Why Choose Sustainability, Energy and Change Training Course?

This course provides insight into how engineering might change and how engineers can think differently about sustainability within their organisations, and about the challenges posed by ‘unsustainability’. It will enable participants to identify organisational risks and engineering changes required to increase organisational resilience, and to build prosperity, stability and security.

Future presents challenges and opportunities for engineers interested in sustainability and in achieving the capacity for long term continuity. Energy systems will look very different due to the impacts of constrained resources on nearly all aspects of life. Climate change also forces a consideration of different approaches to engineered systems.

This course will feature:

  • Historical context of Sustainability, Unsustainability, and Energy systems
  • Key challenges, risks and future scenarios for participants own organisations
  • Fundamentals of the “Transition Engineering” approach
  • Engineering tools for Transition Engineering
  • Opportunities presented by sustainability for your own organisation

 

What are the Goals?

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate and evaluate key sustainability challenges to their own organisation
  • Apply the Transition Engineering process to organisations or activities
  • Identify business risks of unsustainable activities and external trends
  • Evaluate the costs and benefits of transition products and services
  • Use strategic analysis to develop business opportunities

 

Who is this Course for?

This course is suitable to a wide range of technical professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Those who are involved at any level in functions of engineering, quality or environmental management, or in any energy-dependent functions of the organisation
  • Engineering and Technical Personnel involved in energy management, product development, logistics, procurement, transportation and energy efficiency.

 

How will this be Presented?

This course uses a variety of proven learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes a course manual, suggested reading before and after the course, tutor presentations, individual and group exercises, video, group discussion and homework, and workshop of guided problem-solving for the participant’s own organisations

The course will be highly interactive and will challenge delegates to think differently about sustainability and to change their frame of reference to transition. The tutor will facilitate and guide delegates to apply the learning, and their understanding of their own organisations, to synthesize solutions to old and new problems. 

 

The Course Content

Introduction and historical background of Sustainability and Unsustainability

  • Sustainability; the capacity for continuity into the long term future
  • Safe operating spaces and “unsustainability”
  • The importance of energy in human systems
  • Historical background to current global challenges
  • Historical responses to un-sustainability
  • Overview of global problems of unsustainability

Future Scenarios and Introduction to Transition Engineering

  • EX The unsustainability challenges facing my organisation.
  • Examples and use of future scenarios
  • The challenge of energy return on energy invested (EROI)
  • The problem of exponential growth
  • The relative usefulness of existing future scenarios for my organisation
  • Introduction to the Transition Engineering approach

Engineering, Change, and thinking differently

  • The role and responsibility of engineers in the change process
  • Path break concepts; envisioning a sustainable future
  • Sustainable models for economic activity and capital
  • Achieving resilience to external change
  • Examples of organisations that have made path-break changes for sustainability
  • Back-casting – working out how to get to where you want to be

Making it happen - planning a program of change

  • System thinking for change towards sustainability
  • The survival spectrum
  • Sustainability Principles - The Natural Step
  • Value Analysis
  • Creating a  vision of future success
  • Trigger Events – external and internal events that help avoid undesirable inertia

Tools for analysis and Action Planning, Assessment

  • Core and non-core activities and how to treat them
  • From “More newer faster bigger” to “better”
  • Stakeholder analysis and engagement in change
  • Strategic analysis of unsustainability risks
  • Energy auditing – using the ISO 50001 model to assess vulnerability
  • Assessment; multiple choice test

Certificate

  • AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

Do you want to learn more about this course?

Register now or contact our team to discuss schedules, delivery formats, and customised options.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about our training courses

  Yes. A significant part of the course focuses on diagnosing common hydraulic system faults. Participants learn how to interpret symptoms, use diagnostic instruments, assess operating conditions and apply a structured approach to identifying the root causes of problems such as pressure loss, overheating, contamination, internal leakage and poor system performance.  

AZTech courses are conducted in carefully selected 5-star hotels or 4-star premium hotels in the host city, featuring fully equipped, professional training rooms. Participants will enjoy coffee breaks and snacks throughout the day, as well as a complimentary lunch provided after each training session.

AZTech courses are delivered using a highly interactive and practical methodology, combining presentations, group discussions, real-world case studies, exercises, and workshops to ensure participants can immediately apply what they have learned in their professional environment.

The course is suitable for mechanical maintenance engineers, hydraulic technicians, plant and equipment operators, reliability engineers, condition monitoring personnel, field service engineers, maintenance supervisors and technical personnel responsible for hydraulic machinery and equipment.

Yes. This Sustainability, Energy and Change is offered in a classroom setting across multiple international locations as well as in a live online format, giving participants the flexibility to choose the option that best suits their schedule and learning preference.

  The course examines the operation and performance of key hydraulic components, including pumps, actuators, control valves, accumulators, reservoirs, filters and associated equipment. Participants also develop a better understanding of how individual components interact within complete hydraulic circuits and systems.  

This Hydraulic Equipment Training Course develops practical knowledge of hydraulic power transmission, pressure and flow relationships, hydraulic components, circuit interpretation, contamination control, preventive maintenance and systematic fault diagnosis. Participants also learn how to identify recurring failure causes and improve the reliability and efficiency of hydraulic systems.

Yes. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive an AZTech Certificate of Completion. This course may also be eligible for Training credits, which will be indicated in the course details.

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