Environmental Concerns for Field Service Technicians

1 day

At the end of this course, you will have an understanding of:

• Environmental Law
• Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical & electronic equipment (RoHS)
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
• Waste Management
• Energy Consumption
• Ionising Radiation Regulations IRR17
• F-Gas
• Ozone Depleting Substances (Halon)

At the end of the course, delegates will take aclosed book exam to test their knowledge.

For any courses held online, the examination will also be online. Find out more about online exams.

Delegates taking the course in the classroom, will be provided with a tablet to access the exam. If you are unsuccessful during the exam at the end of the course, you will be eligible for an exam resit.

A copy of the course syllabus is available by clicking on the following link, Environmental Course Syllabus.

Delegates who wish to progress onto the advanced qualifications, including the H&S and environmental courses, will need to have completed and passed the foundation course in FD&A systems.

Before taking this course, we would recommend delegates undertake some pre-learning by reading through some FIA fact files that are available for download using the links provided below.

Fact File 36 Environmental Guidance Legislative Overview

Fact File 29 The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

F-Gas Guidance IS-23 Training and Certification FPS

Existing qualifications relating to Health & Safety

Delegates are exempt from the respective mandatory environmental course if they have the following;

NEBOSH national diploma in Environmental Management, ‘Plus’ completion of the FIA F- Gas course and the FIA Halon course.

The successful completion of this course & the exam, could be your next or final step towards the overall Advanced Qualification, or alternatively this could lead to an additional advanced qualification for those that have already achieved the overall qualification.

This course will provide a working knowledge of environmental issues for service technicians.

Upon completion of the exam, delegates will get an instant result. The next step for successful delegates is very much dependant on individual circumstances with regards to your position on the qualification pathway.

Once the overall qualification has been completed, a level 3 certificate will be issued. In the interim period, emails will be sent out confirming your result that can be used as evidence.

Delegates will receive a course book at the start of the course. The course book contains a copy of the slides used during the course, along with an explanation to accompany each slide and space to make their own learner notes. These books can be kept by the delegates and are a useful reference tool for the workplace.

For face-to-face courses, a hard copy of the course notes is provided at the start of the course. For online courses, delegates will have digital access to the course notes. Upon completion, delegates will be given the option to receive a hard copy of the course book in the post.

This course has 6.5 CPD hours

• Members - £150+VAT
• Non-members - £275+VAT

Payable by debit/credit card. Members can also pay by invoice.