NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Thank you, our esteemed learner, for choosing Safeguard for your Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) exceptional learning experience. We are the leading global learning partner of the UK National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). We offer a total of 17 NEBOSH courses making us the largest NEBOSH Learning Partner and qualifications provider in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Safeguard is also among the top 10 NEBOSH Learning Partner globally, with over 85% pass rate in examinations. We also offer, the UK CQI-IRCA Approved, Lead Auditor courses and company certifications in 7 standards in partnership with TVE International Academy (ATP: 6023829). We are Africa’s largest QHSE training solutions provider, facilitator, and consultants since 1999. We welcome you to be part of our success story.

COURSE OVERVIEW

NEBOSH qualifications with high pass rate globally are provided by Safeguard, a NEBOSH Accredited Learning Partner 1332 with silver status. You can be part of our NEBOSH Environmental Diploma Virtual Classes from any location in the world. You can also write your invigilated exam in our office locations, British Council Offices or at various other exam locations globally.

The NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management is a useful qualification for those aiming to develop and implement effective environmental management systems within their organizations. The qualification covers environmental management principles, multilateral treaties relating to environmental management and ways to prevent and control pollution. The syllabus is designed to provide learners with the relevant expertise wherever in the world they may be working, and to empower them to positively influence environmental management standards and practice at every organizational level.

Those who hold the NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management are able to implement strategies and systems that help their employers demonstrate environmental excellence and social responsibility, as well as avoiding prosecution, litigation and loss of reputation. Holders have a set of high- level skills that bring real value to the modern workplace.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

The International Diploma in Environmental Management is designed for aspiring environmental management professionals, building directly upon the foundation of knowledge provided by the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management.

Health and Safety practitioners commonly have environmental managements as an additional responsibility. The International Diploma in Environmental Management can equip the Health and Safety Practitioner with the knowledge and understanding required to fulfil this part of their role.

Holders of the NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management help to ensure their employers not only avoid prosecution, litigation and loss of reputation, but demonstrate key social responsibility and ethics.

HOW IT WILL HELP LEARNERS?

The NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management covers environmental management principles, multilateral treaties relating to environmental management and ways to prevent and control pollution. The syllabus is designed to provide learners with the relevant expertise wherever in the world they may be working, and to empower them to positively influence environmental management standards and practice at every organizational level. Key topics covered by this qualification include:

• Benefits, limitations and structure of an environmental management system
• Environmental aspect identification and control
• The principles and drivers for environmental sustainability
• Waste minimization strategies

This international diploma in Environmental management qualification will support your academic and career progression. Success will mean you:

• Gain environmental skills and knowledge that are relevant in many different sectors operating across the globe
• Develop professional skills so you can lead and influence environmental issues at all levels
• Hold a qualification that is recognized and respected internationally by employers and your peers
• Meet the academic requirements to apply for membership of numerous professional bodies
• Achieve a sound basis for progression to postgraduate study
• Can use the designatory letters IEnvDipNEBOSH
• Are eligible to become a member of the NEBOSH Alumni

ADVANTAGES FOR EMPLOYERS

Holders of the NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management help to ensure their employers not only avoid prosecution, litigation and loss of reputation, but demonstrate key social responsibility and ethics.

They can advise their employers of the environmental impacts of their activities, their legal obligations and the means of continuously improving environmental performance. They could also help the organization to integrate environmental management with other key management systems.

The qualification also provides professional level environmental assurance which can help employers achieve certification against recognized management standards such as ISO 14001, which in turn could help to win new business.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Safeguard RTL strongly insist that only learners who have undertaken and are successful in the NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate should enroll for diploma program. The syllabus assumes that learners will have this level of prior learning.

NOTIONAL LEARNING HOURS

Unit ED1: 90 hours tuition and 40 hours private study Total: 119 hours

Unit IDEM2: 29 hours tuition and 72 hours private study Total: 112 hours

A programme of study therefore needs to be based around a minimum of 119 taught hours and approximately 112 hours of private study for an overall total of 231 Hours.

