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Auditor for Iso 14001 (Environment)

INTERNAL AUDITOR COURSE for UNI EN ISO 14001: 2015 (24h)

The course’s purpose is to provide the knowledges and the necessary training for carrying out the inspections of the Environment Management Systems.

Through the course, the requirements of the reference standards (ISO 14001:2015) requirements and the verification of their application to the Environment Management Systems are deepened.

An important part of the Course constitutes of the discussion of case studies and of audits’ simulation in order to promote a concrete approach to the preparation and execution methods for the internal inspection activities.

To everyone passing the final examination, a certificate of attendance and profit is granted.

Target audience

  • Consultants and professionals aiming to get the competences defined by standard EN ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, which are necessary for carrying out the internal inspections of their customer’s environmental system.
  • Professionals aiming to start a new profession as auditors of the quality management systems and to work on behalf of certification bodies.
  • Entrepreneurs, executives and quality managers working for private companies or public bodies and who have to carry out the internal inspection activities of their own company’s environmental management system.

 

Programme

The course consists of both theoretical and practical exercises (role-playing) about the following topics:

  • Series ISO 14000 standards
  • Certification, Certification Bodies, Accreditation system
  • Reference to standard ISO/IEC 17021(part 1 and 2) and to the integrative provisions (by IAF, EA, Accredia, etc.)
  • ISO 14001: 2015 requirements
  • Different audit types
  • Internal inspections: purposes and responsibilities
  • Analysis and the Environmental Declaration
  • Plan and audit programme
  • Management of the internal inspections’ programme
  • Execution of the internal inspections: opening summit, objective evidence
  • Observations and non-compliances, corrective and prevention actions
  • Auditors’ personal and professional characteristics
  • Interpersonal relationships and communication
  • Communication instruments for an adequate execution of the inspection activities
  • Closure meeting and internal audit final report
  • Actions subsequent to the audit
  • Internal inspections focused on continuous improvement

LEAD AUDITOR COURSE for UNI EN ISO 14001: 2015 (DURATA 40 H)

The course is necessary for the registration in the AICQ-SICEV Certified Auditors’ Register for the Environmental Management Systems. The course provides the knowledges on the planning and execution methods of the third-party audits on the Environmental Management Systems according to ISO 14001:2015.

Through the course, the principles and techniques necessary for the execution of audits compliant with standard ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 are deepened and the standard ISO 14001:2015 requirements are analysed. The course includes the assessment of the competences, the personal characteristics and the communication’s techniques, which the aspiring auditors have to have. The national and European standard framework will be deepened, as far as the environmental applicable laws and the control techniques of the environmental aspects related to the companies’ processes are concerned.

Case studies will be examined and discussed and assessment audits will be simulated. The admission to the final examination depends on the evaluation of every participants’ performances regarding exercises, discussions and their own contributions. Passing the examination allows to get the qualification of ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor, therefore to work for Certification Bodies and apply for the registrations in the AICQ-SICEV auditors’ register.

It is also possible to take part just in the special 24 h course for everyone who has a 40 h course certificate for Auditors of any further Management Systems (e.g. ISO14001 or ISO45001).

Target audience

  • Professionals aiming to start a new profession as auditors of the environmental management systems and to work on behalf of certification bodies.
  • Consultants aiming to improve their professionality, by deepening their knowledges in the field of the application of standard ISO 14001 and the applicable environmental laws
  • Environmental Management Systems managers working for private or public bodies and that want to learn the methods applied by auditors during third-party inspections.

Programme

The course consists of both theoretical and practical exercises (role-playing) about the following topics:

  • Series ISO 14000 standards
  • Certification, Certification Bodies, Accreditation System
  • Standard ISO/IEC 17021-1: 2015
  • Environmental initial analysis and Environmental Declaration
  • Environmental Management System components
  • Audit types (1st, 2nd and 3rd part, joint, combined, performance or conformity, Environment Declaration audits)
  • The documentary structure of a Quality Management System
  • The environmental audit and the conformity management: sources, references and perspectives of the environment legislation at Union and national level
  • Pre-audit: purposes and methods
  • The management and monitoring of the environment impacts
  • The processes’ management and control
  • The risk management: assessment methods and technics, risk analysis, risk assessment, risk management – Method PDCA – Problem solving
  • Performance indicators in the Environment Management System
  • Simulation of an inspection
  • Communication: communication theory and instruments
  • The establishment of the interpersonal relationship
  • The possible auditor’s deviant behaviours
  • Certification of the competences of the Environment System Auditors

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