The PECB ISO 14001 Lead Auditor training course enables you to acquire the necessary competencies to conduct effective environmental management system (EMS) audits by applying widely recognized audit principles, procedures, and techniques. This training course combines the requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1, the recommendations of ISO 19011, and other best practices of auditing and integrates them into a comprehensive methodology which enables you to effectively plan and conduct ISO 14001 conformity assessment audits.
In addition to providing a solid theoretical foundation, this training course adopts a practical approach by incorporating examples, exercises, and quizzes that help you practice the most important aspects of conformity assessment audits, such as the interpretation of ISO 14001 requirements in the context of an audit, the application of auditing principles and methods, the utilization of approaches to evidence collection and verification, leading an audit team, drafting nonconformity reports, and preparing the final audit report.
Fees
COURSE OUTLINES
- Course objectives and structure.
- Standards and regulatory frameworks.
- Certification process.
- Fundamental concepts and principles of environmental management.
- Environmental Management System (EMS).
- Fundamental audit concepts and principles.
- Audit approach based on evidence and risk.
- Initiating the audit.
- Stage 1 audit.
- Preparing the stage 2 audit (on-site audit).
- Stage 2 audit.
- Communication during the audit.
- Audit procedures.
- Creating audit test plans.
- Drafting audit findings and non-conformity reports.
- Audit documentation and quality review.
- Closing the audit.
- Evaluation of action plans by the auditor.
- Beyond the initial audit.
- Managing an internal audit programme.
- Competence and evaluation of auditors.
- Closing the training.
COURSE DETAILS
- Understand the operations of an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on ISO 14001.
- Acknowledge the correlation between ISO 14001, ISO 14040 and other standards and regulatory frameworks.
- Understand an auditor’s role to plan, lead and follow-up on a management system audit in accordance with ISO 19011.
- Learn how to lead an audit and audit team.
- Learn how to interpret the requirements of ISO 14001 in the context of an EMS audit.
- Acquire the competencies of an auditor to plan an audit, lead an audit, draft reports, and follow-up on an audit in compliance with ISO 19011.
- This ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Self-study training enables you to develop the necessary expertise to perform an Environmental Management System (EMS) audit by applying widely recognized audit principles, procedures and techniques.
- During this training course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills to plan and carry out internal and external audits in compliance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 certification process.