Environmental Awareness Training Course

This Environmental Awareness training course covers a range of different topics which are of high importance when it comes to protecting our environment and preventing global warming. It looks at the various legislations that have been brought forward, to ensure that people are taking all measures practicable to keep our environment clean and safe for future generations and the animals that inhabit it.

This course looks at how renewable energy has revolutionised how we can live today, with the comfort of warmth and electricity without impacting the environment for our own personal needs. Also, water is a topic covered in this course, as it is a necessity to save water and keep it clean.

• Train online at your own pace with a full audio voiceover
• Assured by RoSPA & Accredited by CPD
• Certificate on successful completion
• Course duration: 30 minutes
• Unlimited resits at no cost

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Who is this Online Environmental Awareness Training for?

This course is ideal for anybody who is interested in gaining knowledge on how to protect our environment and personally make changes to be more environmentally conscious.

It looks at how industrialisation, pollution and waste have made a significant impact on our environment and contributed to global warming.

This course is also useful for anybody who's work holds a duty of care to the environment, such as waste disposal, as it gives the appropriate knowledge on how to dispose of waste properly to protect the environment at all costs.

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Environmental Awareness Training Certification

Our entire library of training courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as adhering to the universally recognised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This training course and it's content has also been assured by RoSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

Upon passing the online assessment you will have the options to both print and download your Environmental Awareness Training Certificate in PDF format. In addition to this an automated email will also be sent to your chosen email address containing a link to your certificate ensuring you always have access to a copy.

Furthermore, a QR code is displayed on each certificate which when scanned by a smartphone links to our certification database. This allows employers, auditors and local authority inspectors, for example, to establish a certificates validity instantly and at any time.

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Course Aim

This course aims to raise awareness of the changing state of our planet and to understand how our actions can help preserve our environment.

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Learning Objectives

On completion of the course, you should be able to:

• Identify what causes global warming
• List the main causes of pollution and contamination and their effect
• Define “Hazardous Waste”
• Identify “Hazardous Substances”
• List the 7 levels of the “Waste Hierarchy”
• Name two key pieces of legislation relating to the environment
• Identify what you should do to fulfil your Duty of care
• Identify renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
• List ways in which we can manage energy efficiently

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Training Course Content

This course is made up of the following modules:

• An Introduction to Environmental Awareness

  This section introduces the learner to the course. It helps to show the impact industrialisation has had on global warming by increasing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions into the atmosphere.

• Module 1 - Weather Change and Legislation

  This section of the course concentrates on the different legislations that have been brought in to protect the environment. It also looks at how the weather has changed due to global warming and pollution.

• Module 2 - Dangerous and Hazardous Waste

  This section of the course covers the ‘waste hierarchy’ and the three Rs, which are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It looks at how waste has caused excessive landfills, and other hazardous waste should be disposed of.

• Module 3 - Renewable Energy

  In this final section, you will cover the benefits of renewable energy and the varieties of renewable energy which are available, also, how the process of energy saving can help to save money and the environment.

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Assessment

On completion of the course lessons and training material an online assessment will automatically unlock. The assessment will contain 15 multiple-choice questions and a mark of 75% or above will be required to pass.

The assessment will be marked instantly and so you will know straight away if you have passed or not. If you don't pass first time there's no need to worry. Unlimited resits at absolutely no additional charge are available so you can retake the assessment again as many times as you need to.

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