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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure administrators, system integrators, account managers, solutions architects, solutions engineers, sales engineers, and consultants. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the architecture of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Discuss the initial Microsoft Azure configurations required for the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure networking concepts Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD requirements and integration best practices Discuss the integration of Workspace ONE Access with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Discuss the requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Demonstrate how to deploy or upgrade Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Identify the Horizon Cloud Service console controls that are available to administrators Identify Horizon Cloud upgrade features and benefits List the steps and considerations to take when setting up a primary VM to be used as an assignable image List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM Describe pools and pool groups Explain the creation process and configuration options for single-session and multisession pools and pool groups Create single-session and multisession assignments and entitlements Explain power management options in the multisession pool groups Manage assignable images on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Identify how to access desktops and application from Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Describe the integration of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler Discuss the usage of App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Interpret scalability considerations for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Apply troubleshooting techniques relevant to Horizon Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure Summarize the analytics and monitoring capabilities in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure This five-day, hands-on training provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully deploy and manage VMware Horizon© Cloud Service? on Microsoft Azure. This training also teaches you how to use the VMware Horizon Cloud administration console and Microsoft Azure portal. Through a combination of hands-on labs and interactive lectures, you learn how to import and manage images for single and multisession assignments. You also learn how to configure and use the Universal Broker function, VMware App Volumes?, VMware Workspace ONE© Access?, and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager? in the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introduction and course logistics * Course objectives INTRODUCTION TO HORIZON CLOUD SERVICE ON MICROSOFT AZURE * Discuss the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Identify the available Horizon Cloud and Microsoft licensing options * Identify the system architecture components of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Explain how VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is used in Horizon Cloud profile management * Describe Horizon Cloud application management using App Volumes * Identify the Microsoft Azure configuration prerequisites for a Horizon Cloud integration * Identify the main Microsoft Azure components required for a Horizon Cloud deployment * Review the virtual machines supported in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure MICROSOFT AZURE NETWORKING REQUIREMENTS * Discuss Horizon Cloud connectivity considerations and tasks * Explain the networking concepts for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Identify the ports required for local connections, remote connections, and endpoint OS firewall rules IDENTITY MANAGEMENT * Explain computer identity type and user identity type * Discuss the best practices for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD integrations * Determine the requirements for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD * Describe the benefits of integrating Horizon Cloud with Workspace ONE Access * Explain how a user obtains access to an entitled virtual desktop or application from the VMware Workspace ONE© Intelligent Hub catalog * Discuss the importance of binding directory with Workspace ONE Access and setting up custom user attribute synchronization * Discuss the importance of configuring the Remote App Access client in Workspace ONE Access * Demonstrate how to access an entitled Horizon virtual desktop or application in the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub catalog DEPLOYMENT AND UPGRADES * Explain the steps and requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Describe the features and benefits of Horizon Edge * Describe the differences between internal and external gateways * Outline the Horizon Universal Console controls available for administrators * Identify the features and benefits of the Horizon Cloud upgrades CREATING IMAGES * Outline the process and configuration choices for setting up primary VMs * Identify the configuration choices for importing primary VMs * List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM * Explain how to convert a configured primary VM to an assignable image * Describe pools and pool groups * List the steps for configuring an image to a pool * List the steps for configuring an image to a pool group POOL GROUPS * Compare dedicated assignments to floating assignments * Outline the steps for creating single-session and multisession assignment * Explain the entitlement of pool groups * Outline the creation process and configuration options for multisession pools and pool groups * Explain the power management selections in the multisession pool groups * Compare the rolling maintenance and loadbalancing options * Identify the actions related to the multisession groups page * Identify the actions to add and assign applications to a user or group * Outline the prerequisites for entitling a multisession assignment ACCESS DESKTOPS AND APPLICATIONS * Identify the different versions of Horizon Client * Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with Horizon Client * Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with a browser * Compare the remote display protocols that are available for Horizon Cloud * Describe the Blast Extreme display protocol codecs * List the ideal applications for each Blast Extreme codec * Describe the Blast Extreme policy configurations MANAGING IMAGES * Describe images * Explain how to manage images VMWARE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MANAGER ON HORIZON CLOUD SERVICE ON MICROSOFT AZURE * Identify the functional areas of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager and their benefits * Explain how to use the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager console and application profiler to manage user personalization and application configurations APP VOLUMES FOR HORIZON CLOUD SERVICE ON MICROSOFT AZURE * Explain how App Volumes works with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Identify the interface elements of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Demonstrate how to configure App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure SCALABILITY CONSIDERATIONS * Recognize the scalability settings for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure TROUBLESHOOTING HORIZON CLOUD SERVICE ON MICROSOFT AZURE * Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Identify the analytics and monitoring capabilities of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure * Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Horizon Cloud Service Next Gen on Microsoft Azure: Deploy and Manage training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Horizon Cloud Service Next Gen on Microsoft Azure: Deploy and Manage course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators and network administrators Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture, components, and main functions Explain the key features and benefits of NSX Advanced Load Balancer Explain and configure local load-balancing constructs such as virtual services, pools, health monitors, and related components Recognize web application breaches and threats Recognize multiple attack vectors such as web scraping, Layer 7 Denial of Service, brute force, and code injections Explain the components of NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF that build a security pipeline to protect a web application from being attacked Describe how to configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF components Describe an NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF operational task such as setting up an application with WAF, tuning the WAF Policy, and working with logs and analytics Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF best practices for on-boarding a web application; configuring WAF settings for effective application security Explain how to size the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF data plane Explain the WAF Application learning feature, configuration of Application learning, Virtual Patching concepts, common caveats, and troubleshooting while deploying in any environment Recognize NSX Advanced Load Balancer Cloud Services that include threat Intelligence services Describe the Threat Intelligence service provided by NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF and how the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF Threat Intelligence service receives live security threat feed for multiple attack vectors from Cloud Services (formerly Avi Pulse) Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer DataScript capabilities for detecting and defending against advance and zero-day attacks. Discuss the relevant NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF logs and perform basic troubleshooting of applications that are protected by NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF capability to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) This three-day course provides comprehensive training to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution. This course covers key NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF features and functionality offered in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 22.1.3 release for web security and application attack protection. Features include security pipeline, application learning, policy tuning, false positive mitigation, virtual patching, threat intelligence, troubleshooting, logs, analytics, and solution monitoring. Hands-on labs provide access to an NSX Advanced Load Balancer environment to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introduction and course logistics * Course objectives INTRODUCTION TO NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER * Illustrate NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components * Describe control plane clustering and high availability * Describe data plane high availability mode * Understand the common terminologies used with NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer service elements * Explain virtual service components and how to configure a virtual service * Explain application profiles and network profiles * Explain the pool configuration options and how to configure a pool * Explain the available load-balancing algorithms * Explain and configure SSL profiles and certificates * Explain cloud connectors and cloud connector integration modes * Explain multiple health monitor types * Understand client logs INTRODUCTION TO APPLICATION SECURITY * Understand web application security breaches and the implication