Applied Environment
Duration: 5 days
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| Course Overview |
 | DESIGNED FOR HSE professionals, Operations, Engineers, Supervisors, Project Managers and all staff who have the responsibility for implementing, executing or supporting environmental techniques and management in their respective positions. This is a core course for persons with potential operational impact on the environment. Some prior knowledge of environment related topics is desirable but not essential. Environmental professionals with more than 3-5 years of experience may be better suited for the skilled level courses.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
- Understand environmental aspects and impacts resulting from company activities and the related requirements
- Recognize events and company activities that are subject to environmental protection standards
- Become familiar with environmental permit application process.
- Be aware of data required by the permit process
- Understand the importance of cordial interaction with agency personnel
- Go into greater detail on basic models and general limitations, uses and interpretation
- Be familiar with emissions and emission control techniques/systems.
- Recognize disposal or treatment alternatives
- Understand control measures and prevention
- Recognize environmental data validation and analyses
- Understand sampling protocols, monitoring tools used and calibration
- Understand spill response techniques and equipment
- Evaluate a spill
- Distinguish between spill investigations and corrective actions.
- Outline the key elements of an investigation of contamination
- Understand sampling protocol for contamination
- Do a basic conceptual contamination extent model
- Be familiar with basic alternatives in environmental risk-based decision making
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course is about practicing and applying environmental tools, techniques and management for the oil & gas and petrochemicals industries. A rich variety of exercises, readings, videos and case studies are used to practise application of the learning in realistic situations. The course content is based around the PetroSkills environmental competency map at the ‘Fundamental Application’ level.
The course may be taken either independently or in conjunction with the Applied HSE Management, Health, and/or Safety courses.
It also serves as a foundation for the IEMA Associated Certificate, either through the route of applied learning in the PetroSkills program for the Accredited Environmental Practitioner or by the IEMA open book exam (International version). |
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| Course Outline |
 | Covers 5 modules of:
- Environmental Risk Management & Assessment and Environmental Management Systems Overview
- Permitting for air, water and waste
- Modelling for air, water and waste
- Emission Limits and Control for air, water and waste
- Spill Response and Site Assessment, Management and Remediation for water and land |
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This course is currently offered by PetroSkills (www.petroskills.com)
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