NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management
The NEBOSH International Diploma in Environmental Management is a useful qualification for those aiming to develop and implement effective environmental management systems within their organisations.
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 organisational 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.
Those who pass the International Diploma in Environmental Management are entitled to use the designatory letters IEnvDipNEBOSH.
Our qualifications are developed based on extensive research with health, safety and environmental professionals, employers, professional bodies and regulators to ensure that they remain relevant, rigorous as well as achievable and practical.
You will be assessed on your ability to apply your skills and knowledge to a wide range of issues and how to deliver positive change to a real workplace.
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.
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 organisation to integrate environmental management with other key management systems.
The qualification also provides professional level environmental assurance which can help employers achieve certification against recognised management standards such as ISO 14001, which in turn could help to win new business.
The qualification is divided into two units; Unit ED1 is further divided into 12 elements and Unit
IDEM2 into two elements.
Unit ED1: Controlling environmental aspects
1 Key environmental cycles and the effects
of human activity on the environment.
2 Environmental leadership.
3 Environmental management systems and emergency planning.
4 Environmental risk evaluation and control.
5 Environmental performance evaluation.
6 Sustainability.
7 Waste management.
8 Managing emissions to the atmosphere.
9 Managing emissions to controlled waters.
10 Control of environmental noise.
11 Hazardous substances and contaminated land.
12 Energy use.
Unit IDEM2: Environmental regulation
1 Enforcement of environmental legislation
2 Pollution prevention and control legislation
Course tuition and private study time requirements
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.
Tuition time should normally be allocated proportionate to the tuition time for each element,
but may be adjusted to cover the needs of each student group.
Quoted hours do not include assessment time, ie, sitting written examinations
The International Diploma in Environmental Management is divided into two units. Both units
are mandatory and there are no optional units. The student may choose to take the units
together or at different times.
Unit ED1: Controlling environmental aspects
• Unit ED1 is a taught unit which is assessed by a 3-hour written examination
• The written examination consists of eight ‘long-answer’ questions (20 marks each);
candidates choose which five questions to answer out of the eight
• Student scripts are marked by external examiners appointed by NEBOSH
• A sample examination question paper can be found in Section 6.
Unit IDEM2: Environmental regulation
• Unit IDEM2 consists of a written assignment set by NEBOSH
• The report should be approximately 8000 words in total, excluding the references,
bibliography and appendices. No penalty will be applied to reports which exceed 8000
words but students should aim to keep their word count under 12000
• Submission dates for Diploma assignments are in February, May, August and November
each year
Unit Pass Standards
The pass standard for each unit may vary according to pre-determined criteria but is normalised
to 45% for the written paper (Units ED1) and 50% for the assignment unit (Unit IDEM2).
Unit Certificates
Students who are successful in an individual unit will be issued with a unit certificate, normally
within 40 working-days of the issue of the unit result notification. Units are not graded and the
unit certificates will show a ‘Pass’ only.
Qualification Grade
When a pass has been achieved in both units (Unit ED1 and IDEM2), the mark achieved for
each of the units are added together and a final grade is awarded as follows:
Distinction 135 or more
Credit 115 – 134
Pass 95 – 114
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