of breaches * Explain common terminologies related to Web Application Security * Understand the different teams involved to secure applications ATTACKING WEB APPLICATIONS * Understand the various web application security testing methodologies * Understand the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities * Understand the tools to generate a web application attack * Describe a few types of web application attacks TYPES OF TRANSPORT * Understand different web traffic transport modes * Describe web traffic and API traffic NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER WAF COMPONENTS * Understand the core design principles of NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF * Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF components that build the WAF security pipeline * Understand the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF configuration objects NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER WAF OPERATIONS * Examine how to set up an application with WAF * Describe considerations for the WAF policy * Work with WAF logs and analytics * Describe WAF policy tuning * Describe the options available to remediate false positive mitigation NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER WAF BEST PRACTICES * Describe technical and application considerations for onboarding an application front ended by WAF * Describe best practices to remediate false positive mitigation. * Describe how to manage a response from a back-end application server and client upload to the application server * Describe the consideration for setting the rigidity of a WAF signature rule set * Describe the options available to identify client traffic NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER WAF SIZING * Understand how to do WAF data plane sizing in Greenfield and Brownfield deployments NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER WAF CUSTOM RULES * Understand WAF custom rules * Describe the need and recommendation for custom rules * Describe ModSecurity rules * Understand the ModSecurity rule structure and explain how to construct the rule * Analyze a sample custom rule for the use-case scenario for in-depth understanding of a custom rule NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER WAF APPLICATION LEARNING * Understand the significance of Application Learning * Explain the Positive Security Model architecture * Describe the WAF multifaceted Application Learning technique to build an application model for creating positive security rules * Describe how to view the data that is learned by the Application learning module * Describe the WAF Virtual Patching technique to construct a WAF policy from Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) scanner results * Understand the conditions for sharing WAF Learning Data and PSM Group in WAF Policy. MALWARE PROTECTION THROUGH ICAP IN NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER * Understand Malicious File Upload Protection and ICAP workflow * Describe ICAP configuration and log analytics NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER IP REPUTATION * Understand IP Reputation concepts and their integration with NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Describe IP Reputation configuration, log analytics, and troubleshooting DATASCRIPT FOR APPLICATION SECURITY * Describe DataScript events and reference * Describe application security using DataScript * Explain how to troubleshoot DataScript issues RATE LIMITING AND DOS * Describe and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer rate limiter technique * Describe protection from denial of service (DoS) attacks and distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks in NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Explain the Service Engine general advice and guidance for DDOS BOT MANAGEMENT * Understand Bots * Describe the Bot Management mechanism in NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Describe how to configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Bot Management MANAGING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER * Understand Personally Identifiable Information (PII) * Understand the scope of managing PII in NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Describe how to configure the hidden PII in NSX Advanced Load Balancer logs using profiles and WAF rules. THREAT INTELLIGENCE * Introduce the Threat Intelligence service * Describe the Threat Intelligence live security threat feed for multiple attack vectors * Describe how to configure Threat Intelligence in NSX Advanced Load Balancer APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SECURITY * Define Application Programming Interface (API) Security * Understand API authentication and authorization using virtual service authentication mechanisms used for a virtual service such as LDAP, SAML, JSON Web Token, and OAUTH * Understand API Rate Limiting in NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Understand the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF Protection for API ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Web Application Firewall Security [V22.x] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Web Application Firewall Security [V22.x] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4.5 Days 27 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for individuals who want to gain basic knowledge of business skills. