Course description
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To educate individuals on the key areas required in order to become a carbon footprint analyst. This is a hands on course where the learners will be taken through the logical steps required to complete a carbon footprint assessment. On completion learners will have the skills and knowledge required to complete a small business carbon footprint assessment.
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Who should do the course
- School Leavers – who are passionate about the environment and are looking for a professional career in environmental services.
- University Graduates – with an interest in environmental services who would like to add a unique skill which would differentiate them in the job market.
- Company Employees – that would like to change careers or add skills that can help them gain promotion in their department and even lead their company environmental polices and department. Examples:
- Finance and Admin – understand carbon accounting and add this skill to your team
- Sustainability – gain knowledge to drive your companies carbon footprint assessment and the reduction opportunities that flow from this assessment
- Marketing – better understand the carbon markets and how to position your companies Eco-Advantage to your customers
- Facilities Management – become an expert on carbon emissions measurement and be able to track how your job in efficiently managing facilities (electricity, water, waste) reduces the companies carbon emissions footprint
- Currently Unemployed – add a new skill to your CV which clearly differentiates you in the market. Work from home as a consultant and gain a skill that has international relevance. Every company will soon need a carbon footprint. Position yourself as a leader in this field.
- Entrepreneurs – learn the skills to begin a new business addressing the enormous carbon services market opportunity. Get a good understanding of the carbon markets so as to be able to assess the opportunity.
Why do the course
- Lead your companies carbon footprint assessment and ensure you comply with local and international best practice
- Learn a unique skill that every company needs and helps to differentiate you in the job market
- Receive a Internationally relevant qualification – courses are based on global best practice (GHG Protocol & ISO 14064) allowing you to work almost anywhere in the world
- Begin a new career in carbon consulting
- Gain a qualification that allows you to work from home
- Find a Carbon Consulting Job - be part of the Green Collar job revolution and position to grow your skills with this opportunity
Course outline
Day 1: Why should we measure carbon:
What is Climate Change?
Climate and weather
What makes the climate change?
How has the climate changed in the past?
The greenhouse effect.
Have people contributed to changing the climate?
Is the globe warming?
Climate change and the future
What are the implications of global warming and climate change?
The Carbon Markets:
An Introduction
The history of carbon markets and the Kyoto Protocol
The Clean Development Mechanism
The Mandatory Market
The Voluntary Market
The state of Carbon Markets
Day 2: How do we Measure carbon
What is a Carbon Footprint?
Why do a Carbon Footprint?
Planning to undertake a Carbon Footprint?
What are the Standards for Carbon Footprinting?
What tools are available to undertake a footprint?
How to undertake a Carbon Footprint for a business
Step 1: Setting boundaries
Step 2: Collecting data
Step 3: Data analysis
Quality control and Verification
Reporting and Disclosure
South African Legislation
Day 3: Doing the Footprint
Practical Example via case study
Certification/Accreditation
Carbon Footprint Analyst Courses strictly adhere to the GHG protocol and ISO 14064. Both of these standards are considered global Best practice for carbon accounting and are accepted globally.
Cost
R6500 (excluding VAT)
Contact:
Bianca Uliana
Email:
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Cell: 072 494 1841
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