1. The purpose of an OH&S management system, and of OH&S management systems standards and the business benefits of the improved performance of the OH&S management system.
2. Understanding ISO 45001 –
   • The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle and its application to OH&S management processes.
   • The processes involved in establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, measuring, analysing, evaluating, reviewing, maintaining and improving an occupational health and safety management system, including the significance of these for OHSMS auditors.
   • The terms and definitions used in ISO 45001.
   • The requirements for OH&S management system documentation and the difference between maintaining and retaining documented information.
3. The role of the OH&S management system auditor in assessing an organisation’s ability to provide a safe and healthy workplace, to prevent work related injury and ill health and to proactively improve its occupational health and safety performance.
4. The role of the OHSMS auditor in evaluating an organisation’s ability to meet its legal and other requirements, including the difference between this role and the regulatory role of evaluating legal compliance.
5. Planning, conducting, reporting and follow-up of audits of an OH&S management system.
   • External and internal issues
   • Determination of legal requirements and other requirements
   • Policy
   • Consultation and participation
   • Planning
   • Change
   • Operational processes
   • Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation of performance
   • Management Review
   • Continual Improvement
   • Top management commitment

Who is the course intended for?

Existing lead auditors e.g. for QMS and/or EMS, who have not previously audited OH&S management systems.

Pre-requisites:

Recommended – ISO 45001:2018 Foundation Course

Mandatory – Lead Auditor Training in another discipline

Required Knowledge of

• The Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle,
• The core elements of a management system and the interrelationship between top management responsibility, policy, objectives, planning, implementation, measurement, review and continual improvement.
• Occupational health and safety management – the concepts of managing occupational health and safety through hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control and compliance with legal requirements and other requirements.
• The relationship between occupational health and safety management and the provision of safe and healthy workplaces, the prevention of work-related injury and ill health, and the proactive improvement of health and safety performance.
• Common examples of relevant national and local OH&S legislation and requirements
• Knowledge of the requirements of ISO 45001 and the commonly used occupational health and safety management terms and definitions
• Knowledge of management systems audit through satisfactory completion of a Lead Auditor Training course in another discipline.

Course Assessment and Accreditation:

Continuous assessment and a 1 hour 40-minute examination