IEMA and CQI&IRCA accredited ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
5 Days
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
This highly interactive, intensive and challenging 5-day training programme is designed for those people who require an in-depth understanding of auditing techniques and skills associated with the Lead Auditor role. This course is a registered CQI and IRCA training course.
About this course
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 standards. 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.
This course satisfies the training requirement for those seeking to register with the CQI and IRCA Certified training auditing scheme. It is also an 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.
Delegates successfully completing the course, including examination, will be awarded a CQI and IRCA Certified training certificate (2355).
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 CQI and IRCA Certified auditing scheme.
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Subjects
- Auditing
- IT Auditing
- ISO
- Accredited
- Responsibilities
- Environmental Processes
- Auditing core
- Auditing for compliance
- Environmental audits
- Types of environmental audits
- Lead auditors
- Auditor skills & development
Teachers and trainers (1)
Wendy Bowman
Senior Consultant/Tutor
Course programme
- Auditing the requirements of ISO 14001:2015
- Key focus areas for auditing core environmental processes
- Overview of auditing for compliance
- Objectives and types of environmental audits
- Roles and responsibilities of auditors and of lead auditors
- Auditor skills & development
- Processes and techniques for planning, conducting & reporting audits
- Audit follow-up activities and auditing for continual improvement
- Effective audit planning, execution and reporting based on current auditing standards
- Identifying valid findings, non-conformities and corrective action management
- Certification (based on ISO 17021) processes for EMS
Additional information
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IEMA and CQI&IRCA accredited ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor