| Approx Course Duration *: | Equivalent to 64 Hours (8 days full-time study) |
| Access to Course Content: | 18 Months from the date of enrolment |
| Qualification/s: | Lead Auditor Integrated Management Systems |
| Competency Units: |
Exemplar Global AU – Auditing Management Systems
Exemplar Global TL – Lead Audit Teams Exemplar Global QM – Quality Management Systems Exemplar Global EM – Environmental Management Systems Exemplar Global OH 45001 – ISO 45001 Management Systems |
| Certificate Type: |
Certificate of Attainment |
| CPD Hours: | 64 Continuing Professional Development Hours |
External Auditing Integrated Management System Lead Auditor course
With your qualification, you will become an internationally recognized Integrated Management Systems (IMS) Lead Auditor with a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct a successful external audit against the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems and ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety management systems. You will be able to apply what you learn across all industries around the world.
- Promote yourself as an IMS external auditor
- Perform IMS audits on behalf of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CAB's) or Certification Bodies (CB's) for contract work conducting certification audits
- Assess an organization’s IMS against ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 requirements in the role of a Lead external auditor
- Obtain awareness of the processes that an organization should be taking to address and correct IMS nonconformances
- Write, review and provide feedback on IMS audit reports
- Obtain awareness of the processes that an organization should be taking to develop, implement, maintain and continually improve its IMS
- Document nonconformances within an external audit report
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.
This course consists of the following modules:
| Topics and clauses covered: | |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Management Systems Auditing | Managing the Audit Programme |
| The Auditor | Competence of the Auditor |
| Audit Procedures | Initiating the Audit |
| Initiating the Audit (Team Leader Requirements) | Conducting the Document Review |
| Conducting the Document Review (Team Leader Requirements) | Prepare for Audit Activities |
| Preparing your Team for Audit Activities | Conducting Audit Activities |
| Leading Audit Activities | Preparing the Audit Report |
| Collating an External or Team Audit Report | Completing the Audit and Conducting Followups |
| Understanding Integrated Management Systems | Introduction to ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 |
| Clause 3 Terms and definitions (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) | Clause 4 Context of the organization (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) |
| Clause 5 Leadership (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) | Clause 6 Planning (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) |
| Clause 7 Support (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) | Clause 8 Operation (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) |
| Clause 9 Performance evaluation (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) | Clause 10 Improvement (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) |
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 64 hours full-time study*
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Exemplar Global Internationally & Industry Recognized
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Standard: ISO 19011:2018, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018
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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
NO PREREQUISITES