The IEMA Foundation Course in Environmental Auditing

Introduction

Penarth Management is an IEMA Approved Training Provider for this course under licence from AFNOR Groupe.

Climate change and other environmental concerns have raised the awareness of stakeholders in many organisations. Consequently, many organisations need to have access to trained internal auditors who can carry out a variety of audits to give management confidence that environmental concerns and legal compliance issues are being properly addressed by the business. This reduces the risk to the business and its impact on the environment.

Environmental management systems (EMS) have become an essential part of the strategy for business improvement. Standards such as ISO14001 and EMAS provide requirements for establishing the EMS of an organisation. The emergence of these standards has created the need for professional personnel within the business with the capability to assess the EMS impartially and effectively. External certification of those systems by accredited certification bodies provides a public statement of the organisation’s policy for the environment and its implementation of appropriate controls to limit its impacts.

This course has been designed to train environmental auditors to take part in audits, providing guidance and assurance to management. However, it is also popular with other delegates who wish to develop a clear understanding of environmental management applied to modern business.

Course Details

The course comprises a series of illustrated lectures which provide understanding of environmental management principles and audits including EMS audits. These are supported by case studies and workshops which develop auditor skills.
The course contents satisfy requirements of the international standard for environmental audit and auditor qualification ISO 19011 (which supersedes ISO 14010 -14012).
It includes the following topics:

• Environmental principles and practices;
• Identifying environmental aspects and impacts;
• Developing and implementing environmental policy;
• Preventing harmful environmental impacts;
• Enhancing environmental performance;
• EMS and the requirements of ISO14001;
• Comparisons with EMAS and the ISO9000 Series standards;
• Environmental law and regulations;
• Risk and hazard analysis;
• Types and methods of environmental audit;
• The EMS audit process;
• Techniques of performing and reporting EMS audits;
• Corrective action and follow-up;
• Assessing and reporting environmental performance;
• IEMA registration scheme and code of practice for Environmental auditors.

Each delegate will receive a comprehensive manual.

Benefits

Delegates will benefit by obtaining the knowledge, skills and confidence to:

• audit their company’s EMS and suppliers’ EMS;
• participate in compliance, single issue and other types of environmental audit.

Learning Outcomes

Successful completion of The IEMA Foundation Course in Environmental Auditing will equip delegates with the basic knowledge necessary to participate effectively in environmental audits and other related activities. Specifically delegates will gain knowledge and understanding of:

• Environmental management systems
• Auditing and consultancy skills
• Environmental legislation
• Environmental aspects, impacts and performance.

Who should attend

The broad scope of the course makes it valuable to delegates who need to:

• Add understanding of environmental management to their auditing skills;
• Complement their knowledge of environmental management with auditing skills;
• Co-ordinate EMS development;
• Brief others on ISO 14001 requirements;
• Advise senior management on environmental management.

Duration

The course will be carried out over 5 full days.  Delegates should note that there may be evening work during this course.

Course Certification

Completion of the course will be recognised by the award of a certificate. This course contributes towards auditor registration based on the overall number of marks awarded on completion. Delegates will receive an internationally recognised qualification that may be used as evidence of training when applying to the IEMA for registration as an auditor.

Companies will benefit by having knowledgeable and trained personnel who can help to develop the EMS and assess its effectiveness.

Venues

The fees below are based on delegates attending one of our open courses at various venues throughout the UK.

If you have four or more people requiring training, you might find it more cost effective for us to deliver the training in-house.  

Contact us on 02920 703328 or via training@penarth.co.uk for more details.

Fees

The course costs £895 + VAT per delegate.

The fees cover the cost of the training, all course materials, refreshments throughout the day, a light lunch, examination fees and a certificate.

Course Leaders

The courses are presented by experienced environmental professionals.

The courses are presented by experienced quality professionals.
Penarth Management has UKAS accredited certification to ISO9001 (Quality) for the provision of Management Consultancy and the  preparation and delivery of training courses.  We are  also certified to  both ISO14001 (Environmental) and OHSAS18001 (Occupational Health & Safety) Standards.