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to communicate and work effectively in a business environment. In this course, students will learn about all different aspects of business skills needed be effective in an office environment. ACCESSING PDF DOCUMENTS * Open a PDF Document * Browse a PDF Document CREATING & SAVING PDF DOCUMENTS * Create and Save a PDF Document from an Existing Document * Create a PDF Document from a Web Page * Combine Multiple PDF Documents NAVIGATING CONTENT IN A PDF DOCUMENT * Perform a Search in a PDF Document * Search Multiple PDF Documents * Work with Bookmarks * Create Links and Buttons MODIFYING PDF DOCUMENTS * Manipulate PDF Document Pages * Edit Content in a PDF Document * Add Page Elements REVIEWING PDF DOCUMENTS * Add Comments and Markup * Compare PDF Documents * Initiate and Manage a Review CONVERTING PDF FILES * Reduce the File Size of a PDF Document * Optimize PDF Files * Convert and Reuse PDF Document Content CUSTOMIZING THE ACROBAT XI PRO WORKSPACE * Customize the Toolbars * Customize the Tool Sets CREATING PDFS FROM TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS * Create PDF Documents Using Autodesk AutoCAD * Measure Technical Drawings ENHANCING PDF DOCUMENTS * Embed Multimedia * Enhance PDF Document Accessibility SECURING PDF DOCUMENTS * Manage the Security of PDF Documents * Validate PDF Documents CREATING INTERACTIVE PDF FORMS * Create a PDF Form * Compile and Manage PDF Form Data FINALIZING PDF FILES FOR COMMERCIAL PRINTING * Apply Color Management Settings * Preview Printed Effects * Perform Preflight on a PDF Document * Create PDF/X, PDF/A, and PDF/E Compliant Files * Create a Composite and Color Separations ACCESSING & NAVIGATING SHAREPOINT TEAM SITES * Access SharePoint Sites * Navigate SharePoint Sites WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS, CONTENT, & LIBRARIES * Upload Documents * Search for Documents and Files WORKING WITH LISTS * Add List Items * Modify List Items * Configure List Views * Filtering and Grouping with List Views CONFIGURING YOUR SHAREPOINT PROFILE * Update and Share Your Profile Information * Share and Follow SharePoint Content * Creating a Blog INTEGRATING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE * Access and Save SharePoint Documents with Microsoft Office * Manage Document Versions through Office 2013 * Accessing SharePoint Data from Outlook 2013 WORKING OFFLINE & REMOTELY WITH SHAREPOINT * Synchronize Libraries, Sites, and MySite and Working Offline * Working from a Mobile Device CREATING A NEW SITE * Create a Site * Change the Look and Feel of Your SharePoint Site ADDING & CONFIGURING LIBRARIES * Configure Document Library for Your SharePoint Team Site * Configure the Site Assets Library for Your SharePoint Site * Add and Configure a Wiki for Your SharePoint Site ADDING & CONFIGURING LISTS * Add an Announcement List * Add and Configure a Task List * Add and Configure Contact and Calendar Lists * Add and Configure a Blog Subsite * Add and Configure a Custom List to your SharePoint Site * Customize List Forms CONFIGURING SITE SETTINGS, NAVIGATION, & SEARCH * Configure Site Search Options * Configure Site Administration Settings * Configure Site Organization and Navigation ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS & ACCESS RIGHTS * Sharing Sites and Setting Site Permissions * Secure Lists, Libraries, and Documents CONFIGURE CONTENT ROLL-UP, SUMMARY LINKS, & SITE MAP * Add and Configure the Content Search Web Part * Add and Configure the Relevant Documents Web Part IDENTIFYING NOUNS, PRONOUNS, & VERBS * Identify Nouns * Identify Pronouns * Identify Verbs IDENTIFYING ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS * Use Adjectives * Use Adverbs INDENTIFYING PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS * Use Prepositions * Use Conjunctions * Use Interjections IDENTIFYING RULES * Monitor Sentences * Monitor Modifiers * Avoid Common Errors IDENTIFYING CORRECT PUNCTUATION * Use Parentheses Correctly * Use Commas, Semicolons, and Quotation Marks * Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly IDENTIFYING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS, RUN-ONS, AND COMMA SPLICES * Identify Sentence Fragments * Identify Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Solutions IMPROVING WORD CHOICES * Identify Commonly Misused Words * Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms BUILDING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES * Identify the Goal * Consider the Audience * Consider the Context EDITING EFFECTIVELY * Use Correct Spelling * Achieve Clarity AVOIDING HYPERCORRECTIONS * Avoid Hypercorrections * Achieve Simplicity GETTING STARTED * Icebreaker * Housekeeping Items * The Parking Lot * Workshop Objectives WORKING WITH WORDS * Spelling * Grammar * Creating a Cheat Sheet CONSTRUCTING SENTENCES * Parts of a Sentence * Punctuation * Types of Sentences CREATING PARAGRAPHS * The Basic Parts * Organization Methods WRITING MEETING AGENDAS * The Basic Structure * Choosing a Format * Writing the Agenda WRITING E-MAILS * Addressing Your Message * Grammar and Acronyms WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS * The Basic Structure * Choosing a Format * Writing the Letter WRITING PROPOSALS * The Basic Structure * Choosing a Format * Writing the Proposal WRITING REPORTS * The Basic Structure * Choosing a Format * Be guided by the: The purpose of the report * The seniority of your readers * Writing the Report OTHER TYPES OF DOCUMENTS * Requests for Proposals * Projections * Executive Summaries * Business Cases PROOFREADING & FINISHING * A Proofreading Primer * How Peer Review Can Help * Printing and Publishing WRAPPING UP * Words from the Wise * Review of Parking Lot * Lessons Learned * Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations E-MAIL BASICS * E-mail characteristics * Writing online versus on paper * Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of e-mail * Understanding the cultural significance of e-mail * E-mail programs * Using an e-mail program to send e-mail * When to use e-mail * Communicating by e-mail * Understanding when to avoid using e-mail * Writing an e-mail message * Using the MAIL acronym E-MAIL POLICIES * Company policies * Avoiding improper e-mail messages * Ensuring employee compliance to e-mail policies * Copyright laws, viruses, and liability * Avoiding copyright infringement * Avoiding viruses * Identifying e-mail liability E-MAIL FEATURES & SECURITY * Features of an e-mail program * Using attachments * Using priority labels and signature files * Features of an e-mail program * Using attachments * Using priority labels and signature files * Discussing e-mail program options * Securing e-mail * Usi ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Business Applications training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Business Applications course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

