Introduction I think Benjamin Franklin once wrote something along the lines of death and taxes are inevitable in life, well, for a lot of us, so are exams! Many exams these days are ‘open book’ in format, meaning that you can use sources of … [Read more...] about Approaching Answering NEBOSH Open Book Exam (OBE) Questions
Environmental Management
Background to Environmental Permitting
Introduction A key legal requirement in many places around the world that regulates all sorts of environmental impacts is the need for an environmental permit. A permit is basically a licence that is required to carry out an activity that could harm the environment. A permit … [Read more...] about Background to Environmental Permitting
Integrating Sustainable Development Goals
I wrote about Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a previous blog post a while back. Since then SDGs have massively come into prominence and are a key way that organisation’s outline what areas of sustainability are important to them on websites, corporate reports and other … [Read more...] about Integrating Sustainable Development Goals
Operational Control 101
What is operational control? There are certain activities within an organisation that from an environmental perspective require some control. This is usually as a result of them posing a significant risk to the environment. The term ‘operational control’ comes from the ISO … [Read more...] about Operational Control 101
NEBOSH Environment Management Certificate Practical Assessment (2021 syllabus) – Tips for your Success
In this post I thought we could look at what you need to do to pass the NEBOSH environmental management certificate practical assignment (called in NEBOSH speak EMC2). The assignment does not have a pass mark, you gain a pass by making sure you hit several stated … [Read more...] about NEBOSH Environment Management Certificate Practical Assessment (2021 syllabus) – Tips for your Success