Environmental Health will Determine our future!
Today, humans must take up the important call to protect and maintain our Earth, air, flora and fauna.
Gain an understanding for environmental management through learning about soils, plants, ecosystem health, different habitats, animals, the importance of biodioversity and so much more!
Environmental Management at the heart of new businesses
Environmental sustainability is the way of the future. Reduce waste and emissions, increase energy efficiency and minimise practices that may threaten our natural resources
More organisations are realising the importance of effective environmental management practices. Implementation of new environmental initiatives have become central to many types of businesses.
This course goes beyond teaching basic management skills - it provides a solid foundation in necessary scientific and environmental-based background.
It is an experiential based learning program, designed to get you involved with a variety of industry professionals, while exploring the nature and scope of managing environments.
Networking and real-world application opportunities set these studies apart.
Designing your own certificate will allow you to learn across several disciplines, including -
-
Plant biochemistry,
-
Botany and horticultural resource management,
-
Ecotourism and project management,
-
Soil management,
-
Marine and earth sciences,
- Wildlife management, conservation, and much more!
Modules
Note that each module in the Advanced Certificate in Environmental Management is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.
Everything You Do Has an Impact
The job of an environmental manager relies on understanding how actions impact on the environment.
Consider Animals
Altering features of a habitat will impact on resident floral and faunal populations and communities.
For example, trees provide a range of essential supports to animals, including:
- Canopy foliage provides a location for climbing animals and birds to rest and feed.
- Canopy flowers provide feed for insects and some birds (some eat insects).
- Branches provide a place for birds to nest and feed.
- Large tree trunks provide a place for birds to feed and reptiles to bask.
- Mistletoe clumps provide a place for birds and small mammals to feed and rest.
- Bark strips provide a place for mammals to feed and birds to collect nesting material.
- Flaking bark provides a place for lizards to shelter.
- Hollows provide a place for birds, reptiles, mammals and frogs to rest.
Understory vegetation provides a second, complimentary set of supports, including:
- Shade to shelter from hot weather.
- Establishment of separate microclimates to accommodate different species.
- Water and moisture capture and retention,
- Ground cover to foster and protect the soil microbiome and its essential inhabitants.
- Housing and security for a variety of small creatures, and much more.
These are examples of evident macro-level environmental contributions. These and others, internal to these, support an exceedingly diverse and complicated natural balance.
Logs, Surface Rocks and Ground Cover
Logs, surface rocks and ground cover provide an array of roles for wildlife, as well as providing critical habitats for some animals.
Logs and Fallen Branches
- Reptiles can use the inside or underneath of logs as a place to lay eggs.
- Hollows in logs provide a place for reptiles and mammals to shelter.
- Leaf litter layer next to logs provides a place for reptiles and insects to feed and shelter.
- The log and soil boundary provides a place where leaf litter and extra moisture collects and where reptiles feed.
- The log surface provides a place where reptiles can bask and birds perch.
Surface Rocks and Piles of Boulders
- Surface rock embedded in the soil provides a place for insects and earthworms to feed and shelter, as well as to be protected from bushfire and predators.
- Rock outcrops provide a place for reptiles and mammals to shelter and feed.
- Mosses and lichens on rocks are used by birds to line their nests.
Ground Covers
- Soil cracks provide a place for legless lizards to feed and shelter
- Native grasses and ground cover plants provide a place where birds can find food.
Creeks, Wetlands and Dams
Creeks, wetlands and dams offer an important role in wildlife management and conservation, even though they may only occupy a small part of a landscape. Most importantly, they all offer water, which is essential to the survival many animals. Each environment offers specific roles as follows:
Creeks
- Stream side remnants offer a place for frogs to hide and birds to roost and nest.
- Emergent vegetation offers a place for birds to nest.
- Cobbled areas along creeks offer a place for invertebrates and frogs to hide.
- Flowing water over rocks provides a place for invertebrates to live and reptiles to bask.
- Deep areas of water provide an environment for fish to live.
- Woody debris within the waterway provides an area for turtles to bask.
- Riparian vegetation offers a place for frogs to shelter.
Wetlands
- Floating vegetation allows a place for fish to hide and frogs to bask.
- Taller vegetation adjoining wetlands offer rookery and nesting sites for some birds.
- Low-lying vegetation in wetlands provides spawning sites for both fish and frogs.
- Act as a filter, providing cleaner water for flora and fauna downstream.
Dams/Lakes
- Still water allows a place for eels and turtles to live and for water birds to feed.
- Islands within the dam offer a place for water birds to roost.
- Shallow water at the edge of dams provides a place for tadpoles to breed and water birds to feed.
- Aquatic vegetation gives invertebrates a place to live and birds a place to nest.
Where can this course lead?
The environmental sector offers a diverse and highly variable range of roles. Environmental management knowledge are required for:
- Land regeneration
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Energy activity (wind farms, energy from waste)
- Oil and gas and minerals
- Infrastructure
- Contaminated land (remediation, site investigation)
- Water
- Waste management
- Drought management
- Flood risk
- Environmental security
- Nuclear
- Fracking
- Biogas
- Supply chain management
- Energy management
- Energy auditors
- Resource management
- Climate change
- Climate adaptation
- Compliance management
- Reputational risk
- Training
There are also a range of highly utilised positions which require proficiency in environmental management, including:
- Environmental Consultant
- Environmental Coordinator
- Environmental Assessor
- Environmental Advisor
- Environmental Officer
- Environmental Health Officer
- Environmental Engineer
- Environmental Scientist
- Environmental Compliance Officer
- Environmental System Technician
- Environmental Designer
- Environmental Project Manager
- Environmental Specialist
- Parks Ranger
- Environmental Educator
- Ecotourism Operator
- Zoo Keeper
Why Study with ACS?
Design your own learning pathway.
Study at your own pace, from anywhere, at anytime.
Receive prompt, expert support from our team of committed and friendly tutors.
Your learning is our priority. We are flexible and adaptable to meet your educational needs!
ENROL or Use our FREE Course Advice Service to Connect with a Tutor