A flexible, modular-based, programme to heighten participants' awareness of ways in which their operations can affect the environment, the principles of environmental management and the practical steps they need to take as individuals and as an organisation to improve environmental performance. Depending on the course modules selected, this programme will give participants: * Increased awareness of relevant environmental issues * A greater understanding of, and commitment to, the organisation's environmental management programme * Preparation for any responsibilities they may have under an Environmental Management System * Further benefits according to options chosen 1 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS * Definition of 'the environment' * Key environmental issues * Global warming * Ozone depletion * Acid rain * Air quality * Water pollution * Contaminated land * Land take and green belt shrinkage * Resource usage * Habitat destruction and species extinctions. * Option: This module can be used to explain the key environmental issues related to the activities of your own organisation. Diagrams, photos, pictures, examples and statistics relevant to your own organisation are used where possible to illustrate the points being made. 2 ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION * Key elements of environmental legislation affecting the activities of your organisation - including international, European and UK legislation. * Legislation of particular relevance to your organisation - how it affects the operations of your organisation * Option: Legislation can be dealt with according to which aspect of the environment it protects (eg, air, water, waste) or which part of your organisation's activities it affects * Consequences of breaching legislation 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS * Overview of what an environmental management system is * How is an Environmental Management System (EMS) designed and put together? * Key elements (emphasising Plan - Do - Check - Review cycle) * The need to continually improve * Pros and cons * Reasons for having an EMS * Benefits of an EMS * Consequences of not managing the environment * Costs of installing an EMS * Explanation of ISO 14001 and EMAS standards and guidance as applicable to the EMSs of your organisation * Overview of your organisation's EMS * How it was set up / is being developed / operates * Who is responsible for it * Key parts of system (eg, environmental policy, objectives and targets) identified and discussed * EMS documentation - what and where it is. * Workshop option: Brainstorm 'Pros and cons' with the participants, come up with all their ideas for good and bad things about EMS and demonstrate that the 'good' list is longer than the 'bad' 4 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES * Define what an environmental impact is and discuss how they are determined, with reference to the EMS * Identify why we want to determine the environmental consequences of operations and activities; how they are used in the EMS for planning, and reducing the impact on the environment * Establish key environmental consequences of construction and operational activities on the site; discuss significance ranking and the control measures in place in your organisation. * Workshop option: In small groups, participants are asked to identify the impact on the environment of your organisation's activities or a part of their activities. They are then asked to rank these impacts in terms of their significance, using guidelines provided to help them be aware of the contributing factors (eg, frequency, severity). For a selected number of the impacts, the participants are asked to identify what control measures there are and which of these they play a part in. All stages can be discussed with trainers as a whole group at various stages during the workshop. 5 PROTECTED SPECIES, NATURE CONSERVATION AND INVASIVE WEEDS * Nature conservation, landscape and visual issues in the planning process - overview of key nature UK wildlife legislation, EIA, appropriate timing of surveys, Hedgerow regulations and landscape and visual impact issues * Ecological issues - ecological legislation, significant species, hedgerows * Archaeology in the development process - why archaeology is important, organisation in the UK, legislation and planning guidance * Construction phase issues and consents - major environmental issues during construction, including water resources and land drainage consents, discharges to land or water, water abstraction, public rights of way, tree protection, waste management, Special waste, noise, good practice pollution control and Environmental Audits * Identification and management of invasive weeds - including legal position regarding management 6 CHEMICALS AND FUELS HANDLING AND STORAGE * How health and safety management is closely linked to environmental management of materials * Planning - what mechanisms are in place for planning materials use; legislation, guidance and policies which define how to manage materials * Materials storage - what are the considerations for storing materials, covering: * Labels: what are the different types and what do they tell us? * Storage facilities: what are the requirements for safe storage of materials (eg, signs, secondary