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Competency Units: Exemplar Global AU26 Auditing Management Systems
Exemplar Global TL26 Leading Management System Audit Teams
Exemplar Global QM Quality Management Systems
Exemplar Global EM26 Environmental Management Systems
Exemplar Global OH45001 ISO 45001 OH&S Management Systems
Certificate Type: Certificate of Attainment - TPECS

Lead Auditor Training for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Integrated Management Systems.

Quality, environmental, and health and safety management systems are rarely managed in isolation anymore. Organisations that once ran three separate systems now integrate them, which means auditors who can work confidently across all three are in a different class to those who can only audit one.

This bundle is for people who want to be in that class. It builds your management systems auditing foundation first, then develops specialist knowledge across ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2026, and ISO 45001:2018. The Understanding Integrated Management Systems microcredential sits between the auditing foundation and the specialist courses, showing you how all three standards share a common structure and where each one introduces requirements unique to its discipline.

As you complete each specialist course you will be issued with an Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment for that competency unit. Finish all five courses and you receive a Lead Auditor Integrated Management Systems Digital Credential, recognising your capability across the complete IMS audit discipline.

Who this bundle is for

This bundle works whether you are new to auditing and management systems, or you already audit in one discipline and want to extend your capability across all three. It is built for people who want auditing credibility and specialist depth in quality, environment, and safety in one place.

  • Newcomers who want to build a lead auditor career in integrated management systems from the ground up
  • Internal auditors responsible for quality, environmental, and OH&S audits within a single organisation
  • HSEQ, QMS, and EMS professionals who want to formalise their auditing capability across all three disciplines
  • Aspiring external and certification auditors building an IMS audit portfolio
  • Consultants and advisors who need to audit and advise clients across quality, environment, and safety simultaneously
  • Supply chain and second-party auditors evaluating supplier conformance across multiple management system standards
  • Anyone building toward Exemplar Global Lead Auditor personnel certification across IMS disciplines

Already completed Management Systems Auditor?

If you already hold your AU26 and TL26 Exemplar Global competency units, consider enrolling in the Integrated Management Systems Specialist course.

What you'll be able to do after this bundle

By the time you complete all five courses, you will be able to:

  • Plan, conduct, and lead management system audits across quality, environmental, and OH&S disciplines using a consistent, ISO 19011:2026-compliant methodology
  • Lead an audit team through every stage of an IMS audit, from initiation and planning through to reporting and corrective action follow-up
  • Interpret ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2026, and ISO 45001:2018 clause by clause, knowing which requirements are shared and which are unique to each discipline
  • Evaluate how an organisation manages environmental risk, worker safety, and quality outcomes through its integrated management system
  • Apply the 14001:2026 audit tools as adaptable templates across all three disciplines, using the IMS clause mapping tool to navigate shared and unique requirements
  • Audit effectively in on-site, remote, and hybrid environments using ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 remote auditing methods
  • Support corrective action and continual improvement following audits across any of the three disciplines
  • Demonstrate five Exemplar Global competency units and a Lead Auditor IMS Digital Credential to employers, clients, and certification bodies

What you'll learn

Five courses, one structured learning pathway. Each course builds directly on the one before it.

Auditing any management system with confidence

Before you can audit quality, environment, or safety effectively, you need to understand how auditing works. The Management Systems Auditor course builds that foundation using ISO 19011:2026 and ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 for remote auditing. You will learn the seven auditing principles, how to plan and manage an audit programme, collect and evaluate evidence, lead meetings, document findings, and lead a team through a complete audit from initiation to follow-up.

How quality, environment, and safety systems fit together

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 all share the same Harmonized Structure. The Understanding IMS microcredential covers that structure, the common and unique clauses across all three standards, key terms, and the clause mapping tool that shows exactly where requirements align and where each standard introduces its own obligations.

The specialist requirements of each discipline

The three specialist courses cover ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2026, and ISO 45001:2018 clause by clause. For quality: PDCA, process-based thinking, customer focus, design and development. For environment: environmental aspects, compliance obligations, life cycle perspective, and the 2026 revision updates. For safety: hazard identification, hierarchy of controls, worker participation, incident investigation, and contractor management. Because all three follow the Harmonized Structure, you move through them efficiently and focus your attention where the standards genuinely differ.

For the full module-by-module breakdown across all five courses, see the Modules tab above.


Your Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment for each specialist course is issued when you complete that course. The Lead Auditor IMS Digital Credential is issued when all five are complete.

