Environmental Impact Assessment Course. Portobello Institute Dublin

Environmental Impact Assessment

There are a wide range of issues currently facing organisations in the whole area of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). These include: process and best practice, practical requirements, the legislative framework and cost benefit analysis among others.
Portobello Institute’s 20 week Diploma Programme is designed to provide a critical overview of the theory and practice of EIA as operated within Ireland and under international legislation.
At the end of this programme you will:
1. Understand the process and best
practice for EIA and relate them to current best procedures in Ireland operating under relevant EU Directives.

2. Identify and evaluate an appropriate environmental policy
for a project/organisation.

3. Understand the specialist roles in the environmental impact assessment process.

4. Manage, understand and oversee
the creation of an EIA.

It will also allow assessors of completed EIA’s to make sure they comply with EU standards and will give them an understanding of the benchmark standards the reports should be working to.

Course type:	Intensive and part time study option
Venues:	Portobello Institute, Dublin 1
Course code:	see fees and schedles- depends on study options
Start date:	Autumn 2010
Fees:	See Fees and Schedules

Qualifications gained:

Portobello Institute Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessement

Accreditation:

- Engineers Ireland (EI) credit this course as a CPD approved programme for EI members.

- The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) credit this programme towards the IEEM CPD requirement for their members. IEEM is the professional body that represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers in the UK, Ireland and abroad.

- The Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) recognises that members who successfully complete this course are eligible for CPD points under the IAI CPD framework.

Entry Requirement:

There are no formal entry requirements required for this course. However, learners should be employed in or have an understanding of environmental management.

Course Structure:

Intensive Study Option: 10 days, 2 study sessions per day

Part Time Study Option: 1 evening per week

Course Content:

1. History and Background of EIA
The environment and sustainability and what life was like before EIA’s, purpose and aims of EIA, appreciate the role of EIA in the decision-making process, understand the strengths of EIA in regard to environmental management, understand the technical and social/political limitations of EIA.

2. The Legal Framework
EIA administration and practice in different jurisdictions, Irish planning law, EIA and SEA directives, other EU legislation, guidelines under the EPA Practices, International guidelines, format of an EIA Report (Environmental Impact Statement, or Environmental Statement).

3. Managing EIA’s
Public risk perception, how fast information can be retrieved, coping the studies -understand the scoping process and
how it is applied; Concept of associated assessment processes, key elements of the EIA process, understand the screening process, know the options for estimating
environmental and social impacts.

4. Conclusion and Future Developments
Tools, impacts, assessments, risks and health guidelines. The costs and benefits of undertaking EIA, understanding of the strengths and limitations of EIA. Appreciate the factors that assist, and detract, from the usefulness of the EIA Report. Understand the purpose of developing follow-up procedures, and the options for designing these procedures.

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This course provides students with the necessary knowledge and expertise to pursue careers in environmental consultancy and is also suitable for health workers, developers, planners, architects, environmentalists, geologists, ecologists and archaeologists who would like to expand thier knowledge in the area.