containment, access, segregation, lids/covers) * Handling: safe handling for protecting the environment, organisational procedures, high risk situations (eg, decanting, deliveries), how to reduce the risks (eg, use of funnels, proper supervision, training) * COSHH and MSDS: brief explanation of legislation and its role in environmental control of hazardous materials, how to use the information provided by COSHH assessments * Option: These sessions can be illustrated with photographs/pictures and examples of good and bad storage and handling practices * Workshop Options: Labelling Quiz - quick-fire quiz on what different labels tell us; Build a Storage Facility - participants are asked to consider all the environmental requirements for building a safe storage facility for their organisation 7 ON-SITE CONTROL MEASURES * Overview of the legislation associated with nuisance issues on site and mitigating problems when they arise * Examples of bad practice, including fuel storage tanks and mobile equipment - costs involved with prosecution of fuel spills, remediation costs, management costs, legal fees, bad PR coverage * Identification and management of contaminated land and relevant legislation * Workshop option: Participants are provided with a site plan containing information on site features, environmental conditions and indications of potential issues 8 WASTE MANAGEMENT * Why worry about waste? - a look at how waste disposal can impact on the environment, illustrated by examples of waste-related incidents, statistics on waste production on national, industry-wide and organisational levels, landfill site space, etc * Legislation - overview of the relevant legislation, what the main requirements of the regulations are, what penalties there are, and the associated documentation (waste transfer notes) * Waste classification - a more in-depth look at how waste is classified under legislation according to hazardous properties, referring to Environment Agency guidance * Handling and storage requirements - what are the requirements of the applicable waste legislation and how are they covered by organisational procedures? Examples of good and bad environmental practice associated with handling and storing waste. * Workshop option: 'Brown bag' exercise - participants pass round a bag containing tags each with a different waste printed on. They are asked to pick out a tag and identify the classification and the handling, storage and disposal requirements for the waste they select * Waste minimisation - overview of the waste minimisation 'ladder' and its different options (elimination, reduction, reuse and recycling), benefits of waste minimisation, examples of waste minimisation techniques * Workshop option: Participants are asked to identify opportunities that actually exist within the organisation for minimising production of waste that are not currently being taken advantage of 9 AUDITING * Requirements for environmental auditing of operations * Auditing the EMS * Types of internal and external audits * Requirements EMS standards (ISO 14001 and EMAS) * Carrying out internal audits and being prepared for external audits * Workshop options: * Mock audit 'Brown Bag' - can be used either for trainers to test participants as if they were in an audit situation, or for the participants to test each other and practice their auditing technique. The bag contains tags each with a different topic printed on (eg, waste skips); participants pass the bag round and select a tag; they are then questioned by the trainer or another participant about that topic as if they were in an audit situation. If the participants are auditing each other, they will be provided with a set of guidelines to keep in mind during the workshop. * Virtual auditing - a more practical workshop where participants review photographs of situations/activities relevant to the organisation's operations. They are asked to identify all the good and bad environmental practices that are occurring in the situations. 10 INCIDENT RESPONSE * What should you do when an incident does happen? * What should be in a spill kit? * When should you call in the experts? * When should you inform the Environment Agency or Environmental Health Officer? * Workshop option: The participants are provided with some incident scenarios and asked to develop a response to the incident 11 MONITORING AND REPORTING * Environmental monitoring programmes and procedures * Monitoring and reporting as control measures for environmental consequences * Monitoring and environmental 'STOP' card systems - personal and behavioural monitoring and reporting

Expand your VBA knowledge further and learn some of the more advanced coding features. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW Duration: 2 days (13 hours) This course is aimed at experienced VBA users or those who have attended our Part 1 [https://www.underscore-group.com/training/training-courses/technical-and-office-programs/vba-in-excel/] course and have started to use the language. Part 2 expands on the huge array of commands and elements of the data model that can be used and looks at building more complex VBA models OBJECTIVES  By the end of the course you will be able to: * Use comparison operators and system functions * Use Arrays * Work with ranges * Work with the worksheets and workbooks collections and objects * Use application objects * Use the FileSystemObject * Create function procedures * Import and save text files * Connect to other applications CONTENT COMPARISON OPERATORS   * Using Comparison operators and functions * The LIKE function * Wildcards * Using SELECT Case SYSTEM FUNCTIONS   * The VAL function * Case functions * Trim functions * Text functions * Date functions EXCEL WORKSHEET FUNCTIONS   * Using Excel functions in VBA ARRAYS   * Creating arrays * Using arrays * Ubound and Lbound * Single and multi dimensional arrays * Static