By Bhavani Prakash
What kind of skills to you need for a green career? To help you understand this, UK based professional membership body, the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has summarised this into a skills map – a result of several years of work in the field.
It outlines this for various levels – Graduate entry, Operational, Specialist, Managerial and Leadership roles.
Competencies are identified as:
A. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Fundamental environmental and sustainability principles
- Environmental policy issues
- Environmental management and assessment tools
- Environmental legislation
- Business management
B. ANALYTICAL THINKING
- Analyse, interpret and report data and information
- Develop sustainable solutions
C. COMMUNICATION
- Implement effective communication
- Engage stakeholders (internal and external)
D. SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE
- Implement sustainable thinking
- Deliver environmental improvment
- Managing business resilience
E. LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE
- Lead Change
- Influence Behaviour
Click here for an enlarged picture of the map.
IEMA Environmental Skills Map
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