Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Advanced Ecological Risk Assessment Webinar

Why Should You Take This Advanced Ecological Risk Assessment Webinar?

This Advanced Ecological Risk Assessment Webinar is a follow up to "Ecological Risk Assessment: Introduction". We recommend that anyone enrolling in the Advanced course also enroll in the Introductory course to ensure that all attendees have an understanding of the basics of an ERA.

During the advanced sessions, the specific technical and regulatory approaches to completing ecological risk assessments will be reviewed, with a focus on providing a hands-on understanding of an ERA, including the data collection aspects of the various lines of evidence used. Case studies of both aquatic and terrestrial settings will be examined, and active engagement with the attendees will reinforce the points presented.

After completing the course, attendees will have a deeper understanding of the details of planning and preparing for the completion of an ERA, including data development needs, selection of endpoints, and the development of lines of evidence.

Intended Audience:  This advanced course is intended for those environmental professionals including, but not limited to, environmental consultants, environmental lawyers, governmental employees, and environmental students who will actually be completing an ecological risk assessment.

Prerequisites:  We recommend that anyone enrolling in the Advanced course also enroll in the Introductory course to ensure that all attendees have an understanding of the basics of an ERA.

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• Overview of the ERAGS process
• Data requirements in an ecological risk assessment
• Development of lines of evidence
• Matrix sampling
• Biological surveys
• Benthic invertebrate surveys
• Toxicity testing
• Food chain modeling
• Development of weight-of-evidence risk conclusions
• Preparation of the ecological risk assessment

Course Materials:  Attendees will receive a .pdf file containing workshop proceedings and reference material. Further instructions will be provided after registration.