Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship

Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship

This occupation is found in a broad and growing employment sector, with organisations of all types seeking to promote sustainable growth in a manner that is practical whilst responsible, using fewer natural resources, producing less waste, and without compromising the quality of the built and natural environment.

Once confined to conservation, waste management or pollution prevention, the occupation has become more mainstream, infiltrating into many areas of the business world.

Environmental Practitioners are employed in a wide variety of job roles across many sectors including:

• the voluntary and charity sectors;
• public sector including regulatory bodies, local and national authorities;
• educational institutions and research agencies; and
• Private sector companies; ranging from multinational companies to smaller business requiring environmental practitioners

The broad purpose of the occupation is to provide employers with a high level of professional environmental expertise, whilst providing a robust overview of key issues and the relevant policies, regulations and legislation an organisation must consider when delivering a specific project or programme.

Environmental Practitioners will combine a high level of knowledge and understanding of environmental principles and techniques to complex environmental systems, with their expertise being developed, adaptable or transferable to a range of environmental specialisms, for example, environmental policy and legislation, air quality, climate change, energy, water resources, waste management, ecology, acoustics, land contamination, sustainability, landscape or heritage.

In combining the Environmental Resource Management Degree with the Standards for environmental practitioner, Newquay University Centre have developed a broad delivery on this standard which encompases the high level and dynamic work of an environmental practitioner. Delivered in Block weeks and online once a week, this course ensures that apprentices are not only supported but also have intensive exposure to high level environmental science in Cornwall.

What you will learn Assessment Progression Newquay University Centre Cornwall College

What you will learn

Environmental practitioners will complete the Level 6 Environmental Resource Management 1 year top-up degree.

This course is designed to develop whole systems approaches to environmental issues with a focus on delivering high impact solutions in-line with industry practices.

The course consists of the following 20 credit modules:

• Environmental Investigation
• Environmental Impact Assessment and GIS
• Green Strategy and Sustainable Economics
• Climate Crisis and Solutions
• Action Research Project
• Environmental System Modelling

Assessment

Assessment mode will be mixed, including coursework, case studies, exams, and scientific reports

Progression

- Eden Masters programme
- employment within the sector

Newquay University Centre Cornwall College

Newquay University Centre Cornwall College is a small but vibrant campus specialising in university level courses focussing on the environment. For over 20 years, we have inspired hundreds of students to make that all-important difference, using their passion as a guide. Our dedicated higher education campus is home to the marine science, zoology and surf stars of the future.

Championing #generationrestoration, this campus may be small, but its students and staff have a big impact on our planet and its future wellbeing. Likeminded individuals come together to undertake international, award-winning research, meaning when their incredible time at Newquay is done, they move onto fantastic and important careers.

It’s why you should definitely consider Newquay University Centre Cornwall College for your #careercollege experience.

What You Will Learn

Environmental practitioners will complete the Level 6 Environmental Resource Management 1 year top-up degree.

This course is designed to develop whole systems approaches to environmental issues with a focus on delivering high impact solutions in-line with industry practices.

The course consists of the following 20 credit modules:

• Environmental Investigation
• Environmental Impact Assessment and GIS
• Green Strategy and Sustainable Economics
• Climate Crisis and Solutions
• Action Research Project
• Environmental System Modelling

Assessment

Assessment mode will be mixed, including coursework, case studies, exams, and scientific reports

Progression

- Eden Masters programme - employment within the sector

Newquay University Centre Cornwall College

Newquay University Centre Cornwall College

Newquay University Centre Cornwall College is a small but vibrant campus specialising in university level courses focussing on the environment. For over 20 years, we have inspired hundreds of students to make that all-important difference, using their passion as a guide. Our dedicated higher education campus is home to the marine science, zoology and surf stars of the future.

Championing #generationrestoration, this campus may be small, but its students and staff have a big impact on our planet and its future wellbeing. Likeminded individuals come together to undertake international, award-winning research, meaning when their incredible time at Newquay is done, they move onto fantastic and important careers.

It’s why you should definitely consider Newquay University Centre Cornwall College for your #careercollege experience.