Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor

Do you require a practical understanding of how to conduct an audit of an environmental management system? Then this 4.5-day course is for you. Ideally suited to those who have to develop, implement, maintain, improve, manage, or audit environmental systems, our Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor course will leave you with skills you can easily apply to your organisation.

We will provide you with the skills to conduct an internal or external audit of an Environmental management system in accordance with ISO 19011 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems. We also cover the requirements of the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems standard. 

This course has the equivalent of 36 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.

Plus, you receive a free licensed copy of:

• ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use 
   

Whilst this training package uses the word “audit” and its derivatives, this does not equate with the terms audit, review, or assurance in accordance with Pronouncements or Standards issued by the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. References to the term “audit” and similar terminology within this training relate to the process of auditing in accordance with ISO 19011:2018.

Learning Outcomes:

• The principles and procedures of auditing
• Auditor roles and responsibilities 
• The benefits of a risk-based audit programme
• How to plan an effective audit
• Timetabling 
• Resource allocation
• Interpersonal skills and personal behaviours of an auditor
• How to conduct effective opening and closing meetings 
• Preparing and distributing an audit report  
• Risk-based thinking and its application to modern management systems
• The process approach and its benefits to business
• Documentation and evidence requirements of ISO 14001:2015
• Life-cycle assessment and its implications for an organisation’s environmental aspects

Course Content:

• The course is divided into flexible modules, enabling you to attend in the one week, or spread across different sessions. The first 2-day module is equivalent to our ‘Becoming a Skilled Lead Internal/External Auditor’ course, where you will learn to conduct a management systems audit. The second module covers the requirements of an Environmental management system.
• Timetable
• Monday
• Management Systems Auditing – preparation
• What is auditing?
• Roles and responsibilities of an auditor and an audit team leader
• The 6 principles of auditing from ISO 19011
• Effective audit planning and timetabling
• Communication skills, interview techniques, and useful questioning methods
• Setting appropriate audit objectives, scope, and criteria
• Developing audit checklists
• Tuesday
• Management Systems Auditing – the audit
• Conducting an opening meeting
• Identifying objective evidence and taking good notes
• Reviewing auditing scenarios
• Writing audit findings including nonconformities and non-compliances
• Presenting a closing meeting
• Compiling a meaningful audit report
• Wednesday
• Management systems – what are they?
• History of ISO and the high-level structure
• Organizational context – external and internal 
• Customers, workers, the community, and shareholders
• Risk-based thinking, the process approach
• Modern management systems
• Management Systems underpinning knowledge
• Scope of Quality, Environmental, and OH&S systems within an Integrated Management System
• Requirements of ISO 9001:2015 as underpinning knowledge of other management system requirements
• Thursday
• Environmental Management Systems
• Enhanced environmental performance
• Risk-based environmental aspects and impacts
• Life cycle assessment 
• Requirements of ISO 14001:2015
• Auditing against ISO 14001:2015
• Finish at 12.30pm
• Friday
• Auditing scenarios
• Review of Environmental Management System requirements
• EMS audit scenarios
• Writing up findings
• Course review