The continuous professional developmentin the environmental fieldusing the occupational standards

The transnational mobility of the workers on the European labour market as well of those who study implies the recognition of knowledge, skills and competences acquired in any way.
Welcoming to this need, the European Parliament and Council issued in April 2008 the Recommendation regarding the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for learning throughout life. EQF recommends to member countries to adopt an approach based on learning outcomes to defining and describing the qualifications, and to promote the validation of non-formal and informal education.
The description of qualifications is done in occupational standards by setting and description of the required competences. The occupational standards are the references for training and for evaluation and certification of competencies. In this paper is presented the development, for authorization, of the formation program Environmental Responsible based on the same name occupational standard.
The specific competences, in line with this occupational standard achieved by learners are: managing environmental legal acts, development and implementation of environmental management program, development of the program and monitoring the environmental factors, planning and conducting the internal audit, identification and management of the emergency situations, developing the documentation of the environmental management system and reporting the environment activity.