Environmental competency training
The project aims to ascertain the specific skills required for various roles within the industry in order to meet the government’s environmental goals
The issue
In order to best prepare our industries for the new compliance and best practice requirements needed to ensure the industry can deliver on the Government’s environmental outcomes, it is important to understand what is needed, by which groups, and how to deliver it.
Project outcomes
- Environmental competency training: Executive overview
- Professional environmental training - landscape scan
Collaborator: Clare Feeney, KiwiRail
Clare is an environmental expert with a varied background in resource management. She has a particular interest in environmental training, and the 2nd edition of her book, How to Change the World: a practical guide to successful environmental training, was published in the UK by Gosbrook Professional Publishing in late 2019. Clare has moved on from delivering environmental training herself, to supporting environmental experts to develop, deliver and evaluate the outcomes of the great training only they can do.
Project expected delivery date (Phase 1): 31 August 2023
Project Status: Complete
Contract Research Organisation: ConCOVE
Project outputs
Environmental competency training: Executive overview
Building the business case for professional environmental training - a Phase 1 landscape scan
Environmental competency training:
Full report: Professional environmental training - a landscape scan
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