ISO 14001 Lead Implementer

4.125 Days

24.75 CPD hours

The job roles best suited to the material in this course are: Managers or consultants involved in Environmental Management, Expert advisors seeking to master the implementation of an Environmental Management System, Individuals responsible for maintaining conformance with EMS requirements , EMS team members

Acknowledge the correlation between ISO 14001, ISO 14040 and other standards and regulatory frameworks
Master the concepts, approaches, methods and techniques used for the implementation and effective management of an EMS
Learn how to interpret the ISO 14001 requirements in the specific context of an organization
Learn how to support an organization to effectively plan, implement, manage, monitor and maintain an EMS
Acquire the expertise to advise an organization in implementing Environmental Management System best practices

ISO 14001 Lead Implementer training enables you to develop the necessary expertise to support an organization in establishing, implementing, managing and maintaining an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on ISO 14001. During this training course, you will also gain a thorough understanding of the best practices of Environmental Management Systems, consequently reducing an organization?s negative environmental impacts and improving its overall performance and efficiency

Introduction to ISO 14001 and initiation of an EMS

• Course objective and structure
• Standard and regulatory framework
• Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Fundamental principles of environmental management
• Initiating the EMS implementation
• Understanding the organization and clarifying the environmental objectives
• Analysis of the existing management system

Plan the implementation of the EMS

• Leadership and approval of the EMS project
• EMS scope
• Policies for environmental management
• Risk assessment
• Definition of the organizational structure of environmental management

Implementation of an EMS

• Definition of the document management process
• Design of controls and drafting of specific policies & procedures
• Communication plan
• Training and awareness plan
• Implementation of controls
• Incident Management
• Operations Management

EMS monitoring, measurement, continuous improvement and preparation for certification audit

• Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
• Internal audit
• Management review
• Treatment of problems and non-conformities
• Continual improvement
• Preparing for the certification audit
• Competence and evaluation of implementers
• Closing the training