vs dynamic arrays WORKING WITH RANGES   * Creating range objects * Passing data between range objects and arrays * Using Transpose THE EXCEL OBJECT MODEL   * The object browser WORKING WITH COLLECTIONS   * Collections * Creating object variables * Setting object variables * The For Each . . . Next Loo SHEET COLLECTIONS   * The worksheets collection * The worksheet object * The sheets collection * Using object * Grouping worksheets * Using Typename THE WORKBOOK COLLECTION   * The workbooks collection * Setting workbook variables APPLICATION OBJECTS   * Excel default information * Display/alerts * Screen updating * Status bar * On Time * Using Wait SYSTEMS DIALOG BOXES   * Showing dialog boxes * Using dialog boxes WORKING WITH FILES   * Searching for files and folders * The DIR function * The FileSystemObject FUNCTION PROCEDURES   * Creating functions * Adding arguments * Calling functions WORKING WITH TEXT FILES   * Searching for files and folders * The DIR function * The FileSystemObject * Using the FILE and FOLDER collections SHARING DATA WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS   * Early vs Late Binding * Setting references to other applications * Creating application variables * Setting application variables

Our Team Building Programmes are 'simply excellent' (quote from Unilever). They always deliver much greater energy' motivation and efficiently accelerates to a galvanised, integrated team for their Manager/Team Leader. They're great fun and very commercially orientated - the best of both key elements to a successful and long-lasting high performance team. A successful company is always made up of successful teams. Teams that can work autonomously with a clearly defined set of goals, roles, vision, responsibility and culture will always reach for and achieve far greater success than a team that works just as a group of individuals. Our team building solutions are individually built and geared towards teams at any level within an organisation, providing an independent and objective perspective to promote a common purpose such as the creation of a 'high performance team'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUT WITH THE OLD Traditionally, team building events have been restricted to certain levels of management where they head off site for a bit of archery, quad biking and paintballing or something along those lines. Then over some coffee and cocktails, business plans and more efficient ways to work are casually discussed. Whilst being out having fun instead of being at work may improve an individual person's mood, the effect will only be short-term, and will not go far in creating permanent and cohesive teams who are able to overcome challenges together and drive the business forward when back in the workplace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN WITH THE NEW Today's business thinking is more strategic and certainly has to look for returns on the investment. That is why Dickson Training Ltd's team building programmes are bespoke and built to your requirements through research, understanding your business and, most importantly, what results and achievements you are looking to get out of the programme. Once "what success looks like" has been established, we create tasks and activities that will test your leadership, problem solving, communication and team work skills. When the tasks have been completed, the learning - both practical and theory - is debriefed to the group as well as how it will translate back in your business. Not only are our events great fun, but they provide participants with learning points they can act upon to improve or enhance the working practices/environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEAM BUILDING THAT GETS RESULTS We have a highly innovative team who design team builds to suit all budgets and time or space restrictions. Large or small, we will develop the perfect event to meet your commercial objectives, keeping in line with your values and company culture. More recently we have combined team galvanising events with ways to engage the participants with and support their local communities. This solution has proved extremely popular with our clients and we are continuing to develop more and more programmes doing exactly this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " Phil did everything in a very professional and focused manner, without losing sight of the overall aims or having 'fun'. When I moved to Airbus UK and subsequently European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), I had no hesitation in recommending Phil and the team to deliver the required training and team events.  Without doubt Phil and his team are excellent providers of training, to suit even bespoke requirements, and I would not hesitate in recommending the team to any business in the future. " Glenn Brown, Systems & Expertise Manager, Airbus Personnel Service -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUGMENTED SKILLS – AN ESSAY BY PHIL DICKSON All of you, who are reading this, and all the people you meet and work with will have – ‘Augmented Skills’. So – if you are an IT Engineer or a Pharmacist; perhaps you are, or know, a Departmental Leader and you work with a Logistics Project Manager; these roles will demand core skills, whether they be technical know-how or qualifications in the discipline. But to be that bit better; more reliable; more effective & productive and therefore more valuable and, frankly, marketable – capitalizing on ‘Augment Skills’ comes into play. The I T Engineer who was a Chess Champion at Uni, which would indicate that they possess some key ‘Augmented skills’ including how they plan 3 steps ahead and are always prepared for the unexpected. The Pharmacist, who is a keen sportsperson in their private life, will likely be tenacious, team-orientated and disciplined – again these are superb qualities to have in this – or any – role. Your colleagues, as well as yourself, will have ‘Augmented Skills’ that will be an asset if only they are explored and applied to their role and indeed, career. