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Managing Environmental Resources
Course Type :- Distance Learning
Institute Name:- College of Management and IT (CMIT)
Fee:- € on request
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This course is designed for students who wish to gain an understanding of environmental resource management and its benefits for business. The course will help employees to understand how their work impacts on the environment and what they can do to improve their company's policies towards this ever important issue by helping to reduce their company's carbon footprint. Students will learn how to: (1) implement biodiversity, (2) preserve and reduce energy use, (3) reduce carbon footprint, (4) manage waste, and (5) develop action plans for organisations to reduce carbon footprint.
This programme takes a multidisciplinary approach to current issues of global environmental concern. It is relevant to those who are concerned with the management of resources and the making and implementation of policies that have an environmental impact at local, national and international levels.

 

Topics Covered in this Course

Module 1 - Environmental Issues
  • What influences biodiversity?
  • Why is biodiversity important?
  • Why is climate change important?
  • The effects of climate change in the Ireland
  • Can climate change be stopped?
Module 2 - Preserving Environmental Resources
  • Managing Energy
  • Consequences of not managing energy
  • Energy Legislation
  • Managing the use of water
  • Consequences of not managing water
  • Legislation
Module 3 - Reducing the effect that your Organisation has on the Environment
  • How road transport affects the environment
  • Managing road transport
  • Impact of not managing transport
  • Managing pollution
  • Consequences of not managing pollution
  • Waste Disposal
  • Managing waste
  • Methods of disposing of waste
  • Impact of not managing waste
Module 4 - How do Environmental Issues affect Businesses?
  • How effective environmental practices can benefit your business

Who should complete this course?

  • Those with responsibility for managing environmental resources within organisations.
  • People who wish to gain a professional, accredited qualification in the subject matter by home study distance learning.

Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

  • None.

Assessment

  • This NCFE certificate is assessed through a series of tutor marked assignments.

 

Accreditation

  • At the end of this course, successful learners will receive a level 3 NCFE Award certificate in Managing Environmental Resources. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • Please note that there is a EUR60 fee payable for administration, moderation and certification.

 

 
 
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