ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
EPA Certification - Certified Environmental Specialist Training
Our Certified Environmental Specialist course has been established to give an intensive overview on EPA regulations to professionals who are working within the safety and environmental fields. Working on projects that can pose a potential danger to the public or environment. Environmental management and compliance knowledge & implementation is a must in the workplace. This course covers the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), SPCC, RCRA, EPCRA, TSCA, CERCLA and environmental compliance planning and expectations.
EPA Certification - Environmental Training Course Description:
This environmental education course is designed for environmental professionals who want to maximize their environmental management compliance and ensure public safety in the workplace. Our environmental certification course as part of an environmental management program provides essential knowledge and understanding of EPA regulations relating to hazardous wastes such as the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), RCRA, EPCRA, TSCA and CERCLA.
This environmental compliance course will enable those who successfully complete the qualifications to implement updated environmental compliance programs at their facility.
At the conclusion of this environmental training course, the student will be able to:
•Discuss updated major environmental laws and regulations
•Discuss the purpose and requirements of the Clean Air Act
•Describe the background and requirements of the RCRA
•Properly identify different types of hazardous waste according to RCRA regulations
•Implement hazardous waste management systems to achieve and maintain compliance
•Apply different features of the Clean Water Act in day-to-day operations
•Explain regulatory and management issues relating to Storm Water Discharges
•Identify the requirements of your SPCC plan
SPCC Rule
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule
The Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule (which is part of environmental compliance) includes requirements for oil spill prevention, preparedness, and response to prevent oil discharges to navigable waters and adjoining shorelines. The rule requires specific facilities to prepare, amend, and implement SPCC Plans. The SPCC rule is part of the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation, which also includes the Facility Response Plan (FRP) rule.
General Information about an Environmental Compliance Specialist career:
In environmental management systems, environmental compliance specialists protect and preserve the well-being of the environment and human health. The broad field of contemporary environmental problems faced by the nation include drinking and surface water quality, solid and hazardous waste storage and disposal, indoor and outdoor air quality, radiological health, occupational health, systems ecology (interrelationship of organisms and their environments), and housing hygiene. Get environmental education training today!
Environmental compliance specialists at the technician level collect and analyze hazardous samples, record information, prepare reports, maintain monitoring equipment, inspect facilities such as restaurants and swimming pools for cleanliness and safety, and provide supportive services to environmental engineers and scientific professionals. Environmental compliance specialists at the professional level act as consultants, investigators, and evaluators for environmental health and safety issues. They base decisions on concrete evidence gathered under strict standard.
Areas of Specialization
Environmental compliance specialists may specialize in air and industrial hygiene, radiological health, environmental chemistry and biology, environmental management, environmental technicians, environmental marketing, environmental health, environmental landscaping, wastewater, surface and drinking water resources, food protection, or similar fields.
Work Environment
Environmental compliance specialists work in government environmental regulatory and public health agencies, industry, utilities, environmental engineering consulting firms, and universities.
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION - EPA Certification Sample Course Descriptions:
Green Building is rapidly becoming mainstream, mostly due to increasing environmental compliance concerns, a desire to develop healthier structures and increasing regulation from permitting authorities. This environmental training course takes a close look at green building in relation to main aspects of design and construction, including issues dealing with sites, landscaping, foundations, frames, exterior finishes, plumbing, appliances, insulation, ventilation, windows, finishes, and flooring.
This environmental compliance course is particularly valuable to individuals who need an overview of Green Building as it relates to new residential construction. This includes fields such as construction worker or manager, realtor, house inspector, landscape architects, interior designer, HVAC specialist, facility manager, mechanical engineer and civil engineer.
Course Topics:
After completing this environmental compliance course you will be able to:
- Describe Green Building principles and practices
- Discuss Green Energy Management and Optimization
- Explain Sustainable Design concepts
- Implement Green Building Design Principles
- Describe Green Construction techniques
- Choose Certification options for both individuals and the organization
This environmental course concludes with information on testing, certification, and accreditation, including a look at the LEED program and the NAHB Green Home Certification Program.
This environmental training program outlines the range of "Green" possibilities available in Infrastructure. Special consideration has been given to urban variables, such as scale, age, and proximity. Consideration has also been given to the type of infrastructure work addressed in order to illustrate practices that promise the most benefits. It is for those involved in Infrastructure planning, design, construction and maintenance. After completing this course you will be able to:
- •Assess sites and identify opportunities to implement Best Management Practices (BMP’s)including soil testing, hydrologic analysis, vegetation assessment, and invasive species evaluation
- •Have working knowledge of a template for design and implementation of Green Building concepts applicable to cities and municipalities.
- •Understand pavement lifecycles, pervious vs. impervious pavement, albedo or reflectivity of pavement, pavement materials, devising a materials program, and different material applications.
- •Understand mechanisms to affect right-of-way construction by private utilities, technology to minimize pavement damage and degradation, and the upgrades to utility installation and maintenance.
- •Understand integrated stormwater management planning, water pollution prevention, construction runoff prevention, surface pre-treatments for filtering runoff, catch basin inserts and water quality inlets, detention and infiltration structures, and constructed wetlands.
- •Understand construction practices such as site protection, plan development, protecting water sources and planted areas, developing waste management and recycling plans, and minimizing construction and recycling impacts.
High performance buildings maximize operational energy savings; improve comfort, health, and safety of occupants and visitors; and limit detrimental effects on the environment. This program provides instruction in the new methodologies that form the underpinnings of high performance commercial and municipal buildings in environmental compliance. Coverage includes how these practices may be implemented within existing frameworks of municipal capital project administration and facility management.
These environmental compliance guidelines promote careful study of all stages in project development to ensure the fiscal integrity of the commercial project. They also encourage the formulation of responsible budgets at the planning stage. Further, they help the design team to identify any high performance cost premiums (together with cost savings) and to justify them to the Owner’s satisfaction. This environmental course is valuable to those in Architecture, Project Management, and Engineering who will likely be involved in developing applications for LEED certification for their buildings.
Course Topics:
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Describe Green Building Principles and Practices as they apply to Commercial Buildings
- Recognize how to raise expectations for the facilities performance.
- Implement these improved practices that improve the capital budgeting design and construction practices, thus promoting investments that make economic and environmental sense.
- Implement these improved practices through:
- Comprehensive pilot high performance building efforts
- Incremental use of individual high performance strategies on projects of limited scope.
- Create partnerships in the design and construction process around environmental and economic performance goals.
- Save money through reduced energy and material expenditures, waste disposal costs and utility bills.
- Improve the comfort, health, and well being of building occupants and public visitors.
- Design buildings with improved performance that can be operated and maintained within the limits of existing resources.
ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING - EPA Certification - Sample Environmental Compliance Courses
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- Certified Environmental Specialist (complete package)
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- Green Building Design and Construction
- Storm Water Management during Construction
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