Green Skills in Manufacturing

EMC is a unique Canadian not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping manufacturers grow and become more competitive. Our education, training and development programs build excellence at all levels and every stage of a career.

Learner has successfully completed a blended learning path designed to build confidence in green manufacturing skills in order to successfully implement green initiatives. A learner's success is confirmed and approved by their employer, which requires that an employer is confident that the learner would be able to apply their learning on future projects and within the workplace.

Workplace Performance Project Learner has gained hands-on experience with planning and implementing green initiatives within the workplace. Learner worked with a team to identify a problem or opportunity within their organization and used problem solving methodology and tools to execute a Workplace Performance Project. This project demonstrates that the learner has gained the knowledge, tools, and confidence to manage future improvement opportunities.

Course Content

• Introduction to Sustainable Manufacturing
• Charting a Path to Net Zero
• Waster Conservation
• Energy Conservation
• Reducing and Upcycling Waste
• Implementing Change
• The Power of Purpose
• Green Initiative Workplace Performance Project

Learning Outcomes

• Develop an understanding what sustainable manufacturing means and how to develop green and sustainable initiatives.
• Develop an ability to identify, quantify and prioritize strategic opportunities for improvement to achieve substantial gains.
• Develop an ability to engage and align senior leadership, peers and operations staff in sustainable manufacturing.
• Develop the ability to identify key stakeholders
• Develop an ability to design a credible, equitable and affordable path to achieve your organization’s environmental, social and corporate governance targets
• Ability to quantify and track the carbon footprint of an organization
• Develop an ability prepare a quantified water balance for a facility.
• Develop an understanding of how to use Pareto and Root Cause Analysis to save water & embedded resources.
• Develop an understanding of avoiding wastewater treatment costs.
• Develop an ability to prepare electrical and thermal energy balances for a facility.
• Develop an understanding of the true cost of waste and why it is typically ignored.
• Develop an understanding of how to embed sustainability throughout the supply chain
• Develop an understanding of yield enhancement and upcycling strategies.
• Develop the ability to complete a solid waste audit.
• Develop the ability to complete solid & liquid waste prevention assessments.
• Develop an understanding of Sustainable Procurement and Change Management skills.
• Develop the ability to establish systems for tracking & retaining gains.
• Develop an understanding of Kotter’s 8 Step Model and the Prosci ADKAR Model
• Develop an understanding of how and why purpose driven organizations outperform their peers.
• Develop the ability to credibly communicate an organization’s purpose and sustainability story
• Develop the ability to articulate why purpose should be a priority for organizations.

Minimum requirements

• Actively participated in facilitated training sessions;
• Demonstrated understanding of course content during discussion-based learning;
• Completed and presented Workplace Performance Project
• Employer confirmed that they are confident that the learner would be able to apply their learning on future projects and within the workplace.

Estimated effort time 40 hours

About the MEC Program The Manufacturing Essentials Certification (MEC) Program is an initiative designed to build the skills and confidence of the manufacturing workforce using a Skills for Success framework, including key skills such as problem solving, innovation, collaboration, and communication. Developed to support the manufacturing industry with increased productivity, improved workplace culture, higher employee engagement, stronger leadership, and a more collaborative working environment.

EMC updates learning content on a regular basis. Version: 2023-1

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