Developing Environmental Knowledge and Skills An environmental
professional is able understand, explain, implement, analyse,
develop and lead environmental practice (depending on their
experience) in an organisation because they have the right level
and breadth of knowledge and can apply it successfully. Overall
the profession has high standards of environmental knowledge.
According to an 2012 IEMA survey, more than four out of ﬁve
practitioners have a bachelors degree or higher qualiﬁcation.
When looking at prospective environmental courses to build or
improve environmental knowledge, it is important to take notice
of the units or modules included within the syllabus. Typically,
environmentally related courses are split into two categories -
management based and technical/science based, and there are some
courses that combine both of these. IEMA recommends programmes
and courses that are linked to a professional body. These
courses provide a boost to a CV and could make a difference when
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