RoSPA Approved: Protecting the Environment at Work and Home

The healthy functioning of our planet’s ecosystems – our air, water, and land – and the vast diversity of life on Earth is essential. To achieve this everyone needs to understand how they can avoid pollution and waste, protect watercourses, promote biodiversity and sustain natural resources.

This course will enable learners to identify the causes of pollution and waste, minimise negative impacts to the environment and enhance the health and functioning of ecosystems where they live.

Course Content

• What do we mean by ‘the environment’?
• The definition of ‘environmental impact’
• The factors that affect the severity of environmental impacts
• The three types of pollution
• The main causes of pollution
• The principal sources of pollution
• The three types of waste
• Examples of major environmental impacts

Course Duration:

45 minutes

Target Audience:

• New starters
• Any worker employed by an organisation that is committed to protecting the environment

Available In:

• Audio
• Non-Audio

Delivered Via:

• Intranet
• Internet