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN 'SUPER-POWER' If they love gardening, they are probably strategic, patient and inclined to research; if they cook or bake, they are usually well organized and comfortable with multi-tasking. A big reader will tend to be considered and possess good critical thinking faculties, and an amateur mechanic or keen DIY person will often be practical, resourceful and very determined. I have observed that many new Parents discover they have ‘Augmented Skills’ they didn’t know they had... such as getting order out of chaos and displaying industrial amounts of patience and good grace when they really do not feel like it. They very often become far more compassionate and empathetic. Most people have their very own ‘Superpower’. Invite your team members to offer their ‘Augmented Skills’ to your work-place – and just watch as it elevates the motivation levels and improves results. It’ll be very rewarding for all concerned – and for meeting the Team’s objectives, to encourage the person who is a talented artist to be a sounding board on some of the marketing imagery and layouts; for the team member who is great at Maths or resolving crosswords to be asked for their input to solving a problem that is causing logistical or operational headaches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEVER EXPLOIT A TEAM MEMBER’S UNIQUE SPECIAL SKILLS AT THEIR EXPENSE I would like to stress, however, that it must never be an area where a team member gets exploited by harvesting their unique special skills to coerce them into taking on greater responsibilities and tasks without providing them with the commensurate salary and status. To do so would be immoral and, ultimately, counter-productive as it would lead to resentment and disenfranchisement. This is about encouraging people’s capability and inviting their input to boost confidence and enhance the team’s capability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFTEN, WE NEED TO BE MORE THAN WHAT OUR JOB DESCRIPTION SAYS It is also important to highlight that whatever a person’s role or function is – they will definitely need to have additional capabilities to be effective. The best example of this is when we designed and delivered a range of ‘Advanced Customer Care skills’ training sessions for the Met Office a few years ago…we met so many remarkably super-bright Meteorologists, many of whom were having to make significant adjustments to answering questions from Customers that seemed to be illogical and often, obtuse. It wasn’t enough for these Meteorologists to be highly skilled at interpreting data and identifying patterns – they needed ‘Augmented skills’ to make that information accessible to members of the public (and Council workers and Air Traffic controllers and Shipping agents) and many other people, as to what that particular weather system was going to be like in their area and at what time. They have to know how to ‘de-jargonise’ the material and provide succinct, clear, and yet temperate, descriptions without ever appearing exasperated, impatient or judgmental in response to sometimes quite silly questions. For a highly trained scientist – that can be counter-intuitive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEING PHILOSOPHICAL... AND A WEE BIT PRETENTIOUS At the risk of being a little Philosophical (and probably a wee bit pretentious) – in my own role of Trainer – my core skills have to include – being a very good communicator, an active listener and have innovative and engaging ways to convert an idea, or a model, into practical application that my Delegates and Clients gain tangible benefits from. This is how it applies to me... I really enjoy composing short, light classical-style piano pieces. Now, to do this well, you need to be able to find a transition from one chord or melody to a different theme or key. It has to be worked out very carefully to have incremental transitions and pleasant-sounding developments as the piece unfolds. I think I have become better at this as I have honed my skills as a composer. But I have realized that these very same skills have ‘Augmented’ my ability to help a Manager, or a Team, move from a state of conflict; tension; disfunction; disenfranchisement; lack of confidence to a place that is more harmonious with far greater productivity. The very same process of careful listening, considering options, taking well-considered steps, having a creative, sometimes brave, move towards a resolution are at play in both Training and Piano Compositions! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULED COURSES Unfortunately this course is not one that is currently scheduled as an open course, and is only available on an in-house basis. Please contact us for more information.

The 3-hour Baby & Child First Aid class covers CPR, Choking, Bumps, Burns, Breaks, Bleeding, Febrile Seizures and Meningitis & Sepsis Awareness and will give everyone who attends the peace of mind they deserve.

These events are designed to work on the ideas introduced in Level 1: Understanding & Dealing with Everyday Racism The Six Stages Framework

This is a great opportunity to declutter your home and find new treasures. Please note that we do not accept anything alive, broken, rubbish, or single-use plastic. If you have items to donate, you can bring them to the Swap Shop on the day or send us a direct message to arrange for delivery.

This is a great opportunity to declutter your home and find new treasures. Please note that we do not accept anything alive, broken, rubbish, or single-use plastic. If you have items to donate, you can bring them to the Swap Shop on the day or send us a direct message to arrange for delivery.