 

Tools and Resources included
Programme and planning
  • Audit Programme Objectives Guide
  • Audit Programme Template
  • Audit Programme Register
  • Audit Preparation Toolkit (initiation checklist, audit plan template, timetable template, and audit checklist template)
Fieldwork and evidence
  • Opening Meeting Checklist
  • Audit Working Papers and Evidence Notes Template
  • Recording Audit Findings resource
Closing and reporting
  • Closing Meeting Preparation Checklist
  • Closing Meeting Checklist
  • Audit Report Template (aligned to ISO 19011:2026 Clause 6.5, including remote auditing documentation)
  • Corrective Action Follow-up Record
Competence and evaluation
  • Auditor Competency Log
  • Auditor Evaluation Toolkit
Foundations and scope
  • EMS Scope Worksheet
  • ISO 14001 Documented Information Reference Table
  • Environmental Policy Guided Template, with example policies
Risk and compliance
  • Environmental Aspects Register
  • Compliance Obligations Summary
  • Environmental Objectives Planner
Internal audit and review
  • Internal Audit Programme Template
  • Internal Audit Report Template, with a completed example
  • Management Review Record and Dashboard
Improvement
  • Nonconformance Improvement Action Report, with completed examples
  • Action Register

 

Management Systems Auditor (ISO 19011:2026) Content Modules

Module 1

Management System Auditing Fundamentals (Clauses 1 to 4)
The foundation of ISO 19011:2026: scope, normative references, and key terms, then the principles of auditing in Clause 4, from integrity, fair presentation, due professional care, confidentiality, and independence through to the evidence-based approach. Each principle is paired with practical content showing how it plays out in real audits.
Module 2

Managing an Audit Programme (Clause 5)
How to establish, implement, monitor, review, and improve an audit programme: setting programme objectives, evaluating programme risks and opportunities, the roles and competence of the people managing the programme, programme scope and resources.
Module 3

Planning the Audit (Clauses 6.1 to 6.3)
Initiating the audit and preparing audit activities: reviewing documented information, audit planning, assigning work to the audit team, and preparing the documented information you will carry into the audit.
Module 4

Conducting the Audit (Clauses 6.4.1 to 6.4.7)
The fieldwork phase: the roles of guides and observers, running the opening meeting, communicating during the audit, providing access to audit information, reviewing documented information while auditing, and collecting and verifying the information that becomes your audit evidence.
Module 5

Determining Audit Findings (Clause 6.4.8)
How verified audit evidence is evaluated against the audit criteria to generate findings, including documenting conformity and nonconformity and applying the process in practice with the included tools.
Module 6

Concluding the Audit (Clauses 6.4.9 to 6.7)
Bringing the audit home: determining audit conclusions, conducting the closing meeting, preparing and distributing the audit report in line with Clause 6.5, completing the audit, and conducting audit follow-up.
Module 7

Competence and Evaluation of Auditors (Clause 7)
What it takes to be and remain a competent auditor and audit team leader: personal behaviour, generic and discipline-specific knowledge and skills, achieving auditor and audit team leader competence, and establishing auditor evaluation criteria and methods.

ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Specialist Modules
Module 1

Introduction to Quality Management Systems (Clauses 1 to 3)
Scope, normative references, key terms, the PDCA approach, process-based thinking, risk-based thinking, and the seven quality management principles.
Module 2

Context of the Organization (Clause 4)
Determining internal and external issues, understanding interested parties, and defining QMS scope and processes.
Module 3

Leadership (Clause 5)
Top management leadership and commitment, quality policy, and organisational roles, responsibilities and authorities.
Module 4

Planning (Clause 6)
Risk-based planning, addressing risks and opportunities, quality objectives, and planning for change.
Module 5

Support (Clause 7)
Resources, competence, awareness, communication, and documented information requirements for an effective QMS.
Module 6

Operation (Clause 8)
Operational planning and control, product and service requirements, design and development, external provider control, and nonconforming outputs.
Module 7

Performance Evaluation (Clause 9)
Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation of QMS performance, customer satisfaction, internal audit, and management review.
Module 8

Improvement (Clause 10)
Addressing nonconformities, corrective actions, and continual improvement within the QMS.

*This course does not include a copy of ISO 9001:2015 as it is not required for you to complete your training. Course content includes extracts from the standards in the form of clause statements as per the example below.

ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management Systems Specialist Course Modules

The ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management Systems Specialist course is delivered fully online and in alignment with the Exemplar Global EM - Environmental Management Systems TPECS competency Unit.

Structured around the auditable clauses of ISO 14001:2026, each module explains the clause and then provides practical guidance on its implementation and auditing requirements.

The following modules are included within this course:

Module Topic Module Summary
Introduction to ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management Systems Including Clauses 1-3
Clause 4 Context of the organization (including implementing and auditing)
Clause 5 Leadership and commitment (including implementing and auditing)
Clause 6 Planning — environmental aspects, compliance obligations, objectives (including implementing and auditing)
Clause 7 Support — resources, competence, awareness, communication, documented information (including implementing and auditing)
Clause 8 Operation — including life cycle perspective and emergency preparedness (including implementing and auditing)
Clause 9 Performance evaluation — monitoring, measurement, audit, management review (including implementing and auditing)
Clause 10 Improvement — nonconformity, corrective action, continual improvement (including implementing and auditing)

*A copy of the ISO 14001 standard is not required to complete this course. All relevant clause content is included within your course materials as per the example below.

