ISO 14001 : 2015 Environmental Management System Internal Auditor

Course Objectives

Learn how to audit the processes of an ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System (EMS).

This course will help you:

• Prepare, conduct and follow-up on ISO 14001:2015 audit activities
• Identify and apply the benefits and requirements of an ISO 14001:2015 audit
• Gain the skills to assess an organization’s capability to manage its EMS
• Write factual audit reports and suggest corrective actions.

Target Audience

Anyone involved in the auditing, maintaining or supervising of an ISO 14001:2015 EMS.

Methodology

You should have a good knowledge of ISO 14001:2015 and the key principles of an EMS. If not, we strongly recommend you attend our ISO 14001:2015 Requirements course.

Course Modules

Day 1

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

Module 1: Environment management system ISO 14001

• Intended outcomes
• Components overview
• Internal audit requirement

Module 2: Guidelines for auditing management systems ISO 19011

• Terms and definitions (auditing)
• What is an audit?
• Plan, Execute, Report, Close-out (systematic)
• Process for auditing
• Audit evidence
• Audit programme
• Audit scope, objectives and criteria
• Principles of auditing
• Typical audit activities
• Audit responsibilities

Module 3: Planning the audit

• Initiating the audit
• Document review
• Audit Plan
• Sampling
• Audit work documents

Module 4: Execute the audit

• Opening meeting
• Communications, attributes and question types
• Verifying information
• Recording the objective evidence
• Internal audit video

Day 2

Review of Day 1 quiz

Module 4: Execute the audit (continued)

• Nonconformities
• Simulated internal audit
• Documenting nonconformities
• Preparing audit conclusions and closing meeting

Module 5: Report an audit

• Typical audit report contents

Module 6: Close-out an audit

• Audit close-out
• Reflection quiz
• Course review and final questions
• End of course