This five-day course uses innovative accelerated learning techniques to maximize your learning, you will gain the skills to plan, conduct, report, and follow up an audit in accordance with ISO 19011. It will culminate on day five with a written exam and upon successful completion you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized auditing qualification. This course will not only benefit you when you return to your organization, but it could also be an opportunity to advance your career with a professional qualification.

• Gain the confidence to lead and manage a team of auditors
• Be prepared for a successful second party ISO 45001 assessment
• Be able to audit according to internationally recognized best practice (ISO 19011)
• Develop professionally and gain a recognized qualification
• Network with like-minded peers

This is the course for you if:

• You already have a thorough knowledge of the requirements of ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management
• You need to lead a second party audit in your organization
• You are a manager who is responsible for a team of internal auditors

Day 1:

• Course aims, objectives and structure
• First, second- and third-party audits
• Typical audit activities
• Audit objectives, scopes and criteria
• Audit resources
• Roles, responsibilities and confidentiality
• Audit methods
• Stage 1 audit
• Stage 2 audit
• Audit plan
• Work documents
• Opening meeting
• Audit evidence
• Effective communication
• Audit findings
• Audit meetings
• Closing meeting
• Audit reports
• Audit follow-up

Day 2:

• Purpose and benefits of an OH&S Management System
• Terminology
• ISO 45001 model and plan-do-check-act
• OH&S processes
• Identifying legal and other requirements
• The role of the OH&S auditor
• OH&S documentation
• Initiating the audit
• Document review
• Audit plan
• Work documents
• Opening meeting
• Observations
• Interviewing ‘top management’

Day 3:

• Specimen Exam: Sections 1 and 2 review and process audit preparation
• Calibration against any documented information (e.g. context, planning, MR) i.e. confirm line-of-sight for the OH&S MS
• Video – Workers’ representative interview
• Auditing processes: Design, technical sales and procurement (+WRULD, stress)
• Auditing processes: Printed Circuit Board (PCB) population and wave solder (+electrical safety)
• Audit trails
• Auditing processes: Frame construction and assembly (+WRULD and stress)

Day 4:

• Specimen Exam: Section 3 review
• Auditing Processes: Cabinet testing (Test Lab) and loading onto lorries (+electrical safety, stress and WRULD)
• Nonconformities
• Closing meeting
• Audit report
• Audit follow-up
• Specimen exam: Section 4

Day 5:

• Hand in homework – audit report
• The certification and accreditation process, the role of CQI IRCA, the CQI IRCA OHS auditor certification requirements and code of conduct
• Final questions/final revision
• Evaluation
• Introduction/readiness to the exam
• Exam
• End of course

CQI and IRCA ISO 45001 Lead Auditor (Occupational Health and Safety Management) certificate after passing the required exam and meeting all requirements.