ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 Integrated Management Systems - Lead Auditor Training Course
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Course Overview
What you'll learn
SESSION 1: ANNEX SL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARDS
• Need for harmonization of Management system standards
• ANNEX SL
• Key Terms
• PDCA
• Process Approach
• Risk & Opportunities
• Corrective actions
• Documentation
SESSION 2: QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THE ISO 9000 SERIES OF STANDARDS
• The need for and benefits of a QMS
• The ISO 9000 series of standards
• ISO 9001:2015 fundamentals and vocabulary
• Compatibility with other Standards
• Legal compliance – ISO Standards
SESSION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ISO 14000 SERIES OF STANDARDS)
• The need for and benefits of an EMS
• The ISO 14000 series of standards
• Compatibility with other standards
• Legal compliance – ISO standards
• The process approach
• The concept of environmental management
SESSION 4: INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• The need for and benefits of an OHS system
• ISO 45001, the standard
• Compatibility with other standards
• • The process approach
• The concept of OHS management
SESSION 5: PROCESS-BASED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• The application of PDCA Cycle
• Quality system documented information
• Electronic data systems
• Control of documents and records
• Monitoring and measurement
• Infrastructure
• Work environment
• Product realisation
• Monitoring and measurement
• Continual improvement
SESSION 6: REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION AND AUDITOR COMPETENCE
• Certification and registration of organisations
• Certification of auditors
• Competence of auditors
• Personal characteristics of auditors
SESSION 7: AUDITS: DEFINITION, PRINCIPLES AND TYPES
• Audit definition
• Principles of auditing
• Types of audits
SESSION 8: THE AUDIT PROCESS
• Certification process
• Planning the audit
• Audit roles and responsibilities
• Good practice at meetings
SESSION 9: PREPARING FOR THE ON-SITE AUDIT (AUDIT STAGE 1)
• Initial contact with the auditee
• Stage 1 audit
• Document review
• The audit plan
• Work documents
SESSION 10: DEVELOPING A CHECKLIST
• The audit checklist
• Process review
• The “Turtle Diagram”
SESSION 11: CONDUCTING THE ON-SITE AUDIT (AUDIT STAGE 2)
• Collecting and verifying information • Opening meeting
• Roles and responsibilities of guides
• Conducting the audit
• Questioning techniques
• Controlling the audit
• Communication with the audit client and auditee
SESSION 12: AUDIT REVIEW
• Audit review meeting
• Audit findings
• Finding statements
• Corrective Action Requests (CARs)
• Classification of CARs
• Opportunities for improvement
SESSION 13: AUDIT REPORTING AND FOLLOW-UP
• Presenting the findings
• Reporting on the audit
• Audit completion
• Corrective action
• Management review
• Follow-up and close out
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for :
- QHSE professionals
- Auditors
- Consultants
- Aspiring auditors
COURSE CERTIFICATION:
Complete attendance and active participation for the entire duration of the course is mandatory.
Learners who complete continuous assessment successfully, will be issued “certificate of attendance”
• Learners who pass both the examination and continuous assessment, will be issued with a “Certificate of Achievement”
About this course
This interactive course is designed to provide a practical approach to the use of auditing as a tool to help achieve an integrated management system. It approaches the integration of management systems from a risk-based approach, encouraging participants to take the broadest possible view of the processes in their organisation and the related risks, opportunities and occupational risks that need to be identified, controlled and managed. It also considers the implications of a multi-standard certification and develops the basis for an integrated approach to management systems auditing.
Explain the purpose of an IMS (QMS, EMS, OHS &MS) and the business and societal benefits of improving performance;
• Explain the role of an auditor to plan, conduct, report and follow up an IMS audit in accordance with ISO 19011 (and ISO 17021-1 where appropriate);
• Plan, conduct, report and follow up an audit of an OHS management system to establish conformity (or otherwise) with IMS and in accordance with ISO 19011 (and ISO/IEC 17021-1 where appropriate).
PRE-REQUISITE:
• Structure, content and requirements of IMS standards requirements (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018)
• Knowledge of Quality Management principles and related concepts; commonly used quality management terms and definitions; the process approach used in management; the model of a process-based management Systems.
• Knowledge of the environmental management systems; purpose of initial environmental review; Activity, aspect impact analysis, and evaluation of its significance; Environmental legislation and how legal compliance forms part of an environmental management system; operational control and priorities for improvement
• Knowledge of the OHS management principles and concepts, the purpose of an initial review as the basis for establishing an OHS currently exists, Evaluation of activities, products and services to establish the risks and hazards associated, employees, visitors and other interested parties in areas where the organisation has control and influence over health and safety
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