ASSESSMENTS

The qualification is divided into two units, each of which is assessed separately:

• Unit ED1: Controlling environmental aspects
• Unit IDEM2: Environmental Regulation

Managing environmental aspects: Unit ED1 is assessed by a three-hour written examination. Students choose to answer 5 out of 8 questions. Examination papers are marked by external examiners appointed by NEBOSH.

Environmental regulation: Unit IDEM2 is assessed by a written assignment of approximately 8000 words, designed to test knowledge across the syllabus. The assignment is marked by external examiners appointed by NEBOSH.

Students must successfully complete both parts of the assessment (assignment and examination) within five years of the result declaration for the first unit successfully completed in order to achieve the qualification.

EXAMINATION

Assessment Results

You will receive your results 50 working days after the submission date for your assessment. A unit certificate will be issued 20 working days after the notification date for each successful unit.

Once you have passed all two-unit assessments (ED1/IDEM2) your combined percentage mark will give your overall grade for the qualification (Distinction/Credit/Pass). A qualification parchment will be issued 20 working days after the results notification date for the third successful unit.

RE-SITTING UNIT(S)

You may re-sit a unit assessment if:

• you achieved a ‘Pass’ in a unit that is five or more years old and you need it to achieve the qualification;
• you are ‘Referred’ (i.e., don’t pass); or
• you want to retake a Unit to get a higher grade.

There is no limit to the number of times you can re-sit unit(s) within the five-year period. Re-sit marks are not capped. If you want to try to improve your grade in a Unit, you need to tell NEBOSH in writing within 20 working days of the declaration date of your successful unit.

ENROLMENT DURATION

You will have five years to complete your qualification. The five-year period starts from the date you passed your first successful unit (we call this the ‘declaration date’). Any unit that is five or more years old will not count towards the qualification and you will need to retake the unit(s) if you still want to complete the qualification.

DESIGNATORY LETTERS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

The NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management meets the requirements for:

Specialist Membership (SIIRSM) of International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM). IOSH CPD Participants may allocate CPD credits for attendance at this course.

Those who pass their NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management are entitled to use the designatory letters IEnvDipNEBOSH.

Successful learners are invited to the annual NEBOSH Graduation and Awards Ceremony in the year following the successful completion of their award.

The International Environmental Diploma provides a sound basis for progression to MSc level: A number of UK universities offer MSc programs that accept the NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management as a full or partial entry requirement.

PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION

Cash payment is not allowed. Payment in any convenient instalment is allowed starting with a minimum of 50% of the total training fee before receipt of training materials, however candidate must complete payment in full 3 days before class start date. 

To register, make payment, then fill and return the Registration Form and the Joining Agreement in addition to your Evidence of Payment and scanned copy of Valid Photo ID (such as International Passport, Driver’s License or National Identity Card) to: safeguardsafety.international@gmail.com (for international learners). 

Card payment in can be made via Flutterwave Safeguard Payment App Link: https://flutterwave.com/pay/safeguardresourcesandtechnologieslimitedupfh 

Payment can also be by transfer made in favour of Safeguard Resources and Technologies Limited. See bank details below 

Once payment is confirmed, you will receive an acknowledgment including an e-receipt and other details about the training including the training materials.

Traning Locations:

You can join our NEBOSH WEL Virtual Classroom or the distance learning program from any location globally and write your Practical Risk Assessment from the comfort of your home and workplace without the need to travel out of your location.

• Port Harcourt Training Center:#6C, Forces Avenue, Before SPAR Back Gate, Old G.R.A Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
• Lagos Training Center:#2, Tokunbo Alli Street, Off Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos State.

