| Approx Course Duration *: | Equivalent to 24 Hours (3 days full-time study) |
| Access to Course Content: | 18 Months from the date of enrolment |
| Qualification/s: | Internal Auditor Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001:2015) |
| Competency Units: |
Exemplar Global (AU) Management Systems Auditing
Exemplar Global (EM) Environmental Management Systems |
| Certificate Type: |
Certificate of Attainment |
| CPD Hours: | 24 Continuing Professional Development Hours |
This ISO 14001 Internal Auditor course is designed to help professionals understand, audit, and improve an organisation’s Environmental Management System (EMS) in line with ISO 14001:2015 requirements.
This practical, skills-focused course combines environmental management principles with internal auditing techniques. You’ll learn how to plan and conduct internal audits, evaluate environmental risks and controls, and report findings that support compliance and continual improvement. You’ll also build the capability to participate effectively as an audit team member, supporting both internal audits and external (certification or surveillance) audits by understanding what auditors look for and how evidence is assessed.
As an internationally recognised Internal Auditor qualification, this course prepares you to apply ISO 14001 auditing skills across all industries and organisational contexts, supporting environmental performance, risk management, and sustainability goals.
Who this course is for
This course is ideal for professionals involved in environmental management, compliance, or internal auditing.
- Internal auditors and audit team members
- Environmental, sustainability, and HSEQ professionals
- Compliance, risk, and governance roles
- Managers responsible for ISO 14001 implementation
- Consultants supporting environmental management systems
No prior auditing or ISO 14001 certification is required.
What you’ll learn
- The structure and requirements of ISO 14001:2015
- Core principles of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
- Environmental risk identification and control evaluation
- Internal audit principles aligned with ISO management systems
- Audit planning, evidence gathering, and interview techniques
- How to identify nonconformities and improvement opportunities
- Corrective action processes and root cause analysis
- How to document and report audit findings effectively
What you’ll be able to do
- Perform internal audits of an EMS against ISO 14001 requirements
- Assess environmental performance, risks, and compliance obligations
- Identify nonconformities and areas for continual improvement
- Write clear, objective internal audit reports
- Support corrective actions to prevent recurrence of issues
- Contribute to environmental compliance and sustainability outcomes
- Promote yourself as a competent ISO 14001 Internal Auditor
Looking to expand your environmental auditing capability? You can upgrade to the ISO 14001 Lead Auditor course to develop advanced audit leadership skills and prepare for external or third-party audits.
Course Modules:
| Introduction to Management Systems Auditing | Managing the Audit Programme |
| The Auditor | Competence of the Auditor |
| Audit Procedures | Initiating the Audit |
| Conducting the Document Review | Prepare for Audit Activities |
| Conducting Audit Activities | Preparing the Audit Report |
| Completing the Audit and Conducting Followups | Introduction to ISO 14001:2015 incl Clauses 1-3 |
| ISO 14001 Clause 3 Terms and definitions | ISO 14001 Clause 4 Context of the organization |
| ISO 14001 Clause 5 Leadership and worker participation | ISO 14001 Clause 6 Planning |
| ISO 14001 Clause 7 Support | ISO 14001 Clause 8 Operation |
| ISO 14001 Clause 9 Performance evaluation | ISO 14001 Clause 10 Improvement |
The courses are broken up into a series of modules and the assessment is completed as part of the learning, step-by-step, module-by-module.
Knowledge Checks
At the end of each module, you are given the opportunity to complete a non-graded Knowledge Check before moving on to your final assessments. You can view the content and complete the knowledge checks as many times as you like. These are marked instantly by the learning management system so you know exactly which content you may need to review further. This gets you confident and prepared to do the final module assessment.
Module Assessment
Once you are confident that you have a thorough understanding of the content you can move on to the module assessment. You are given three attempts at each assessment, after which it is locked for review by a trainer and assessor to see how we can best help you. The assessment is then unlocked for another three attempts, providing you with the time and support needed to review content, review results, and consult with assessors.
We have found that students with all types of learning styles find this an effective way to receive their qualifications.
Course details:
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Online Self-Paced
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Approx 24 hours full-time study*
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Exemplar Global International/Industry Recognized
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Standard: ISO 19011:2018 and ISO 14001:2015
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No prerequisites required
* 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
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