The Original Environmental Compliance Bootcamp™ Average Student Rating

The Premier Full-Coverage Environmental Compliance Course!

Course AttendeesGain a more complete understanding of the environmental laws, regulations, and programs that affect your organization, how they relate to one another, and how they can be more effectively managed. This classic Institute course is updated and adapted regularly, to keep it fresh, topical and relevant.

The Original Environmental Compliance Bootcamp™ is the Aarcher Institute’s most popular course because of its proven value to both those new to the environmental field and experienced professionals who want new perspective on the full range of environmental compliance requirements. This course is valuable for a wide range of professionals, including EH&S managers, environmental compliance specialists, other facility and site personnel with environmental and supply chain responsibilities, environmental consultants and engineers, as well as other professional office staff.

“A lot of material covered. It has provided me with several areasCEU Certificate
to look at when I get back to my facility. I am already thinking
about attending some of the area specific training”

 - D. Conrad, Owens Corning

Aarcher Institute instructors cover a wide range of topics in separate training modules, each focusing on the intent of the environmental requirement, applicability, and specific physical, administrative, planning, preparedness, and training requirements. Each training module includes practical compliance strategies and open discussion. Our Bootcamp Manuals, issued to each student, includes informative and instructive handouts for every module of the course, which provides useful references, example documents, and other tools for the student’s use.

“I will recommend to others. Intense week-long class that
hits all of the high points in compliance. I feel much better
prepared to deal with day to day environmental compliance
issues and have a better feel for what regulators will be looking
for from our agency.”

- J. Riggins, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest

The Institute’s Bootcamp course also addresses the current environmental legal framework, presented in an understandable format designed for non-lawyers. The environmental law overview provides context and background to support presentations on specific environmental requirements. Students gain a usable working knowledge of principle environmental laws and programs, including the following:

  • Legal Foundation of Environmental Compliance


    Awareness-Level Training

    Please note that Awareness-level
    environmental compliance training
    is also available. Visit the
    Environmental Compliance
    Awareness Workshop
    page for
    details.


    Advanced Compliance Training

    Please note Advanced environmental
    compliance training is also available.
    Visit the Advanced Environmental
    Compliance Workshop
    page for
    details.

  • Clean Air Act (CAA)
  • Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
  • Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA)
  • Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC)
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
  • Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
  • Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Hazardous Waste Management
  • Hazardous Materials Storage
  • Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks
  • Toxic Substance Management
  • OSHA Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard
  • Greening/Sustainability
  • and others

 

The Original Environmental Compliance Bootcamp™ covers a lot of information and is a rigorous 4 and 1/2 days. To keep the course interesting and enjoyable, the Aarcher Institute uses multiple instructors, unique breakout workshop sessions, logical presentation sequences, and planned breaks. Discussions among instructors and attendees explore unique environmental management challenges and proven compliance strategies. All attendees are encouraged to ask questions throughout the course.

“Course materials were excellent and well organized.
All instructors were very good and knowledgeable in area
of expertise and tied back to real-world experiences.”

 - S. Kubilius, Hilex Poly Co

Thousands of students have benefited from this unique training, which allows attendees to immediately put into action practical strategies to improve environmental performance and ensure compliance.

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