Diploma in Environmental Management

Program Overview

This Diploma in Environmental Management provides comprehensive training in core concepts, including global environmental issues, planning, management systems, law, and policy. Upon completion, students gain the knowledge and skills to become environmental management specialists in the public, private, or freelance sectors, with potential career paths in project management, data analysis, sustainability, and more.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This Diploma in Environmental Management offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the subject's most important core concepts, along with an in-depth exploration of contemporary environmental management issues. The program aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to begin or advance a career as an environmental management specialist.

Objectives:

Upon completion, successful candidates will be instilled with the extensive knowledge and insights required to:

• Begin or advance an existing career as an environmental management specialist.
• Work for an established business within the private sector or a local
  ational public sector organization.
• Set out as a private contractor.

Outline:

Course Syllabus:

• Unit 1 - What is Environment?

• Introduces the environment as a concept, including the ecosystem and its core components.
• Discusses the manmade environment and explores both the food web and the food chain.
• Unit 2 - Global Environmental Issues
• Introduces and investigates key contemporary environmental issues, primarily focusing on the threat to biodiversity, global warming, and the causes, effects, and possible responses to climate change.
• Unit 3 - Environmental Planning
• Focuses on the essential fundamentals and ultimate goals of environmental planning.
• Investigates environmental management and evolution, the fundamentals and principles of sustainable development, and the concept of a sustainable environment.
• Unit 4 - Environmental Management Systems
• Introduces core concepts related to environmental management systems, including important ISO standards, PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act), energy efficiency, the environmental audit, environmental accounting, impact assessment, effect measurement, environmental trade shifts, and more.
• Unit 5 - Environmental Law
• Discusses the main legal requirements for the management of waste in detail.
• Explores main legal requirements for the management of water.
• Unit 6 - Environmental Policy
• Discusses the key requirements for an environmental policy and identifies the key considerations that should be taken into account when developing an environmental policy.
• Unit 7 - Planning for Environmental Improvement
• Focuses on identifying environmental impacts that arise from environmental aspects.
• Covers evaluating the significance of environmental aspects.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths:
• Project Manager
• Data Analyst
• Researcher
• Social Scientist
• Sustainability Analyst
• Operations Manager
• PR Manager
• Energy Auditor
• Opportunities:
• Public and private sectors
• Outcomes:
• Salaries varying from around £20,000 to more than £40,000 with experience.

Other:

• Course Benefits:
• Accredited Course
• Full Tutor Support
• Self-paced, no fixed schedules
• Available to students anywhere in the world
• Interest Free Fee Instalments
• Who Should Take This Course?

• Anyone passionate about sustainability, conservation, and ecology.
• Candidates looking to secure a higher-level position in environmental management.
• Creative candidates with an interest in science and the environment.
• Anyone running or building their own 'green' enterprise.
• Ambitious candidates with strong analytical skills and logic.
• Candidates looking to enjoy a rewarding career and make a difference.
• Related Links:
• Certificate in Environmental Management (Level 3)
• Diploma in Travel and Tourism