Green Skills - Environmental Sustainability Awareness Course (QQI Level 4)

 

Who is this course for?

The target learner group includes learners across all areas of FET provision.

The target learner group will include individuals who want to develop their knowledge of sustainability and to apply it in their personal lives. 

Learners will not be expected to have prior knowledge of environmental sustainability on entry to the programme, but they will be expected to demonstrate an interest in the field.

Am I eligible to apply?

This is a NFQ Level 4 programme, so applicants seeking entry must have:

(1)   Achieved a minimum of an Inter or Junior Cert level (NFQ Level 3 Major Award) or its equivalent prior to entry to the programme,

OR

(2)   Have achieved the relevant skills, knowledge, and competence through work experience. Learners within this category are assessed prior to enrolment to ensure they meet the required skills to undertake the programme.

Learners will acquire the knowledge, skills and competence to develop an awareness of the impacts of environmental change and the key sustainable practices that may be implemented at individual level and community level.

Learners will be able to identify, prioritise and implement environmentally sustainable improvements in their workplace and in their own personal lives and communities.

What is the Aim of the course?

The programme aim is to develop learners’ awareness of the impacts of environmental change and the key sustainable practices that can be implemented at individual and community level.

On completion of this programme, the learner will be able to

  1. Outline the principal effects that human activities have on the environment.

  2. Examine the key national, European, and global measures that have been taken to address environmental issues.

  3. Identify the main environmental impacts of these issues and the challenges they pose for an individual at a local level.

  4. Explore a range of sustainable practices and actions that can be implemented at individual and community level.

The specific areas covered on the course are as follows:

·         Climate change, other environmental pressures, & global initiatives

·         Energy management & renewable energy; water conservation

·         Sustainable food, and food waste prevention

·         Sustainable consumption, the circular economy, & waste

·         Biodiversity & actions to take

·         Greening communities & greening your lifestyle

·         Generating a personal action plan - workshops

Topics include:

  • Climate change and what can be done

  • Biodiversity loss & other environmental pressures, and what can be done

  • Environmental sustainability and making environmental change

  • Energy management & renewable energy;
    water efficiency & conservation

  • Sustainable food & food waste prevention

  • Sustainable consumption, the circular economy, & waste

  • Biodiversity & actions to take

  • Greening communities & greening your lifestyle

  • Workshops to develop your action plan