Introduction and Internal Auditor

You need this course if,

• Embed sustainability and environmental management into your business
• Engage and increase the involvement of top management in environmental management
• Improve the environmental performance of your business, with consequential commercial benefits
• Integrate environmental management into existing business processes
• Know more about ISO 14001:2015 and how it is a useful model to improve environmental performance
• Understand the purpose and requirements of ISO 14001 as a tool to manage environmental risks and opportunities
• Be involved in the development, implementation and management of an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
• Complete other ISO 14000 series-based training courses such as EMS Auditor/Lead Auditor, the EMS Auditor Conversion or the Internal EMS Auditor training courses
• You want to be an Internal EMS Auditor
• You want an understanding of some of the requirements of ISO 14001

You will learn -

• The purpose and value of an effective EMS and its contribution to your business
• The purpose and intent of ISO 14001 and its relationship to other standards including the ISO 14000 series
• Essential definitions and terminology to help you interpret and apply ISO 14001 requirements
• Key requirements of ISO 14001 and how they relate to one another
• To determine environmental risks and opportunities
• The purpose, intent and key requirements of ISO 14001
• business benefits of implementing an EMS and the background to ISO 14001
• The contribution internal EMS audits can make to the effectiveness of your management system
• The roles and responsibilities of an Internal EMS Auditor
• How to plan your audits by developing effective checklists
• How to verify that current practice in your organisation conforms with defined requirements
• That auditing for conformity can improve the stability and robustness of management systems

• to gather objective evidence through observation, interviewing and sampling of documentation
• to report findings accurately
• what corrective action is and who is responsible for taking action
• how to follow up and verify the effectiveness of corrective action taken

You will need -

• No previous auditing experience.
• It is recommended that prior to this course attendees complete the ISO 14001 Appreciation and Interpretation course.

Your future development

• New Environmental Systems Manager
• EMS Auditor/Lead Auditor
• Tutored Audits (coached live audit at your company)
• See our Business Improvement courses

 3 days - Classroom/Virtual