IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management (PIEMA) - Classroom

This course is designed for experienced environmental professionals, working at an operational level and looking to progress their career as an environmental practitioner. By completing the course you will gain detailed environmental and sustainability knowledge and be able to apply environmental management/assessment tools and skills that are needed to be an effective environment/sustainability practitioner.

The cost includes all required learner resources, registration, and exam fees. Additionally, included within the training course fee is a year's IEMA membership, which will commence upon enrolment.

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Price is per unit. To achieve certification, delegates will need to pass all units. Delegates can attend the units in any order. If you have any questions, please get in touch: [email protected]

Course content

The course will be delivered across 3 taught modules and a 4^th module consisting of a submitted Assessment of Competence. The modules are:

Module 1: Fundamentals of Sustainability, Business and Governance

• 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
• Sustainable business/governance models, their underlying principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services

Module 2: Environmental Principles, Policy and Legislation

• Environmental principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services
• Major environmental policies and legislation and their implications for organisations, products and services

Module 3: Environmental Management/Assessment Tools and Skills

• Tools, techniques, systems and practices, their application and how they can be used to develop sustainable products and services and improve sustainability performance 
• The role of innovation and other leading practices in developing sustainable products and services and providing sustainable solutions 
• Collecting and critically analysing data, and report information that informs decision making
• Identifying problems and assessing 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
• Applying or implementing tools, techniques, systems and practices that identify  opportunities and  risks
• Delivering projects and programmes that achieve performance improvement
• Implementing change and transformation

Pre-requisites

Learners attending this course are expected to have 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. 

Assessment

The assessment for modules 1-3 of this course is through assignments.

The fourth module, Assessment of Competence, must be submitted to IEMA for marking. This can only be submitted to IEMA after all other modules have been successfully completed.

More details

By completing this course, delegates will:

• Cover all the areas of knowledge you need to become an IEMA Practitioner (PIEMA)
• Influence stakeholders and deliver change in the way the organisation manages its environmental performance
• Develop and deliver an approach to environmental management that supports the business’s strategic goals and ensures compliance with environmental legislation and enables
• Meet the academic requirements to study the IEMA Diploma in Sustainable Business Practice.