Training Modes

Physical Classroom

• Safeguard physical classroom study allows you to get away from the distractions from workplaces and homes to enable concentrate on your training until completion.
• It provides learners a great opportunity to condense their study within the training the days compared to our Distance Learning Program which can be studied over a relatively longer period.
• The classroom setting allows learners to learn in our safe, quiet, clean multi-media training laboratory, away from the noise and pressures of their work or their homes.
• Again, learners could be large which allows the classroom environment to provide the important “human touch” that teaches learners how to interact physically with one another in a professional, productive and cooperative way which is often missing in distance learning program.
• The course fee cover training materials, tutorials, revision class, mock examination, main examination, in addition to tea break and lunch break.

Live Virtual Classroom

• If you have the time for classroom study but you are not available to join our classroom session due to distance or location, then our Live Virtual Class is your best alternative.
• Our live virtual class is easy to follow and can be completed within the same time as the physical classroom. Learners can join remotely and learn ‘live’ online with a tutor just as they would in a classroom.
• You get all the benefits of structured classroom learning but with the convenience of the digital world, studying where you like. Our learners can remotely join the virtual class from any location in the world through live video conferencing with the Zoom Technology using a PC, laptop, tablet or a smart phone.
• Learners are advised to download and install the Zoom application in their devices for this purpose and secure a reliable internet service in advance to enable access to the live virtual class.
• Throughout the course, learners can see and interact with the tutor and with other learners. Group interaction enhances learning; learners learn from one another as well as from the tutor.
• Our live virtual class provides practical, flexible and convenient ways of learning, designed to fit around you and your needs.
• Learners are able to drop questions on the chat box in group or private chat the Tutor and learners can also request to ask questions while the training is going on.
• Daily take-home assignment will be posted in chat box and on the group WhatsApp which will be reviewed by the tutor at the beginning of each day’s tutorial.
• There will be workbook and course workbook which will be completed by learners and submitted for tutor’s evaluation.
• A revision class and a mock examination will be arranged to prepare learners for the final examination.

Corporate Classes

• Organizations that are sponsoring learners to join our physical classroom, virtual classroom or distance learning program will have to pay the corporate course fees.
• We can also arrange an executive package for organizations that desire a top-class welfare package for their employees.
• We can visit your workplace and deliver the course at a time and place to suit you in the form of in-company training.
• This is an effective way of training several delegates at the same time, saving on time and travel costs. The biggest benefit of in-company training is the location.
• Organizing training off-site can be difficult for some employers, especially if you have a large team to get through a course. On-site training means less travel time and are much more convenient for your employees.
• Hosting a course, yourself also means last minute changes can be made to attendees. For example, if someone suddenly becomes free to complete some training, at least they will be in the right place already. 
• You may want to do this so that lessons tie in with your own policies and procedures, or even just change the learning pace to suit your employee's schedules.
• There are benefits to your business too by hosting training in-house; employees do not have to spend unnecessary time away from their jobs and can instead clock back to work as soon as the training is complete.

APPROVAL

• NEBOSH, the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health, is an independent examining board and awarding body with charitable status.
• It offers a comprehensive range of globally recognized, vocationally related qualifications designed to meet the health, safety, environmental and risk management needs of all places of work in both the private and public sectors.
• Courses leading to NEBOSH qualifications attract around 35,000 candidates annually, with exams taken in over 100 countries around the world.
• Only well-tutored and prepared delegates succeed in NEBOSH exams, you can take advantage of our well- tailored training materials and tutorials which improves your chances of high success in NEBOSH exams.

Advantage

• Our instructors are top indigenous and expatriate professionals who have spent large number of years in industry and are therefore able to temper academic theory with practical experience. They are also acclaimed and renowned with impeccable record and experience spanning several years in Health and Safety industry.
• With our multi-media training laboratory and our training facilities, we are ever ready to offer you training programs of the highest possible standards and which meet internationally recognized level of performance.
• Our high pass rate has made us an exceptional NEBOSH Training Center in Africa.
• Whether you are highly experienced or just taking up a new career in Health and Safety, you can take advantage of our comprehensive tutorial and excellent instructorship which put you at good standing for success in NEBOSH exams.
• Only well-tutored and prepared delegates succeed in NEBOSH exams.