ISO 14064-1 Lead Verifier/Auditor Training
Lead the verification of organisational greenhouse gas inventories: ISO 14064-1:2018 boundaries, categories and quantification, ISO 14064-3:2019 assurance, materiality and opinions, and the competence and accreditation rules that make a statement defensible.
29
Lessons
~16h
Study time
30
Exam questions
Earns a QR-verifiable Certificate of Training
Overview
About this course
ISO 14064-1:2018 replaced the Scope 1, 2 and 3 vocabulary of the 2006 edition with six categories of direct and indirect emissions, and ISO 14064-3:2019 rewrote how those inventories are verified. This course teaches both, in the order a lead verifier meets them: organisational boundaries and consolidation approaches, the six categories and the significance assessment, quantification methodologies and emission factor selection, base year setting and recalculation, then the full engagement from acceptance through strategic analysis, sampling and evidence to the verification statement and, where the evidence demands it, a qualified opinion.
It is written for verifiers working towards or already holding a lead verifier role, sustainability and HSE managers who prepare GHG assertions for third-party assurance, and consultants building inventories for clients in the Gulf. Sector examples are drawn from the work that dominates the region — upstream and downstream oil and gas, aluminium, cement, power and desalination, aviation and logistics — including flaring, associated gas, cogeneration and grid factor vintage.
By the end you can set and defend an organisational boundary, classify and justify every category, test a quantification method by recalculation, agree a materiality threshold and level of assurance, plan and lead a risk-based verification with a documented sampling rationale, and draft a statement that will survive an accreditation witness assessment. Team competence under ISO 14066 and body requirements under ISO 14065:2020 and ISO 17029 are covered in full, as is the precise distinction between validation and verification.
Assessment is a 30-question online final exam with a 70% pass mark. Successful learners receive a verifiable SKEDMIA certificate. Approximately 16 hours of self-paced study.
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Syllabus
Course content
10 modules · 29 lessons · ~16h
01Module 1 — Greenhouse Gas Accounting and the ISO 14060 Family — Framework, Principles and Terminology3 lessons
- The ISO 14060 Family and Where ISO 14064-1 SitsPreview35 min
- Validation and Verification — a Precise Distinction35 min
- Principles of GHG Quantification and Reporting30 min
02Module 2 — Organisational and Reporting Boundaries — Consolidation Approaches and the Six Categories3 lessons
- Setting the Organisational Boundary35 min
- Reporting Boundaries and the Six Categories35 min
- Significance Assessment and Justified Exclusions30 min
03Module 3 — Direct Emissions and Removals — Category 1 in Depth3 lessons
- Stationary and Mobile Combustion35 min
- Process, Fugitive and Land-Use Emissions and Removals35 min
- Category 1 Quantification and Reporting Requirements30 min
04Module 4 — Indirect Emissions — Imported Energy and the Four Other Categories3 lessons
- Category 2 — Indirect Emissions from Imported Energy35 min
- Categories 3 and 4 — Transportation and Products Used by the Organisation35 min
- Categories 5 and 6 — Use of Products and Other Sources30 min
05Module 5 — Quantification — Methodologies, Activity Data, Emission Factors and GWPs3 lessons
- Selecting and Documenting Quantification Methodologies35 min
- Activity Data — Sources, Quality and Internal Controls35 min
- Emission Factors and Global Warming Potentials30 min
06Module 6 — Base Year, Uncertainty and the GHG Report — Clauses 5.3, 6.4, 8 and 93 lessons
- Base Year Selection and Recalculation35 min
- Uncertainty and Inventory Quality Management35 min
- The GHG Report — Required Content and Disclosures30 min
07Module 7 — Verification Fundamentals — the ISO 14064-3:2019 Framework3 lessons
- Engagement Framework — Parties, Objectives, Scope and Criteria35 min
- Level of Assurance — Reasonable and Limited35 min
- Materiality and the Materiality Threshold30 min
08Module 8 — Planning and Executing the Verification Engagement — Risk, Evidence and the Statement3 lessons
- Strategic Analysis, Risk Assessment and the Verification Plan40 min
- Evidence-Gathering — Procedures, Sampling and Working Papers40 min
- Findings, the Verification Statement and Qualified Opinions40 min
09Module 9 — Leading Verification in Practice — Competence, Accreditation and Regional Application3 lessons
- Team Competence under ISO 1406635 min
- The Verification Body under ISO 14065:2020 and ISO 1702935 min
- Leading an Engagement in the GCC — Programmes, Pitfalls and Practice40 min
10Course materials & downloads2 lessons
- ISO 14064-1:2018 Categories and GHG Protocol Scopes — Mapping and Classification Chart (PDF)
- GHG Verification Engagement File Checklist — ISO 14064-3:2019 (PDF)
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