Environmental Auditing
- Explain the different types of environmental audits and their benefits and disadvantages;
- Describe the responsibilities of Managers initiating an audit and their role in maintaining and improving environmental management systems;
- Discuss responsibilities of auditors and their role in auditing and reporting to ensure organizations maintain and improve environmental management systems;
- Gather evidence through observation, interview and sampling documents and records;
- Analyze different ways of evaluating the findings and presenting them to the senior management of the organization;
- Prepare and submit an environmental audit report to the senior management of the audited organization, suggesting ways in which effectiveness of corrective measures might be verified; and
- Conduct a mini-environmental audit that enables the candidate to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the course.
Objectives
- Introduction to auditing
- Pre-audit activities of a manager
- Pre-audit activities of a lead auditor
- Conducting an audit
- Analysis of audit findings
- Environmental audit reporting
Content
Learning outcome
Course participants who have a strong understanding of the concepts, principles and practice of project management and can apply them in in their contexts.
Couse duration
5 days
Who should attend?
Project Managers, project Leaders, and newly appointed staff who are managing or have just been appointed to manage a project. Anyone who wants to broaden his/her project management skills will find this course useful.
Assessment
Apart from end of session exercises, participants will take a test to assess their understanding of concepts, principles and applications of environmental management systems.
Course dates
Contact CCE for dates.
Certification
On completion of the course, each participant will receive a certificate to demonstrate that they have achieved an acceptable level of competence in the course.
Fees
£950 + VAT