IMS Awareness and Internal Audit Training (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
Learn ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 as one Annex SL system, understand exactly where the three diverge, and plan and conduct an integrated internal audit to ISO 19011:2018.
29
Lessons
~15h
Study time
30
Exam questions
Earns a QR-verifiable Certificate of Training
Overview
About this course
An integrated management system is not three manuals stapled together. This course teaches ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 as a single system built on the Annex SL harmonised structure, and then shows precisely where that harmony ends — because clauses that share a number do not always share an intent. ISO 14001 clause 6.1.2 identifies environmental aspects and impacts; ISO 45001 clause 6.1.2 identifies hazards and assesses risks to people. They are different exercises requiring different evidence, and an auditor who treats them as one will miss both.
The programme works through clauses 4 to 10 side by side, naming the clause number in each standard at every step: context and interested parties, leadership and policy, the divergent planning clauses, support and operation, performance evaluation and improvement. Particular attention is given to requirements that belong to one standard alone — ISO 45001 clause 5.4 consultation and participation of workers, which has no counterpart in ISO 9001 or ISO 14001; ISO 9001's design, external provider and product release requirements; ISO 14001's life-cycle perspective and compliance obligations. The final third turns to auditing: managing an audit programme and evaluating auditor competence to ISO 19011:2018 clauses 5, 6 and 7, building integrated audit trails that cross all three standards in a single thread, and writing nonconformities in problem–location–requirement form that survive review.
It is written for QHSE officers, management representatives, HSE and quality engineers, and consultants working in the GCC who need to run or defend an internal audit programme rather than merely describe one. No prior management-system qualification is assumed; every requirement is introduced from first principles and then examined as an auditor would.
Assessment is by a 30-question online final exam with a 70% pass mark. Successful learners receive a verifiable SKEDMIA certificate. Approximately 15 hours of self-paced study.
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Syllabus
Course content
10 modules · 29 lessons · ~15h
01Module 1 — Integrated Management Systems — Concepts, Drivers and Limits3 lessons
- What an Integrated Management System Actually IsPreview30 min
- The Three Standards at a Glance — Purpose, Scope and Intended Outcomes35 min
- Process Approach, PDCA and Risk-Based Thinking30 min
02Module 2 — Annex SL and the Harmonised Structure — One Framework, Three Standards3 lessons
- Annex SL, the Harmonised Structure and Common Text30 min
- Clause-by-Clause Map of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 4500135 min
- Common Terms and Definitions — and the Traps They Set30 min
03Module 3 — Context, Interested Parties and Scope — Clause 4 in All Three Standards3 lessons
- Understanding the Organisation and Its Context — Clause 4.130 min
- Interested Parties and Their Requirements — Clause 4.230 min
- Scope and the Management System — Clauses 4.3 and 4.430 min
04Module 4 — Leadership, Policy and Worker Participation — Clause 53 lessons
- Leadership and Commitment — Clause 5.130 min
- Policy, Roles, Responsibilities and Authorities — Clauses 5.2 and 5.330 min
- Consultation and Participation of Workers — ISO 45001 Clause 5.435 min
05Module 5 — Planning — Clause 6 and the Point Where the Standards Part Company3 lessons
- Risks and Opportunities — Clause 6.1.1 and Its Three Faces30 min
- Environmental Aspects (14001 6.1.2) and Hazard Identification (45001 6.1.2)40 min
- Compliance Obligations, Legal Requirements, Objectives and Change35 min
06Module 6 — Support and Operation — Clauses 7 and 8 in an Integrated System3 lessons
- Support — Resources, Competence and Awareness (7.1 to 7.3)30 min
- Communication and Documented Information (7.4 and 7.5)30 min
- Operation — Clause 8 and Where the Three Standards Part Company40 min
07Module 7 — Performance Evaluation and Improvement — Clauses 9 and 103 lessons
- Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis and Evaluation — Clause 9.130 min
- Internal Audit and Management Review — Clauses 9.2 and 9.330 min
- Nonconformity, Corrective Action and Continual Improvement — Clause 1030 min
08Module 8 — Audit Programme Management and Auditor Competence — ISO 19011:20183 lessons
- Audit Principles and Managing the Audit Programme — Clauses 4 and 535 min
- Conducting an Audit — ISO 19011 Clause 635 min
- Auditor Competence and Evaluation — ISO 19011 Clause 730 min
09Module 9 — Conducting the Integrated Internal Audit — From Plan to Closure3 lessons
- Planning the Integrated Audit — Scope, Criteria, Sampling and Checklists35 min
- Integrated Audit Trails — One Thread Through Three Standards40 min
- Findings, Nonconformity Writing and the Audit Report35 min
10Course materials & downloads2 lessons
- Three-Standard Clause Correspondence Matrix — ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 (PDF)
- Integrated Internal Audit Pack — Audit Plan, Process-Based Checklist and Nonconformity Report (PDF)
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