The qualification is divided into two units
Unit ED1: Controlling Environmental Aspects – 3 hour written exam
Unit NDEM2: Environmental Regulation – work project
The content for units is the following
ED1: Controlling Environmental Aspects
- Key environmental cycles and the effects of human activity on the environment
- Environmental leadership
- Environmental management systems and emergency planning
- Environmental risk evaluation and control
- Environmental performance evaluation
- Sustainability
- Waste management
- Managing emissions to the atmosphere
- Managing emissions to the water environment
- Control of environmental noise
- Hazardous substances and contaminated land
- Energy use
Unit NDEM2: Environmental Regulation
- Enforcement of environmental legislation
- Civil liability
- Pollution prevention and control legislation