 

OH&S Management Systems Specialist (ISO 45001:2018)
Module 1

Introduction to OH&S Management Systems (Clauses 1 to 3)
ISO 45001:2018 in the context of the Harmonized Structure: scope, key terms, the PDCA approach, risk-based thinking, and the benefits an OH&S management system brings to an organisation.
Module 2

Context of the Organization (Clause 4)
Internal and external issues, the unique requirement to understand the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties, and defining the scope of the OH&S management system.
Module 3

Leadership and Worker Participation (Clause 5)
Top management leadership, OH&S policy, organisational roles and responsibilities, and the distinctive requirement for consultation and participation of workers.
Module 4

Planning (Clause 6)
Hazard identification, OH&S risks and opportunities, legal and other requirements, and OH&S objectives and how to achieve them.
Module 5

Support (Clause 7)
Resources, competence, awareness, communication, and documented information requirements for an effective OH&S management system.
Module 6

Operation (Clause 8)
Operational planning and control, elimination of hazards and reduction of OH&S risks, emergency preparedness and response, and procurement and contractor management.
Module 7

Performance Evaluation (Clause 9)
Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation of OH&S performance, compliance evaluation, internal audit, and management review.
Module 8

Improvement (Clause 10)
Incident investigation, nonconformity management, corrective action, and continual improvement within the OH&S management system.

*This course does not include a copy of ISO 45001:2018 as it is not required for you to complete your training.  Course content includes extracts from the standards in the form of clause statements as per the example below.

Knowledge checks throughout

Every module across all five courses includes a knowledge check that reinforces your understanding of the content before you move on. These are non-graded and can be revisited as often as you like, with instant feedback.

Practical, audit-based learning in Management Systems Auditor

In the Management Systems Auditor course, your learning is reinforced through practical audit activities using the included templates, including an audit plan, working papers, findings record, and audit report. You build genuine audit documentation as you progress, not just answer questions about auditing.

Case study-based assessment in the specialist courses

In the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2026, and ISO 45001:2018 specialist courses, knowledge checks are paired with clause-level case study scenarios, giving you the opportunity to apply each requirement to a realistic organisational context. The Understanding Integrated Management Systems microcredential uses knowledge checks only.

Statements of Attainment and the Digital Credential

On successful completion of all assessment requirements for each specialist course, you will be issued with an Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment covering that competency unit. Your Lead Auditor Integrated Management Systems Digital Credential is issued automatically when all five courses are complete.

Five courses completed in a fixed order: Management Systems Auditor (ISO 19011:2026), Understanding Integrated Management Systems, ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Specialist, ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management Systems Specialist, and ISO 45001:2018 OH&S Management Systems Specialist.
Yes. The order is fixed, not just recommended. Start with Management Systems Auditor, then Understanding Integrated Management Systems, then the three specialist courses. Each course builds directly on the one before it. The specialist courses use auditing language and methodology established in the first course, and the IMS microcredential prepares you for the clause-by-clause specialist content that follows.
You will be issued with an Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment covering the relevant competency unit as you successfully complete each specialist course. The Understanding Integrated Management Systems microcredential awards a Certificate of Completion. When all five courses are complete, you receive a Lead Auditor Integrated Management Systems Digital Credential.
No. This bundle is open entry with no prerequisites. It is designed to work whether you are completely new to management systems and auditing, or you have existing experience in one or more disciplines that you want to formalise and extend.
Yes. The Management Systems Auditor course covers the AU26 and TL26 Exemplar Global competency units, which form the complete lead auditor foundation as defined in ISO 19011:2026. The specialist courses extend that capability across quality, environment, and OH&S disciplines.
This bundle covers ISO 19011:2026, ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2026 and ISO 45001:2018. The auditing principles and techniques you develop can also be applied when auditing other ISO management system standards, legislative compliance auditing, or other industry programmes.
Yes. The 16 audit tools from the Management Systems Auditor course apply across all three disciplines. The ISO 14001:2026 specialist tools are designed to be adaptable across quality and OH&S audit activities, and the IMS clause mapping tool shows you exactly how to apply them across all three standards.
If you already hold your AU26 and TL26 Exemplar Global competency units, contact our Customer Service team about enrolling in the individual specialist courses rather than the full bundle.
Fully online and self-paced. All five courses include video and audio content, written material, scenario-based activities, and practical tools. No live sessions or scheduled attendance required.
The full bundle is equivalent to approximately 64 hours of full-time study across all five courses. Because every course is fully self-paced, you can spread this across any timeframe that works for you.
Full access to all five courses, 28 modules, 16 downloadable audit tools and templates from the MSA course, ISO 14001:2026 specialist tools adaptable across all three disciplines, the IMS clause mapping tool, and module knowledge checks throughout. Credentials are issued as you complete each course. The full list of tools and resources is on this page above.
No prerequisites required

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    Standard: ISO 19011:2026, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2026, ISO 45001:2018
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* All ATOL courses are delivered in such a way you can work through them at your own pace, the actual time to complete the training may change depending on the individual learners' experience and/or learning style