Summary

This Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS) course is for those who have, or are about to acquire, supervisory responsibilities. The course covers relevant legislation and other aspects impacting the environment in the building, construction and civil engineering industries. It will provide supervisors with a broad understanding of the environment and the issues construction sites’ face.

What you will learn

• · Legal provisions to protect the environment.
• · Understand the relationships and interactions between animals, plants, organisms and their environment
• · Environmental management systems to mitigate damage and play a part in reducing statutory disturbances to neighbors
• ·Manage the impact of archaeology and heritage on construction
• ·Control construction’s impact on water consumption and implement measures to prevent the pollution of watercourses
• ·Identify ethically sourced timber though the chain-of-custody entering site
• ·Identify, control and manage contamination on brownfield sites and classify, segregate and properly dispose of waste.