Environmental Awareness

This Environmental Awareness course provides learners with a clear understanding of what environmental impact means, how everyday work activities can affect the environment and why environmental protection is a shared responsibility. The course explains legal duties, environmental controls, permit and compliance requirements, and how to respond appropriately to spills, leaks, or releases.

Designed for hazardous and high-risk environments, this course uses practical examples and real-world scenarios to help learners recognise environmental hazards, apply effective controls and adopt environmentally responsible behaviours at work.

This training course is suitable for:

• Employees working in hazardous or high-risk environments
• Contractors and third-party workers carrying out site activities
• Supervisors and team leaders responsible for environmental compliance
• Anyone whose work activities could impact the environment 

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

LO1: Explain what environmental impacts means in the context of hazardous industries

LO2: Identify common environmental hazards associated with hazardous operations

LO3: Recognise how routine work activities can affect the environment 

LO4: Describe the potential consequences of environmental incidents

LO5: Understand the concept of duty of care and individual responsibility 

LO6: Identify key environmental controls used in hazardous workplaces 

LO7: Recognise the importance of permits, procedures and compliance requirements 

LO8: Respond appropriately to environmental spills, leaks or releases 

LO9: report environmental hazards and incidents using site processes 

LO10: Demonstrate environmentally responsible behaviour at work 

This course combines high-impact visuals, clear narration and interactive activities to guide learners through:

• What environmental impact means and how hazardous industries affect air, water, land, ecosystems, and communities
• Common environmental hazards such as spills, leaks, airborne releases, waste mismanagement, and drainage contamination
• How everyday tasks like refuelling, maintenance, cleaning, and waste handling can lead to environmental incidents
• The environmental, legal and operational consequences of pollution and non-compliance
• Duty of care and individual responsibility for protecting the environment
• Key environmental controls, including containment, spill kits and drainage protection
• The role of permits, procedures and environmental compliance requirements
• How to respond effectively to environmental spills, leaks and releases
• Reporting environmental hazards, near misses and incidents using site processes
• Environmentally responsible behaviours that help prevent pollution and protect the workplace and wider community 

This Environmental Awareness training course ends with a 10-question multiple choice test with a downloadable certificate.

User certificates, training programmes and results are all stored centrally in your LMS and can be accessed at any time to reprint certificates, check pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.

Your Environmental Awareness certificate includes your name, company (if applicable), course title, date of completion, expiry date, and relevant accreditations or approval stamps.

Note: If using SCORM delivery via a third-party LMS, certification will need to be generated within your host LMS