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Access to Course Content:12 Months from the date of enrolment
Competency Units: Exemplar Global AU Management Systems Auditing
Exemplar Global TL Lead Audit Teams
Exemplar Global OH45001 ISO 45001 OH&S Management Systems
Certificate Type: Certificate of Attainment - TPECS
Certificate of Completion

Become a lead auditor skilled in occupational health and safety (ISO 45001) while simultaneously expanding your understanding of psychological health and safety at work (ISO 45003) in one integrated enrolment.

This combined course brings together ATOL’s OH&S Lead Auditor training with practical ISO 45003 capability, so you can audit modern workplaces where physical safety and psychosocial risk must be managed together.

Why choose the combined enrolment

  • One enrolment, both courses: all the benefits of Lead Auditor (ISO 45001) plus Focus on ISO 45003
  • Save time and cost: avoid enrolling separately and streamline your learning pathway
  • Broader capability: audit OH&S systems and evaluate psychosocial risk controls with confidence
  • Modern workplace relevance: align audits to evolving expectations around health, safety, and wellbeing

Who this course is for

This course is ideal for experienced professionals responsible for leading audits or assessing organisational performance across health, safety, and wellbeing systems, including:

  • Lead and external auditors
  • Health and safety professionals
  • Psychosocial risk and wellbeing specialists
  • Compliance, governance, and risk managers
  • Consultants supporting ISO 45001 and ISO 45003 implementation
  • Regulators or assurance professionals

What you’ll learn

  • The structure, intent, and requirements of ISO 45001 and ISO 45003
  • How psychological health and safety integrates into OH&S management systems
  • Principles and practices of management system auditing
  • Lead auditor roles, responsibilities, and behaviours
  • Audit planning, conducting, reporting, and follow-up
  • Identifying and evaluating physical and psychosocial risks
  • Using evidence, interviews, and documentation to assess conformity
  • Managing audit teams and audit programmes

What you’ll be able to do

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Lead and manage OH&S and psychological safety audits
  • Assess organisational controls for both physical and psychosocial hazards
  • Evaluate compliance with ISO 45001 and ISO 45003 requirements
  • Conduct audits confidently in complex or sensitive environments
  • Report clear, objective audit findings to stakeholders
  • Support continual improvement in workplace health, safety, and wellbeing

ATOL courses are broken up into a series of modules followed by related assessments completed as part of the learning, step-by-step, module-by-module. You can exit and reenter your course at any point without losing your place.

Lead Auditor Management Systems Content

This course consists of the following modules: 

Introduction to Management Systems Auditing Managing an Audit Programme
The Auditor & Competence of the Auditor Audit Procedures
Audit Team Member Guidelines for:
  • Initiating the Audit
  • Conducting a Document Review
  • Prepare for Audit Activities
  • Conducting On-Site Audit Activities
  • Preparing the Audit Report
 Lead Auditor Guidelines for:
  • Initiating the Audit
  • Conducting the Document Review
  • Preparing your Team for Audit Activities
  • Leading On-Site Activities
  • Approving and Distributing the Audit Report
  • Completing the Audit and Conducting Follow-Ups

 

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.

Focus on ISO 45003 Psychological Health and Safety at Work
Module 1

Introduction to Psychological Health and Safety Management (Clauses 1 to 3)
How ISO 45003 guidance extends the ISO 45001 framework into psychological health: scope, key terms, and the relationship between psychosocial risk and the OH&S management system.
Module 2

Clause 4 Context of the Organization
Internal and external issues affecting psychological health, the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties, and scoping psychosocial risk within the OH&S management system.
Module 3

Clause 5 Leadership and Worker Participation
Leadership commitment to psychological health, roles and responsibilities, and the consultation and participation that give workers a real voice in psychosocial risk management.
Module 4

Clause 6 Planning
Identifying psychosocial hazards, including workload, role clarity, support, and workplace behaviour, assessing risks and opportunities, and setting objectives for psychological health.
Module 5

Clause 7 Support
Resources, competence, awareness, and communication for managing psychosocial risk, and the documented information that supports it.
Module 6

Clause 8 Operation
Operational planning and control for psychosocial risk, managing change, and responding when psychological health impacts emerge.
Module 7

Clause 9 Performance Evaluation
Monitoring and measuring psychological health and safety performance, evaluation of compliance, internal audit, and management review.
Module 8

Clause 10 Improvement
Incident learning, nonconformity and corrective action, and continual improvement of psychological health and safety outcomes.

*This course does not include a copy of ISO 45003:2021 as it is not required for you to complete your training. Course content includes extracts from the standard in the form of clause statements as per the example below.

Example Clause Statement

No prerequisites required

$1,500.00 USD

This course includes:

  • Lead Auditor Management Systems
  • OH&S Management Systems Specialist (ISO 45001:2018)
  • Focus on ISO 45003 Psychological Health and Safety at Work
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Course details:

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    Online Self-Paced
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    Approx 38 hours full-time study*
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    Exemplar Global Internationally & Industry Recognized
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    Standard: ISO 45001:2023 and ISO 45003:2025
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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