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Environmental Assurance (Pty) Ltd is involved in developing Environmental Management Systems according to the ISO 14001 Standard. According to the ISO 14001 standard, training is one of the prerequisites and thus, Environmental Assurance (Pty) Ltd provides training and awareness courses on various environmental aspects and issues. We have developed our own informative and comprehensive Environmental awareness, Environmental Legal overview and ISO 14001 management system training modules.
Specialist training is provided and these include Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) training as well as short courses on public participation and Environmental management plan and programme development.
The training of employees and individuals in various sectors is seen as an important step in ensuring, protecting and improving the sustainability of the environment in which we live and work.
The following course modules are currently available;
- Environmental Awareness Module_EA/EA/10801
- Environmental legal overview Module_EA/EL/20801
- Environmental Management systems (ISO 14001: 2004) Module_EA/EMS/30801
- Environmental Aspects and Impacts in the work phase Module_EA/EAI/40801
- Environmental Liability for senior management Module_EA/EL/50801
- All courses have a handout document for personal reference
- A training register is developed
- A certificate of attendance is issued
Special arrangement can be made to present compressed courses within certain time constraints. Our different course modules can also be lengthened and used independently as a one day training course.
- Environmental Awareness [option a: full day, option b: half day]
- Environmental legal overview [option a: full day, option b: half day]
- Environmental Management systems (ISO 14001: 2004) [option a: full day, option b: half day]
- Environmental Aspects and Impacts in the work phase [option a: full day, option b: half day]
- Environmental Liability for senior management [half day]
- Understand what the environment is and what effect you and your company have on it
- Realise that you are an integral part of the environment and that your survival and that of future generations depends upon the way we treat it
- Understand the core Environmental legal requirements
- Discover ways to prevent further damage to the environment
- Understanding your company’s’ management system
We are proud to announce that we are currently working on translating our awareness module into Zulu of 24% of which the South African population speak and 50% understand.
At the end of this course, with the use of the relevant ISO & OHSAS guideline documentation and facilitator material, the delegate will be able to:
- Have an awareness of Global Environmental issues
- Have an awareness of Regional Environmental issues
- Have an awareness of Operational Environmental issues
- Understand the basics of the South African Environmental legislation
- Refer to Environmental aspects and impacts
- Define ISO 14001 2004 terminology
This is a very practical and interactive course and it would be supportive if the delegate can bring as many examples as possible from his/her working environment to use as implementation tools.
- Labour levels
- SHEQ Professionals
- Management and supervisors
- Contractors and service providers
- Senior Management
- Internal Auditors
- Appointed Management representative for ISO/OHSAS Implementation
- Document and data controller
- System Administrators
- Understand the basics of Environmental Law in South Africa and what the 3 sources of environmental law are.
- Identify the legislation for your company’s specific activities.
- Understand and make sure that risks are within acceptable range.
- Understand the Sustainable Integrated Environmental Management specific principles.
- Understand the legal implication of environmental harm caused your company.
- Legal Recommendations.
- SHEQ Professionals
- Management and supervisors
- Contractors and service providers
- Senior Management
- Internal Auditors
- Appointed Management representative for ISO/OHSAS Implementation
- Document and data controller
- System Administrators
- Understand the Deming Cycle and how it plays a role in continual improvement of an EMS
- Understanding what you can do about your company’s,environmental impacts
- Understand your company’s Environmental Policy
- Understand what an EMS is and the purpose of an EMS .
- Identifying your company’s Environmental Objectives and its significant Environmental Aspects and Impacts
- Understand the relationship between an EMS EMP and Environmental Policy
- Understand the inclusion of Environmental Considerations
- The purpose of Environmental Internal Audits and Management Reviews
- Ways of integrating the Environmental Management System.
- Management and supervisors
- Contractors and service providers
- Senior Management
- Internal Auditors
- Appointed Management representative for ISO/OHSAS Implementation
- Document and data controller
- System Administrators
Environmental Assurance (Pty) Ltd are developing a program according to the Gauteng Education Department, which will provide public schools with an environmental section that will be used together with the Biology syllabi for Grade 10, 11 and 12 level. The tasks our training material will get the pupils to do, will be specific to the syllabus and in turn will be able to be used for their portfolios each pupil is to compile throughout the year.
The aim of this program is on educating our future generation on current environmental issues, and providing a learning experience that the pupils will enjoy.
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Environmental Awareness 
Environmental legal overview 
Environmental Management System
