• Anyone with the need to audit an organization's ISO 14001:2015 EMS

Pre-requisite:

Students should have prior knowledge of the ISO 14001 standard. Those without prior knowledge may not be successful in this course.
Students are expected to have the following prior knowledge:

• the concept of environmental sustainable development
• the purpose of an initial EMS review
• evaluation of aspects and impacts
• environmental legislation

• Understand environmental management definitions, concepts, and guidelines
• Understand the purpose of the ISO 14000 series
• Understand the requirements of the ISO 14001:2015 standard
• Identify aspects and impacts
• Understand environmental legislation
• What to look for in Context of the organization
• What to look for in Implementation and Operation
• What to look for in Leadership, Planning and Support
• What to look for in operation, performance evaluations and improvements
• How to apply ISO 19011 definitions, concepts, and guidelines
• Understand the role of objectives, scope, and criteria in the audit process
• How to plan audits
• Initiate the audit and conduct opening meetings
• Understand lead auditor responsibilities
• Communicate effectively during the audit
• Prepare audit conclusions
• Prepare and present effective reports and audit results

• Overview of an EMS
• Environmental Management Systems
• Introduction to Environmental concepts
• Environmental Aspects
• Auditing concepts, scope, plan, perform, prepare and report an audit
• Environmental Legislation
• Auditing the ISO 14001:2015 standard
• Organizational context
• Leadership and commitment
• Environmental Planning
• Support and Resources
• Operational Planning and Control
• Environmental Performance Evaluation
• Environmental Improvement