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It has been HRP’s and H&S’s experience that the most effective EMS Programs are the ones that are prepared by the individuals who are responsible for the EMS Programs’ implementation. For this reason, HRP’s and H&S’s primary roles will be to provide your C/U with overall guidance and support in preparing your EMS Program.

There are five (5) primary and seventeen (17) secondary elements of EMS. The five (5) primary elements of an EMS Program are:

1. Environmental Policy;

2. Planning;

3. Implementation & Operation;

4. Checking; and

5. Management Review.

To achieve this objective, HRP and H&S will conduct, within each state, a series of four (4) sequential one-day EMS training courses over the next two (2) years. Each training course is designed to achieve the following:

• Allow the attendees to concentrate on only some of the EMS elements at a time;

• Provide workshops on key EMS elements to ensure attendees have a clear understanding of the EMS element’s objective and scope; and

• Space the training courses far apart to allow the attendees sufficient time to apply what they have learned in the previous EMS training course at their C/U.

Provided below is a description of each EMS training course. 

EMS Training Course 1 –
Overview, Environmental Policy & Environmental Aspects

HRP and H&S will first provide the attendees with an overview of how an EMS Program works and how the elements of the EMS Program interact. This overview will concentrate on the following EMS elements: 

• Environmental Policy;

• Environmental Aspects;

• Environmental Impacts;

• Significant Environmental Aspects;

• Legal and Other Requirements;

• Objectives and Targets;

• Environmental Management Programs;

• Roles and Responsibilities;

• Operational Controls;

• Monitoring and Measurement;

• Documentation and Controls of Documents;

• Emergency Preparedness and Response;

• Internal Audits; and

• Management Reviews.

HRP and H&S will then conduct workshops on how to prepare an Environmental Policy and how to identify environmental aspects and impacts at a C/U campus.

EMS Training Course 2 –
Planning Elements

HRP and H&S will review in detail the requirements of the following “Planning” elements of an EMS Program: 

• Determination of Significant Environmental Aspects;

• Legal and Other Requirements;

• Objectives and Targets; and

• Management Programs.

HRP and H&S will then conduct workshops on determining significant environmental aspects, selecting objectives and targets, and establishing management programs.

EMS Training Course 3 –
Implementation & Operation Elements

HRP and H&S will review in detail the requirements for the “Implementation & Operation” elements of an EMS Program. The Implementation and Operation elements are as follows: 

• Resources, Roles, Responsibility, and Authority;

• Competence, Training and Awareness;

• Communication;

• Documentation and Control of Documents;

• Operational Controls; and

• Emergency Preparedness and Response.

Following this review, HRP and H&S will conduct workshops on identifying operational controls for significant environmental aspects and determining if systems are in place to address all potential emergency situations.

EMS Training Course 4 –
Checking & Management Review Elements

HRP and H&S will review in detail the “Checking & Management Review” requirements for an EMS Program. The Checking and Management Review elements are as follows: 

• Monitoring and Measurement;

• Evaluation of Compliance;

• Nonconformity, Corrective and Preventative Action;

• Control of Records;

• Internal Audit; and

• Management Review.

Following this review, HRP and H&S will conduct workshops on selecting key monitoring and measuring characteristics for significant environmental aspects and identifying methods for evaluating compliance with legal and other requirements.

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