Environmental Health and Safety Issues
Course Description
Environmental Health and Safety Issues presents best practices for developing and managing an effective environmental health and safety program. You will learn about the regulatory process and how it affects facilities. Compliance with laws and regulations is a key focus. The course will prepare you to conduct site assessments, analyze risk, and cooperate with compliance audits. The course also guides learners through the planning process to mitigate the risk from any workplace emergency, specifically addressing hazardous materials, air quality, water pollution, asbestos and lead hazards, and tank management. The management of and response to specific indoor environmental quality complaints is also addressed.
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Develop and manage an effective environmental health and safety program, integrating sustainable best practices wherever appropriate
- Ensure that your facilities are in compliance with Federal, state, and local regulatory mandates
- Assess environmental risk factors and prepare for compliance audits
- Address emergency environmental health situations through proper planning and incident response
- Maintain health and safety records in accordance with industry best practices
- Manage indoor environmental quality complaints related to air, water, mold, radon, asbestos, and other environmental hazards
- Execute appropriate record keeping, reporting, and other requirements associated with aboveground and underground storage tank regulations
- Design and implement a waste management program, including recycling and disposal of all forms of waste including landfills waste, hazardous waste, universal, electronic, and tenant-generated waste


Key Topic Areas:
- Regulatory overview
- Hazard communication
- Emergency response
- Asbestos and lead management
- Office and industrial ergonomics
- Indoor air quality
- Air emissions and pollution control
- Storage tanks
- Hazardous waste
- Site assessment
- Audits, record keeping, and legal issues
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Delivery Options | Date | Location | Course Sponsor | To Register |
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Online Self-Paced | Begin Anytime | Online | BOMI | |
Live Virtual Learning | Mar 11 - 27, 2025 | Online | BOMA Chicago | |
Live Virtual Learning | Apr 15 - 17, 2025 | Online | BOMA Boston | |
Classroom | Apr 23 - May 28, 2025 | Minneapolis | BOMA Greater Minneapolis | |
Live Virtual Learning | May 1 - Jun 5, 2025 | Online | BOMA New York | |
Classroom | Jul 28 - Jul 30, 2025 | Houston | BOMA Houston |
Online Self-Paced
Begin Anytime
Online
BOMI
Live Virtual Learning
Mar 11 - 27, 2025
Online
BOMA Chicago
Live Virtual Learning
Apr 15 - 17, 2025
Online
BOMA Boston
Classroom
Apr 23 - May 28, 2025
Minneapolis
BOMA Greater Minneapolis
Live Virtual Learning
May 1 - Jun 5, 2025
Online
BOMA New York
Classroom
Jul 28 - Jul 30, 2025
Houston
BOMA Houston