The aims and objectives
The one day course aims to give delegates knowledge & skills in:
- What the environment is and why it is important
- Outline of environmental management systems
- Waste management
- Pollution prevention and water management
- Good neighbor-statutory nuisance, communication
- Archaeology and heritage
- Energy and resources
- Being a responsible contractor.
Learning Objectives
- Delegates should be able to recognise and understand ways in which hazardous material can enter the environment
- Delegates should be able to identify elements of ecology affecting work on construction sites
- Delegates should be able to identify the possible presence of contaminated land on construction sites
- Delegates should be able to identify elements of construction waste that can help reduce waste costs to a project
- Delegates should be able to recognise and understand the ways in which a hazardous material can enter the environment, and use that knowledge to reduce the risk associated with those hazards
- Delegates should be able to identify the possible pollution sources, pathways and receptors encountered during work on construction sites
- Delegates should be able to identify possible causes of statutory nuisance on constructions sites
- Delegates should be able to identify possible areas of archaeological or heritage value on construction sites
- Delegates should be able to identify possible areas of environmental practice, in which they could improve.