This intensive and engaging 5-day training program provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems, with a strong focus on the role and responsibilities of a Lead Auditor.
Through practical workshops, real-world case studies, and expert-led sessions, participants will develop the knowledge and auditing skills needed to plan, conduct, report, and follow up on environmental audits. The course is fully certified by both the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and CQI and IRCA, ensuring global recognition and credibility. Ideal for professionals seeking to lead audits within their organizations or externally, it equips attendees with the tools to drive continual improvement and compliance in line with ISO 14001 standards.
Designed not only to help people perform value-added audits this course is also designed to develop delegates’ wider understanding of environmental management systems development and implementation. Delegates will gain an understanding of the level of performance required for implementing a successfully certified EMS and how to assess against the ISO 14001:2015 standard. It will help delegates to develop essential conceptual skills including risk-based thinking, continual improvement, life-cycle thinking, and process-based approaches. This course satisfies the formal training requirements for those wishing to register with the IEMA Auditor Registration Scheme and/or with the CQI and IRCA Certified auditing scheme.
Delegates completing the course will be awarded a CQI and IRCA Certified training accredited certificate.
This course satisfies the training requirement for those seeking to register with the CQI and IRCA Certified training auditing scheme. It is also essential for any serious environmental practitioner, particularly those who have the main responsibility for implementing and maintaining their environmental management system and manage an audit programme for internal audits. Essential also to those who are required to perform more demanding and extensive company audits (corporate auditing); or who are required to regularly assess the performance of other companies (supplier, contractor and/or certification auditors); and for those who are seeking to develop their auditing and environmental skills to a professional level.
Those attending this course are expected to have prior knowledge of the following:
· Environmental Management principles and concepts.
· The Plan, Do Check, Act (PDCA) cycle.
· Environmental issues, including an appreciation of environmental protection and pollution prevention and control.
· Environmental management terms and definitions.
· Appreciation of environmental compliance issues.
· Environmental management terms and definitions.
· Typical structures for environmental management systems including process-based systems.
· Structure, content and requirements of ISO 14001:2015.
The course is designed to help delegates deliver value-added audits to understand the principles of good Environmental Management and to develop their knowledge of the environmental management standard to enable you to lead an audit team. It will also develop delegates’ knowledge & understanding of different environmental audit types, and the practical skills required to plan, execute and report environmental management audits. On completion, delegates will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of an EMS based on the ISO 14001:2015 standard at a level acceptable to certification bodies.
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