Course Aim

To provide guidance and practical experience in planning, executing, reporting and audit follow up when undertaking internal audits for ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.

To determine the tools and techniques when monitoring the effectiveness and conformity of management systems for environmental and occupational health and safety.

Course Description

ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 management systems allow you to monitor environmental and health and safety across all operations. Critical to this is the way you monitor the system’s performance. An internal audit is an essential element to an effective management system, and by attending this course you will benefit by learning and developing the skills to help improve your organization’s performance by assessing the management system in detail.

By doing this you can be confident that your framework remains effective and compliant – helping you to continually improve the way your business operates. This course develops the necessary skills to assess and report on the conformance and implementation of processes based on ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. You’ll learn how to initiate an audit, prepare and conduct audit activities, compile and distribute audit reports and complete follow-up activities. Take the next steps in your journey to make sure your management system stays compliant, fulfils its potential and gives you maximum benefit.

How will I benefit?

This course will help you:

• Prepare, conduct and follow-up on ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 audit activities
• Identify and apply the benefits and requirements of an ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 audit
• Gain the skills to assess an organization’s capability to manage its management systems

Write factual audit reports and suggest corrective actions.

What will I learn?

You will learn about:

• The purpose and benefits of risk-based management systems
• The principles of, and process for risk-based auditing
• Using Annex SL to identify Common Core auditable requirements
• The guidelines of management system auditing according to ISO 19011:2018
• The audit requirements of ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018

The application of the ISO 19011:2018 guidelines to auditing these management systems

Have the skills to:

• Initiate the audit
• Prepare audit activities
• Conduct audit activities
• Prepare and distribute the audit report
• Complete the audit
• Audit follow up

Who should attend?

Anyone involved in auditing, maintaining, or supervising of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.

Duration

2 days

How will I learn?

Our high impact accelerated learning approach increases learning by improving knowledge retention and skill application. This course is activity-based, resulting in a deeper understanding of the material and a greater impact on job performance.

What will I gain?

On completion, you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized BSI Training Academy certificate.

Prerequisites

You should have a good knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, and the key principles of EMS and OH&S MS. If not, we strongly recommend you attend our respective Requirements courses.

Course Materials

Soft Copy: You will receive an email prior to the course with instructions on how to access the online Student Handbook, which can be viewed, downloaded or printed.

NOTE: Copies of the standards are not included in the class fee.

BSI will make reasonable efforts to have loaner copies available for use during the class, but students are encouraged to have their own copy. Soft copies of the digital loaner standard cannot be printed or downloaded.

Course Logistics

If your class is Live Online:

• Students need to connect to the class from any internet accessible location.
• Webcam and Microphone are REQUIRED.
• ALL course times shown are US EASTERN TIME.

If your class is In-person :

• You are encouraged to bring a laptop with you to class.
• Please bring a picture ID such as a driver's license, passport, or work badge to class for verification purposes.

*Session lengths could vary depending on amount of class discussion.