P-2 Courses

The American Conference of Governmental Environmental Managers recently contracted GBK to provide a series of professional development training programs to its members.

Pollution Prevention Training

This series of training is intended for those individuals responsible for implementing pollution prevention in their facilities. It is intended to help all types of develop broad-based, multimedia pollution prevention programs. The curricula include: identifying, assessing, and implementing opportunities for preventing pollution and how to stimulate the ongoing search for such opportunities.  Facilities that adopt this approach typically find that they reduce both their operation costs and their potential liabilities.

Pollution prevention does not happen by itself.  It takes work and sometimes a monetary investment to help reduce pollution levels.  Therefore, organization is a key.  Effective pollution prevention programs help in achieving this organization.  A pollution prevention program is an ongoing, comprehensive examination of the operations at a facility with the goal of minimizing all types of waste products.  Effective pollution prevention programs will do five things:

·         Reduce risk of criminal and civil liability;

·         Reduce operating costs;

·         Improve employee morale and participation;

·         Enhance company’s image in the community, and;

·         Protect public health and the environment.

Our P-2 Experience

GBK has been developing and delivering pollution prevention training for over ten years.  The GBK team has delivered targeted, program-specific training to US Army, Navy, and Air Force installation personnel all over the world through a variety of programs and contracts.

Some of example clients:

Two discrete programs of instruction are currently offered:  

Pollution Prevention Initiatives

Available in an intensive one-day, three-day, or a more comprehensive one-week version, this introductory course is intended to help defense and other public-sector organizations find cost-effective pollution prevention initiatives by incorporating environmental costs into the business decision-making process. The resulting improved decision making reinforces the Total Quality Environmental Management (TQEM).  This is accomplished by improving the organization’s decisions on sustainable pollution prevention initiatives and other investment options by appropriately including environmental costs and savings for each option. 

Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment Workshop

Pollution prevention requires a cultural change - one which encourages more anticipation and internalizing of real environmental costs of pollution generation.  This course will assist students in applying the knowledge presented in the opportunity assessments lecture by visiting a base level shop and evaluating pollution prevention opportunities.  Each attendee:

1.                   will apply the basic concepts embedded in an opportunity assessment.

2.                   will take the steps of the assessment process and apply them to typical DoD activities.

3.                   will learn how to address defined pollution prevention objectives.

Students will now have an opportunity to apply what they learned in the lecture portion of this topic, by visiting a base level facility to assess pollution prevention opportunities.  By considering how any and all operations (not just those that produce hazardous wastes) contribute to the pollution of air, land, and water resources, the attendee will be better prepared to identify and control more pollution sources.