CQI and IRCA Certified ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor

Course Objectives

Develop the knowledge and skill required to conduct a full audit of an organization’s Environmental Management System (EMS) to ISO 14001:2015

Target Audience

Anyone with the need to audit an organization’s ISO 14001:2015 EMS.

Methodology

You should have a good knowledge of ISO 14001:2004 and the key principles of an EMS. If not, we strongly recommend you attend our ISO 14001:2015 Requirements course. It will also help if you have attended an Internal or Lead Auditor course or have experience with conducting internal or supplier audits.

Course Modules

 

Day 1

  • Benefits to you, welcome and introductions
  • Course aims, objectives and structure

KNOWLEDGE

  • First, second and third-party audits
  • Typical audit activities
  • Audit objectives, scopes and criteria
  • Audit resources
  • Roles and responsibilities and confidentiality
  • Audit methods
  • Stage 1 audit
  • Stage 2 audit
  • Lunch
  • Audit plan
  • Work documents
  • Opening meeting
  • Audit evidence
  • Effective communication
  • Audit findings
  • Audit meetings
  • Closing meeting
  • Audit reports
  • Audit follow-up
  • Close day 1

Day 2

  • Day 1 review

KNOWLEDGE continued

  • Purpose and business benefits of an EMS
  • Terminology
  • Plan-Do-Check-Act
  • EMS processes and context (including conformance/compliance)
  • Role of the auditor
  • EMS documented information

SKILLS

  • Initiating the audit
  • Document review
  • Audit plan
  • Work documents
  • Opening meeting
  • Observations
  • Video – Top management interview
  • Close day 2

 

Day 3

  • Specimen exam: Sections 1 and 2 review

SKILLS

  • Interviewing ‘Top management’
  • Auditing ‘context of the organization’
  • Tutorial on body language
  • Lunch
  • Video – Planning process
  • Auditing the organization’s ‘EMS planning process’
  • Audit videos
  • Auditing the organization’s ‘operational EMS processes (1)’
  • Auditing the organization’s ‘operational EMS processes (2)’
  • Close day 3

Day 4

  • exam: Section 3 review

SKILLS

  • Auditing the organization’s ‘operational EMS processes (3)’
  • Nonconformities
  • Closing meeting
  • Audit report
  • Audit follow-up
  • Specimen exam: Section 4
  • Close day 4

Day 5

  • Hand in homework – audit report
  • The certification and accreditation process, the role of CQI and IRCA, the
  • CQI and IRCA EMS auditor certification requirements and code of conduct
  • Final questions/final revision
  • Evaluation
  • Introduction/readiness to the exam
  • Exam
  • End of course

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Get To Know The Trainer

Trainer Irvin

 4.5

Irvin Teh holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Computing & Information Systems from the London Guildhall University in the United Kingdom. Throughout the years, Irvin has worked in many corporations and possessed vast Quality, Safety & Health and Environmental experiences.

Trainer Cheong

 4.5

Cheong is a multi-system specialist with more than ten years of proven track records in training, consulting and auditing. An experience and dedicated management system consultant, he possesses extensive hands-on experience in project management; coaching organizations establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving management systems in diversified discipline for Quality, Environmental, Information Security and Energy Management.

Trainer Mabel

 4.5

With a background of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing and Information System from University of Lincoln, Mabel began her career in one of the largest electronics manufacturing multinational organization in Malaysia.

Trainer Joanne

 4.5

With an education background of Applied Sciences and Psychology, Joanne Yip began her career with a plastic resin and film extrusion organization. She then joined a plastic injection moulding organization as Management Representative involving in Quality (incl. Automotive, Medical Device), Environmental, Safety and Health management systems as well as product safety. She had spearheaded the achievement of ISO13485 certification and digitalization of document management system to SharePoint.

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