Training structured to provide end-to-end audit support – both in and out of the classroom – to ensure proper audit management, the key role of the lead auditor.

Learn the requirements of ISO 14001:2015 and how to relate the requirements to your business management system. Understand how process-based management systems are responsible for ensuring customer requirements are determined and consistently fulfilled over time.

Learn the difference between:

Non-value adding “ISO” systems based on the standard; AND
Value adding business management systems conforming to ISO 14001.

Gain the tools necessary to conduct and lead process and system audits to determine conformity to ISO 14001.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In our ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor training course, you will learn how to:

Plan and execute EMS development projects assuring conformity to ISO 14001 and compliance to applicable regulations
Conduct an environmental aspects and impacts analysis
Use an EMS to ensure regulatory compliance
Identify and implement the controls necessary for an effective EMS using ISO 14001
Develop reliable and pliable systems (particularly effective for organizations where process objectives are constantly changing)
Determine and communicate the resources necessary for the system to work as planned
Communicate the roles and responsibilities within the EMS to the organization
Conduct 1st, 2nd and 3rd party audits, particularly on undocumented systems, and audit for process effectiveness against measurable objectives
Relate the capabilities of the organization to the expectations of customers, top management and shareholders
Use the EMS to manage environmental risk and continually reduce waste

WHO NEEDS THIS COURSE?

Environmental professionals
VP/Directors of Regulatory Affairs
ISO Managers/Management Reps
Individuals who want to become Exemplar Global certified lead auditors
Systems professionals or people who want to understand how management systems work
Improvement Specialists

CLASS SCHEDULE

DAY 1

Lecture: Intro to Environmental Management
Lecture: Understanding Environmental Impacts
Lecture: ISO 14001.1.2
Lecture: ISO 14001 2.2
ISO 14001 Self Study
Lecture: ISO 14001 v ISO 50001
Workshop: ISO 14001 Clauses
Lecture: Comparison of Standards
Lecture: Developing Process-Based Management Systems
Lecture: Environmental Legislation and Regulation
Lecture: Assessing Environmental Impacts

DAY 2

Lecture: Assessing Environmental Impacts
Workshop: Assessing EHSS Impacts
Lecture: Environmental Policy, Objectives and Targets
Workshop: Environmental Policy
Workshop: Objectives and Targets
Lecture: Auditing Management Systems
Workshop: Terms and Definitions ISO 19011
Lecture: Lead Audit Planning and Preparation

DAY 3

Lecture: Lead Audit Planning and Preparation
Workshop: ISO/RC 14001–Lead Audit Plan and Checklist
Lecture: Performing the Lead Audit Investigation
Workshop: ISO/RC 14001 Lead Audit Opening Meeting
Workshop: ISO 14001–Lead Audit Investigation

DAY 4

Workshop:ISO 14001–Lead Audit Investigation
Lecture: Concluding the Audit
Workshop: Writing Nonconformity Statements
Workshop: Closing Meeting Preparation
EMS Practice Exams

DAY 5

Lecture: Corrective Action and Follow-up
Workshop: Corrective Action
Lecture: Environmental Education and Training
Lecture: Monitoring, Reporting and Improving Environmental Performance
Lecture: Monitoring, Reporting and Improving Environmental Performance
Workshop: Closing Meeting and Report
Lecture: Certification, Registration, Accreditation
Class Wrap Up
EMS Exams

CERTIFICATION

Attendees successfully completing the TPECS examinations provided in conjunction with this course receive a Certificate of Attainment for these Exemplar Global (formerly RABQSA International) knowledge competency units:

EM – Environment Management Systems

AU – Management Systems Auditing

TL – Leading Management Systems Audit Teams

The Certificate of Attainment provides evidence of knowledge competency defined by Exemplar Global in the competency units required for certification as a Environment Management Systems Lead Auditor using ISO 14001.

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