Management Systems Auditor + OH&S Management Systems (ISO 45001)

Become an ISO 45001 Lead Auditor Who Knows What Good Safety Looks Like.

Behind every safe workplace, every approved contractor, and every ISO 45001 certificate, there is someone who knew how to ask the right questions, follow the evidence, and determine whether the safety system actually protects people. That person could be you.

This bundle is the complete pathway into one of the most consequential fields an auditor can work in. Health and safety has never carried more weight with regulators, boards, or workers themselves, and organisations are expected to prove their safety systems work rather than simply say so. 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 then takes you inside ISO 45001:2018 clause by clause, from hazard identification and worker participation through to incident investigation and 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.

The auditing methodology you build here also transfers to other structured audit contexts, including but not limited to the NDIS Practice Standards, the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS), and legislative compliance auditing.

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 specialist course. When both courses are complete, you receive the MS Auditor + ISO 45001:2018 Specialist Digital Credential.

Who this bundle is for

Safety auditing attracts people who care about how work actually gets done: on sites, in plants, on the road, wherever people face real risk. Some arrive after years in WHS roles, others are starting fresh and want a career with visible impact. Both paths work here. Safety experience helps, but it is not the entry ticket:

• Newcomers building an auditing career with a health and safety specialisation from day one
• Internal auditors who want to add OH&S audits to their first-party audit scope
• WHS and HSE professionals, safety advisors, and coordinators formalising the audit side of their role
• Aspiring external and certification auditors building an OH&S audit portfolio
• Consultants who need to audit and advise clients on ISO 45001 conformance
• Supply chain and second-party auditors evaluating contractor and supplier safety systems
• Anyone building toward Exemplar Global Lead Auditor personnel certification with an OH&S focus

What you'll be able to do after this bundle

Every capability below is something safety auditors use in real workplaces, where the findings matter to real people. By the time you complete both 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 the requirements unique to OH&S such as worker consultation and participation
• Evaluate how an organisation identifies hazards, assesses OH&S risks, and applies the hierarchy of controls
• Audit the parts of a safety system that fail most often in practice: contractor management, emergency preparedness, and incident follow-up
• 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 three Exemplar Global competency units and a Digital Credential to employers, clients, and certification bodies

What you'll learn

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

Auditing any management system with confidence

Before you can audit health and 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.

What makes an OH&S management system different

ISO 45001:2018 shares its Harmonized Structure with other ISO management system standards, but it asks for things no other standard does. You will learn how the PDCA cycle and risk-based thinking apply to safety, why worker consultation and participation sit at the heart of the standard, and the benefits a genuine OH&S management system brings beyond bare compliance.

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.

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