Course Number: C600 - Online
Course Title: Environmental Awareness
Course Level: Beginning
IRWA Credit Units: 8 QEU / CEU*
*QEU (qualifying education units) and CEU (continuing education units)
Prerequisites: Not applicable
Price: $265 USD for members / $330 USD for non-members
Course Description
This course provides basic principles of ecology, history of the environmental movement, a review of federal/state/local environmental legislation, the right of way professional’s role in the environmental process, and mitigation of environmental impacts. Participants will become familiar with environmental issues and problems facing companies and agencies acquiring or managing real property and rights of way, will learn various environmental issues and the mitigating measures used to decrease environmental impacts, and will gain increased awareness of environmental laws, regulations and associated regulatory agencies.
Credentialing
Topics
Course Tuition includes
Participant Manual (in PDF format; available for download)
Who should take this course
This basic environmental course is recommended for private industry, public and regulatory agencies and right of way agents involved in acquiring or managing real property rights of way reclamation, including properties with environmental issues.
Anytime you purchase an online class at IRWA University, you have one year from the date of purchase to complete your class. After that time, the class will no longer be accessible. Your progress is saved, however, it is highly recommended that you finish the class as soon as possible from the date of purchase to ensure high retention and application rate of knowledge and skills learned.
All participants will receive a total of 2 attempts to pass the exam with a score of a 75% or better. If a passing grade is not achieved by the second attempt, the participant must re-purchase the class if he or she wishes to take the exam a third time. Please note, IRWA online classes are not approved for State QE or CE credit.
Course Title: Environmental Awareness
Course Level: Beginning
IRWA Credit Units: 8 QEU / CEU*
*QEU (qualifying education units) and CEU (continuing education units)
Prerequisites: Not applicable
Price: $265 USD for members / $330 USD for non-members
Course Description
This course provides basic principles of ecology, history of the environmental movement, a review of federal/state/local environmental legislation, the right of way professional’s role in the environmental process, and mitigation of environmental impacts. Participants will become familiar with environmental issues and problems facing companies and agencies acquiring or managing real property and rights of way, will learn various environmental issues and the mitigating measures used to decrease environmental impacts, and will gain increased awareness of environmental laws, regulations and associated regulatory agencies.
Credentialing
- New SR/WA: A core course that is required for the RWA certification.
- Industry: A core course that is required in all 4 pathways for the RWP certification.
- Specialist: A required course for the R/W-AMC certification.
Topics
- Background on environmental movement history
- Environmental disasters that lead to litigation and/or regulations, environmental legislation
- Environmental documents, environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, findings of no significant impact, categorical exclusion, record of decision
- Environmental compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and state and local regulations Right of way agent’s role in the environmental process
- Defining environmental awareness, being part of an environmental process, scoping environmental documents, and project planning
Course Tuition includes
Participant Manual (in PDF format; available for download)
Who should take this course
This basic environmental course is recommended for private industry, public and regulatory agencies and right of way agents involved in acquiring or managing real property rights of way reclamation, including properties with environmental issues.
Anytime you purchase an online class at IRWA University, you have one year from the date of purchase to complete your class. After that time, the class will no longer be accessible. Your progress is saved, however, it is highly recommended that you finish the class as soon as possible from the date of purchase to ensure high retention and application rate of knowledge and skills learned.
All participants will receive a total of 2 attempts to pass the exam with a score of a 75% or better. If a passing grade is not achieved by the second attempt, the participant must re-purchase the class if he or she wishes to take the exam a third time. Please note, IRWA online classes are not approved for State QE or CE credit.