Post Social and Environmental Compliance Inspections (SECI) Activities

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Learning goals 

Throughout this stage of the course, participants developed skills to:

1. Identify the different formats for documenting inspections to ensure top quality reports.
2. Translate discovered violations and non-compliances into enforcement actions and develop strategies to effectively communicate these actions to stakeholders, ensuring inclusive engagement and promoting deterrence.

Learning experience and activities 

Self-paced course that includes:

• Two modules with multimedia presentations and downloadable materials that describe the fundamentals of social and environmental compliance inspections (SECI)
• One multiple choice quiz at the end of each module
• One multiple choice quiz at the end of the stage

Content / Topics

This stage of the course has two modules covering the following topics:

• Documenting Inspections
• Managing the Enforcement Process

Assessment description

Those who obtain the credential have successfully achieved one of the following options:

• Option 1: Achieved a score of 90% or higher on the Stage 3 Placement Test.
• Option 2: Successfully completed the following activities in stage 3:
  • Read the course content through interactive presentations.
  • Responded to questions for reflection in the course discussion fora.
  • Passed two learning assessment quizzes with 70% correct answers (one quiz for each course module). Two attempts per question.
  • Passed one stage test with 70% correct answers. Two attempts per question.

The average of the module quiz scores, and the stage test score is determined according to the following conditions:

• Average of module quiz scores (75%).
• Stage test score (25%).

Estimated effort

Completing this course stage takes approximately 5.5 hours.

Badge type

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