that should give examples of how the knowledge learnt throughout the course have been applied practically within the workplace.