The NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate is a globally relevant qualification. You will be able to help your organisation manage its environmental aspects and imacts, carryout environmental risks assessments and help develop, implement and maintain the EMS through continuous improvement
The NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate is an ideal choice for anyone who is or would like to have environmental management responsabilities
The environmental qualification will help you to:
- Identify aspects and impacts relevant to the organisation
- Implement environmental management in the workplace
- Recognise which workplace activities may be subject to environmental legislation or enforcement
- Assess the environmental aspects and impacts, and evaluate existing controls through the environmental risk assessment process
- Develop and implment environmental emergency planning
- Understand the importance of reducing environmental harm and the consequences of harm when it occurs
- Identify issues associated with waste and its management
- Be able to explain the pros and cons of various energy sources and how to use them more efficiently.
- Identify best practise for environmental managment
Course details
This qualification will help you to understand how to manage environmental issues, this knowledge can be applied in workplaces both in the UK and anywhere in the world.
On completion of the qualification, you will be able to:
- Understand a range of environmental issues so that you can improve environmental performance and reduce harm to the environment
- Understand an environmental management system and contribute to continual improvement
- Recognise environmental aspects and impacts, and be able to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls through risk assessment
- Support decision-making with ethical, legal and financial arguments
- Understand the links between your organisation’s activities and environmental issues.
The NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate has been accredited and credit rated by Qualifications Scotland Accreditation. It sits in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) at SCQF Level 6 with 6 SCQF credit points.
SCQF Level 6 is comparable to RQF/CQFW Level 3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Where appropriate, the Qualifications Scotland Accreditation logo will appear on certificates awarded for this qualification. The SCQF logo, credit and level information will appear on the unit result notification. Please visit the SCQF website for further information on credit and levels.
Assessment format
The qualification is broken down into two units, which are assessed in the following ways:
| Unit EMC1 Environmental management | Examination (to be downloaded, completed, and submitted in 24 hours) Learners will be required to review a real-life scenario and answer theoretical and practical questions on environmental management. |
| Unit EMC2 Assessing environmental aspects and associated impacts | Practical Assessment Learners will be required to assess environmental aspects and impacts in their chosen workplace. |
Assessment dates
EMC1 – This is a digital assessment which can be taken remotely. Learners will have 24 hours to access, complete and submit their paper, starting from 11am (UK time) on the examination date. Examinations for this qualification will take place once a quarter and the following dates are confirmed:
| Unit | Examination date | Results notification date |
| EMC1 | Wednesday 10 December 2025 | Friday 27 February 2026 |
| EMC1 | Wednesday 04 March 2026 | Monday 18 May 2026 |
| EMC1 | Wednesday 03 June 2026 | Wednesday 12 August 2026 |
| EMC1 | Wednesday 09 September 2026 | Wednesday 18 November 2026 |
| EMC1 | Wednesday 09 December 2026 | Thursday 25 February 2027 |
EMC2 exam – you have 10 working days from the date of the ECM1 exam to submitt to nebosh
Tutors
Our tutors have a wide range of experience of involvment in the development of EMS’s, carrying out aspects and impacts assessments, completing environment risk assessment and developing environmental strategies. Working in various types of industries along with experience as a nebosh examiner and are therefore able to provide the very best teaching of the syllabus topics and how the exams are structured and the types of answers which would be required
the following link will provide you with information on the course syllabus
https://www.nebosh.org.uk/qualifications/environmental-management-certificate/
