NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at Work Qualification

The NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at Work course is suitable for anyone in any sector that needs to understand environmental issues. It’s perfect as an introduction for team leaders and managers, and is suitable for anyone looking to provide awareness environmental training as part of an environmental management system such as ISO 14001.

The qualification has global relevance and covers the principles of environmental management, not UK specific law. It may be particularly relevant for:

• Team leaders and supervisors
• Facilities managers
• Anyone wishing to ensure they work positively with regard to the environment.

It’s a great opportunity for continued professional development and provides a good basis of knowledge on which to build a NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate.

For employers, this qualification gives you the opportunity to improve your workforce’s understanding of environmental management.

By raising awareness of common environmental impacts and highlighting ways to control them, you can improve the environmental culture and performance of your organisation. Your workers should be more conscious of the impact they have on the environment at work as a result, and will be able to apply what they have learned as soon as the course is completed.

It is an environmental qualification for students with no prior knowledge of the subject required.

The qualification, which has global relevance, covers the principles of environmental management, not UK specific law. It may be particularly relevant for:

• Team leaders and supervisors
• Facilities managers
• Your team!

Importantly, this qualification will provide your workers with awareness of your organisation’s significant environmental aspects which is a requirement for organisations implementing and maintaining the international environmental management standard ISO 14001:2015.

The course is split down into six modules:

• Environmental foundations
• Pollution and sustainability
• Environmental management systems
• Environmental noise
• Waste management
• Dealing with environmental emergencies

The course is assessed with an online 30-minute multiple choice examination. This exam is accessed and completed via NEBOSH’s online assessment platform, and must be completed within the given 24-hour window.

Once you have achieved a pass, your parchment will be issued.

This is normally within 20 working days of the confirmation of your results.

The NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at work course takes approximately 7 hours of study to complete. This involves 7 hours of taught and 30 minutes for the assessment.

• When studying through classroom, in-house, or virtual classroom learning, the course is typically completed in a single day.

This course is supported by a NEBOSH Study Guide, which covers the course syllabus and content in detail.

The book contains practical activities, case studies and key terminology definitions. It can be used during a taught course or as a reference once studies are completed.

Environmental Awareness at Work should help learners develop their understanding of environmental issues in the workplace and can also be used as a useful guide for implementing ISO 14001. NEBOSH hopes the book will also become a valuable reference source once the learner is back in the workplace.

The NEBOSH Study Guide is available as both a hardcopy and an e-book for all learners taking the course.

The qualification is an ideal first step towards progressing to the NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate, which provides a more extensive and practical understanding of environmental management in the workplace.