Environmental Auditing
Course Code: SE10
►Course Objective
- Apply the Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills of Environmental Auditors as identified in ISO19011
- Apply techniques used in the identification of environmental aspects & impacts
- Evaluate and explain the significance of environmental impacts.
- Analyse and validate environmental objectives, targets, management and monitoring regimes relating to a range of industry types.
- Describe and identify the relationship and differences between a range of audit types
- Evaluate current environmental issues, their inter-relationships and how they relate to the auditing process.
- Identify key pieces of environmental legislation and define their relevance in the context of environmental auditing.
- Describe and explain the roles and responsibilities of the auditor, the audit teamand other relevant bodies.
- Plan, initiate, implement, manage, monitor and review a broad range of audit programmes.
- Demonstrate the main competences required for leading an environmental audit and the main competencies required in an audit team.
►Target Audience
- This course is intended for environmental and quality professionals who have previously attended an IEMA approved course or who have a sound understanding of EMS and who wish to improve their environmental auditing skills and refresh their knowledge of environmental issues and themes.
►Course Outline
- Day 1
- Global issues
- Auditing of EMS
- Recap and update of ISO 14001 and EMAS
- Evaluating significance of aspects including actual and potential impacts arising from normal and abnormal conditions
- Day 2
- Sources and types of air pollution
- Environmental risk assessment techniques
- Environmental legislation (European/Irish)
- ISO 14031 and environmental performance indicators
- Developing objectives and targets
- Day 3
- Emergency preparedness and response
- The EMS auditing process & “best practice” approach to auditing
- The role of certifiers, auditors and verifiers
- Internal audit and review
- Life cycle assessment
- Day 4
- Comprehensive audit case-study and exercises
- Preparation for audit
- Audit role-play
- Review and discussion of audit findings
- Requirements of certification bodies
- Day 5
- Closing Meetings
- Integrated management systems
- Course Review
- Examination
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