Environmental Management - Online Zoom
A live online short course offering practical knowledge of environmental management for civil construction projects. Gain skills to identify and manage environmental risks, comply with legal obligations, and implement best-practice controls on construction sites.
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Core skills this course teaches
Understand environmental risks on construction sites
Demonstrate an understanding of principles, common control measures, and risk assessment required to protect the environment at civil construction worksites.
Plan and manage environmental risks
Plan for and manage environmental risks associated with construction projects, applying best industry practices.
About This Course
This course delivers a practical understanding of environmental risks and obligations relating to civil construction projects. Participants will learn to identify, assess, and manage a wide range of environmental issues encountered on construction sites, including compliance with relevant legislation, minimising environmental harm, and applying effective controls for sediment, noise, and hazardous substances. Special focus is given to working within the requirements of the Resource Management Act (RMA), environmental management systems, and typical site procedures. The course is suited to anyone in the construction sector with responsibilities for environmental performance.
Course Content
- Unique characteristics of civil contracting context
- How the Resource Management Act (RMA) works: duties, rules, and liabilities
- Impacts of rules and resource consents on daily activities
- Minimum industry standards for: erosion and sediment control, stormwater protection, noise, vibration, odour, dust
- Rules for hazardous substance and fuel storage
- Prevention and management of environmental spills
- Works around watercourses and trees
- Effects of concrete, cement, and lime work on pH
- Asphalt cutting and dewatering techniques
- Waste minimisation and disposal, resource efficiency
- Protocols for archaeological and contaminated site discovery, clean fill
- Environmental management systems: tracking compliance
- Identifying and solving common environmental risks
- Case studies from real projects and legal cases
- Regionally relevant environmental issues
Entry Requirements
Build towards these roles
Site SupervisorConstruction Project ManagerEnvironmental Compliance Officer
Build skills in these industries
ConstructionEnvironment
