Earlier this month, we highlighted a few courses that focus on building sustainability for our course spotlight series. In the spirit of Earth Day, which is coming up in less than a week, we are going to continue with the sustainability topic for our course spotlight today. However, the courses we are highlighting today are not the typical sustainability courses most people might think of when they are researching eLearning classes in the field of environmental sustainability. Below are a few distance-learning sustainability courses offered by Gatlin International that you won’t want to overlook.
Certified Indoor Environmentalist
When most people think of sustainability, they think of individuals, corporations, and other organizations making changes in their lifestyle or business operations to reduce their negative impact on the environment in the form of air pollution, water pollution, or waste of natural resources among other things. Many people do not realize that the quality of our indoor environments can be just as important as what is going on in the great outdoors. Gatlin International’s Certified Indoor Environmentalist training program will train students for a career in the indoor environmentalist field. This eLearning course will help students learn the practical steps to follow in an indoor environmental assessment, how to take samples, and how to resolve common indoor air quality (IAQ) problems. Students taking this course will learn about HVAC, building science, and the major contaminants, including their health effects.
Not only does Gatlin International’s Certified Environmentalist Training program teach students practical skills to assess indoor environments, it also prepares them for the CIE (Certified Indoor Environmentalist) and CIEC (Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant) certifications by the American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC). All the pertinent topics covered on the certification exams, including a 100-question practice examination, are included in Gatlin International’s Certified Indoor Environmentalist training program to prepare students for either certification they may choose.
Conservation is another area often overlooked when people are investigating training or careers in the sustainability arena. By enrolling in Gatlin International’s Conservation distance learning course, students will study topics such as an introduction to ecology, a perspective of the problems of environment, forestry and deforestation, water and the soil, pollution, the greenhouse effect, the ozone layer, poisons and waste materials, management of vegetation and birds, fisheries management, and marine conservation.
Upon completion of this course, students will receive two qualifications: a Conservation Diploma and an NCFE Level 3 Conservation Award. The Conservation Diploma is issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, and entitles students to use the letters “SAC Dip” after their name in professional interactions. The Level 3 Conservation Award is an independently accredited award at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This award has been designed by Stonebridge Associated Colleges to meet specific learners’ or employers’ requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning program has been scrutinized and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.