ISO 14001 Internal Environmental Auditor

For your organisation to have a successful Environmental Management System then an internal audit is an crucial element. This ISO 14001 Internal Environmental Auditor course is accredited by iAS and will provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to assess their organisation's environmental management systems with ISO 14001.

The ISO 14001 Internal Environmental Auditor course will enable delegates to be competent to assess their organisations Environmental Management System and to see if the system is achieving its objectives.

Delegates will be able to carry out an internal audit as part of the management system and report on how effectively its implementation has been and if any actions are necessary for its maintenance and improvement.

On completion of the course, delegates will have the necessary knowledge and skills to plan, conduct, report and follow-up Environmental Management System internal audits.

This course does not require delegates to have prior experience of auditing however a basic understanding of environmental issues is essential.

Content:

• Review of environmental issues
• Environmental management systems - ISO 14001
• Overview of environmental legislation
• Identifying effective assessment of environmental risks
• Types of environmental audit
• The roles and responsibilities of internal environmental auditors
• Audit principles and process
• Auditing part of an environmental management system to ISO 14001
• Planning the audit, including objectives, scope and criteria
• Practical audit skills, including checklist development
• Briefing and premises tour
• Conducting audit interviews, observing processes and examining documents to obtain objective evidence about the status of the environmental management system
• Determining nonconformities, allocation of major or minor criteria and proposed corrective and improvement actions
• Presentation of findings
• Preparation of factual and effective written audit reports
• Deciding upon appropriate follow-up
• Relationship of internal audits to management review and continual improvement