Management Systems Auditor + Work Health & Psychological Safety

Audit what protects people: physical safety, psychological health and the systems behind both.

Behind every workplace where people are safe to work and safe to speak up, there is someone who knew how to ask the right questions, follow the evidence, and determine whether the safety system protects bodies and minds alike. That person could be you.

This bundle is the complete pathway into modern safety auditing, where psychological health carries real regulatory weight alongside physical safety. Psychosocial hazards are now squarely on the WHS agenda, and organisations need people who can audit both sides of the picture. The Management Systems Auditor course builds your auditing foundation to ISO 19011:2026, with remote auditing methods from ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 integrated throughout. The OH&S Management Systems Specialist course takes you inside ISO 45001:2018 clause by clause, and Focus on ISO 45003 extends that knowledge into psychological health and safety, from psychosocial hazard identification through to continual improvement.

The bundle is open to everyone. No prior auditing or safety experience is needed, and it works whether you are starting out or formalising skills you already use on site.

You will be issued with an Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment covering the relevant competency units as you successfully complete each course: AU26 and TL26 for Management Systems Auditor, and OH45001 for the OH&S specialist course. Completing Focus on ISO 45003 earns its Certificate of Completion, rounding out your credentials across physical and psychological safety.

Who this bundle is for

Psychological safety used to sit outside the auditor's brief. Not anymore. The people organisations need now can walk a site and read a hazard register, then sit in a meeting room and ask how workload, support, and behaviour are actually managed. This bundle builds both sides. If that sounds like the auditor you want to become, you are in the right place:

• Newcomers building a safety auditing career that covers physical and psychological risk from day one
• Internal auditors extending first-party audits into psychosocial risk management
• WHS and HSE professionals, safety advisors, and people and culture practitioners formalising the audit side of their role
• Aspiring external and certification auditors building a whole-of-safety audit portfolio
• Consultants advising clients on ISO 45001 conformance and ISO 45003 alignment
• Supply chain and second-party auditors evaluating contractor and supplier safety systems
• Anyone building toward Exemplar Global Lead Auditor personnel certification with a safety focus

What you'll be able to do after this bundle

Auditing psychological health and safety takes more than good intentions; it takes method. By the time you complete all three courses, you will be able to:

• Plan, conduct, and lead management system audits using a consistent ISO 19011:2026 methodology
• Lead an audit team through every stage of an audit, from initiation and planning through to reporting and corrective action follow-up
• Interpret ISO 45001:2018 clause by clause, including worker consultation and participation and the hierarchy of controls
• Apply ISO 45003 guidance to recognise, evaluate, and address psychosocial hazards within an OH&S management system
• Evaluate how an organisation manages workload, role clarity, support, and workplace behaviour as sources of psychosocial risk
• Audit effectively in on-site, remote, and hybrid environments using ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 methods
• Write audit findings and reports that are clear, accurate, fair, and useful to the organisation
• Demonstrate Exemplar Global competency units and recognised credentials spanning physical and psychological safety

What you'll learn

Three courses, one structured learning pathway. Each theme below builds on the one before it.

Auditing any management system with confidence

Before you can audit 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, run opening and closing meetings, document findings, and lead a team through a complete audit from initiation to follow-up.

Auditing the requirements of ISO 45001:2018

The specialist course works through the standard clause by clause: organisational context and worker expectations, leadership and worker participation, hazard identification and the hierarchy of controls, legal and other requirements, operational control including procurement and contractor management, emergency preparedness, performance evaluation, and incident investigation and improvement. You will finish knowing what evidence to look for against each requirement and where safety systems most often break down.

Extending safety into psychological health

ISO 45003 is the international guidance for managing psychosocial risk within an ISO 45001 system, and Focus on ISO 45003 follows the same clause structure you have just learned, so the extension feels natural. You will cover psychosocial hazards like workload, role clarity, support, and workplace behaviour, how leadership and worker participation apply to psychological health, and how planning, operation, performance evaluation, and improvement work when the risks are harder to see.

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

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