QMSAI ISO 14001 internal Auditor course will afford you both technical knowledge and practical skills essential to assess and report on the conformance and effective implementation of an environmental management system geared towards continual improvement.

What is QMSAI Internal Auditor Course?

QMSAI EMS Internal Auditor certification is a globally-recognized ISO 14001:2015 Internal auditor certification. It is certified by the Quality and Management system Auditors Institute (QMSAI) and meets the training requirements for QMSAI Environmental Management System Auditor certification.

A “QMSAI ISO 14001 internal Auditor” certificate gives credence to your professional capabilities, and demonstrates that you have the knowledge and skills to perform the internal audit of your organization’s EMS based on ISO 14001 standard.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the purpose and structure of ISO 14001
• Gain the skills to assess an organization’s capability to manage its EMS
• Explain the principles, process and selected techniques used for the assignment and management of environmental aspects and impacts, including the significance of these for EMS auditors
• Apply auditing guidelines to ISO 14001:2015 in accordance with ISO 19011:2018
• Plan and execute an internal audit, gather audit evidence through observation, interview and sampling of documents and records
• Write factual audit reports and suggest corrective actions

Who Should Attend?

• Those who want to become registered EMS Internal auditors
• Environmental management and sustainability professionals.
• EMS Engineers
• EMS managers and consultants.
• Safety officers
• EMS internal auditors
• Environmental management representatives.
• Managers in charge of compliance and regulatory affairs.
• Those with responsibility for EMS implementation

Pre-course Requirements

You are expected to have the following prior knowledge before starting this course:

• Knowledge of the plan, do, check, act cycle (PDCA)
• Understand the structure and content of ISO 14001
• Fully grasp the ISO 14001 standard. (Note that students without prior knowledge of the standard may not be successful in this course.)
• Have insights into the core elements of a management system, and the interrelationship between top management responsibility, policy, objectives, planning, implementation, measurement, management review and continual improvement
• Understand the concepts of managing environmental aspects in relation to their associated impacts and compliance obligations, etc.
• Possess knowledge of the requirements of ISO 14001, and the commonly used EMS terms and definitions, as given in ISO 14000
• Knowledge of EMS legislations and legal requirements (both local and international)
• Understand Management Systems risk-based process approach.

Course Duration

This course takes three (3) days to complete, plus exams.

Course Time

08:30am to 4:30pm daily (tea break starts at 11:00am and runs till 11:30am, while lunch starts at 1:00pm).

Course Fee

₦100,000.00 (one hundred thousand naira). You can pay in 2 installments.

Examination and Evaluation Criteria

Participants shall be evaluated through:

• Continuous Assessments – Participants will be evaluated every day of the training, via group discussion, workshops, role play, punctuality, take-home exercise, class room participation, attendance, contribution in class, etc. The qualifying mark is 60%
• Examination – Participants will write a 2-hour final examination on the last day of training. The qualifying marks is 70%

Why choose us to meet your Training Needs?

• We have highly competent trained instructors, with a lot of experience as quality and management system trainers / consultants
• We will provide you opportunities for onsite practical experience as an “auditor in training”.
• We have developed special training course materials, available in soft and hard copies, as well as videos and audios at affordable prices, with lots of on-the-job practical activities and samples.
• Our training is interactive, engaging, detailed and very interesting. We employ a variety of teaching techniques which includes videos.
• We guarantee you success on all national and international courses
• We offer virtual and online courses for those who are busy and don’t have the time for a formal classroom lecture
• We operate in an environment conducive to learning—all our training rooms are air conditioned and have good lighting system.
• We provide additional learning support via zoom, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and on our blog:

Course Outline

Unit 1 – Introduction to ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management system

• What is ISO and ISO 14001?
• The High Level structure
• Basic Terminology of Environmental Management System (EMS)
• ISO 14001 Family of Standards and Versions
• Fundamentals of ISO 9001:2015
• Benefits of Implementing an effective EMS

Unit 2 – Introduction to Auditing

• What is Auditing
• Purpose and Objectives of the Internal Audit
• Benefits of Effective Internal Auditing
• Types of Audits
• Layout Standards that Follow the PDCA
• Types of Internal Audits
• Different Phases of an Audit

Unit 3 – Managing an Audit Programme

• ISO 19011:2018

• Determining the Scope of the Audit
• Defining the Audit Criteria
• Selecting Audit Team Members

Unit 4 – Audit Preparation

• Phases of Audit preparation

• EMS audit procedure
• Effective Audit Preparation Process
• Applying audit methods

Unit 5 – Audit Roles and Responsibilities

• Role and Responsibilities of Quality Manager/Audit Coordinator
• Role and Responsibilities of Auditee’s Management
• Role and Responsibilities of Auditor
• Role and Responsibilities of Auditee
• Role and Responsibilities of Guide

Unit 6 – Auditor Competence

• Principles of auditing
• Internal Auditor’s Personal Attributes
• Key Success Factor: Auditor Attitude
• Relations between Auditors and Auditees

Unit 7 – Performing the Audit

• Opening Meeting
• Collecting and Verifying information
• Selecting Sources of Information
• Handling Difficult Auditees
• Generating Audit Findings
• Rule of Thumb for Deciding Type of Audit Finding
• Corrective Action

Unit 8 – Audit Conclusion

• Content of audit conclusions
• Audit Report
• Closing Meeting
• Conducting Audit Follow-up
• Summary of Effective Internal Auditing

Unit 9 – Auditing EMS requirements

• Environmental policy
• EMS model
• Integration
• Emergencies
• Management review
• Implementation and operation of the specific requirements

Unit 10– Specimen Exam Questions