An Environmental Audit Primer

Equip yourself with skills and tools to conduct an internal environmental audit at your organisation. You will learn various audits practices and the primary measures of an audit. We will provide practical, proven techniques for outlining, managing, and reporting on internal environmental audits. You will explore non-compliance, corrective actions and closing audit meetings through case studies and role-playing. This course will strengthen the concepts and equip you with implementing the systems to situations typically confronted during internal auditing.

Course Modules

• Course Overview
• Auditing
• Internal Audit
• The Audit
• Audit Checklist
• Conducting an Audit
• Noncompliance and Corrective Action
• Audit Closing
• Personal Action Plan
• Recommended Reading List
• Post-Course Assessment

Learning Objectives

• Understanding the various types of audits and the levels of auditing possible 
• Identify the qualifications of auditors and the preparation needed to conduct an audit.
• Comprehending all the necessary information and evidence for audits
• Learn how to develop open-ended questions for audit interviews
• Creating an essential audit checklist 
• Preparing audit checklist on EMS procedures
• Plan for an audit 
• Use an Internal Audit Noncompliance and Corrective Action Report to record non-conformances.
• Understand the corrective due process and its significance in closing out non-conformances.
• Build experience and comprehension on conducting a closing audit meeting.