• Understand OHS laws, principles, codes of practices, and standards.
• Identify OHS hazards that are reasonably expected to occur for that business type or industry.
• Assess the risk of identified hazards in the context of the organization OHS management system.
• Assess the effectiveness of methodologies to control OHS hazards.
• Assess the OHS roles and responsibilities within the context of the organizational environment.
• Determine the adequacy and effectiveness of an OHS management system.
• Understand the application of the principles, procedures and techniques of auditing.
• Understand the conduct of an effective audit in the context of the auditee organizational situation.
• Understand the application of the regulations, and other considerations that are relevant to the management system, and the conduct of the audit.
• Practice personal attributes necessary for the effective and efficient conduct of a management system audit.
• Establish, plan and task the activities of an audit team.
• Communicate effectively with the auditee and audit client.
• Organize and direct audit team members.
• Prevent and resolve conflict with the auditee and/or within the audit team.
• Prepare and complete the audit report.

Day one

• Introduction and Welcome
• The Need for Occupational Health & Safety Standards
• Introduction to the OHSAS 18001 Specification and Related Publications
• Conformance to OHSAS 18001 and Its Relationship to Other Standards
• Understanding the OHSAS 18001:2007 Requirements
• Comparison of OHSAS 18001 and ANSI/AIHA Z10

Day Two

• Review of OHSAS 18001:2007 Requirements
• Occupational Health & Safety Management System Documentation
• Integrating ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
  • Breakout Exercise 1: Integrating Procedures
  • Breakout Exercise 2: Documentation Review
• Management of Audit Programs
• Audit Planning and Preparation
  • Breakout Exercise 3: Scope and Objectives
  • Breakout Exercise 4: Audit Plan

Day Three

• Performing the Audit
  • Breakout Exercise 5: Opening Meeting
  • Breakout Exercise 6: Conducting the Audit
• Writing Nonconformity Statements
  • Breakout Exercise 7: Writing Nonconformities
• Closing Meeting
  • Breakout Exercise 8: Summary Statement and Closing Meeting
• Completing the Audit Report
• Corrective Action and Closeout
  • Breakout Exercise 9: Verification and Closeout

Day Four

• Review of Audit Process and Audit Management Strategies
  • Case Study Mock Audit

Day Five

• Practical Application of Audit Principles and Instructor Interviews

• Gain business assurance in a robust occupational health and safety management system
• Evaluate conformity of health and safety processes and procedures
• Promote continual improvement of health and safety processes and procedures
• Encourage leadership through employee professional development and confidence in the highest standards of working environment
• Build stakeholder confidence in a focussed BS OHSAS 18001 audit framework