Why An SGC Auditor Course?

We think our 5 day Lead Environmental Auditor Course is the best on the market.  Here are 4 reasons why:

• All our courses are presented by Ted Rosser who is one of the UK’s most experienced auditors
• Virtually all our courses feature a ‘live audit’ (an audit of a real organisation rather than role playing a case study)
• We believe that we provide the most comprehensive course documentation including a 150 page reference manual and audit checklists
• If requested we can run industry specific courses such as oil and gas or the retail supply chain and tailor the course to that sector.

The course is fully compliant with all the requirements of IEMA Advanced EMS Auditor Course (UK) and has been updated to include ISO 14001:2004, ISO 19011:2002 and the latest regulations.

During the course we also provide delegates with an understanding of sustainable development and its auditing context.

We normally run a ‘live audit’ of a local industrial site during the course to give the delegates direct experience of a real audit.

Delegates will be issued with a comprehensive environmental auditing manual which is ideal for future reference plus a selection of our checklists.

Course Content

The 5 day course includes:

• Interpreting ISO 14001 and EMAS
• Identification of significant environmental aspects and impacts
• Auditing ISO 14001
• Auditing UK legal requirements and evaluating compliance (with special reference to industry specific regulations on our bespoke courses)
• ISO 19011: Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing
• Sustainable Development and the auditor
• Auditing skills, techniques and competences
• Audit process and documentation.

Course Dates 2006

02-06 October 2006:

Aberdeen Hilton (Oil and Gas specific)

06-10 November 2006:

Bagden Hall, nr. Huddersfield.

Enquiries and Booking

Please email the address below for further details, availability or a booking form.

Benefits of the Course

Audits are essential to business assurance and are a key driver of business improvement and risk reduction.  Environmental audits are essential tools for maintaining compliance with ever increasing regulations and conformity with environmental standards such as ISO 14001.  But effective audits require competent and independent auditors.

The latest version of ISO 14001 places much more emphasis on demonstrating auditor competence, objectivity and independence.  A key feature of our course is the development of auditor skills and techniques through a range of practical exercises particularly our ‘live audit’.

Feedback

Here is some of the feedback from recent courses.

“Thank you for an excellent course.  It has really helped me unravel the mysteries of both ISO 14001 and auditing.  I am now looking forward my first EMS audit”

“I thought the live audit was great; so much better than classroom exercises!”

“Emergency response training in a Far East factory was one of the many highlights of the week – amazing!  I won’t be trying that one at our factory.”

“The course documentation and presentation materials were excellent.”

“It was great having Ted as the tutor as he was able to present numerous real life examples of environmental .auditing.”

“Thank you for the excellent training you have provided me with, I am very grateful.”

“Thanks for all your efforts in making the course such good fun.  I really enjoyed it and hope that the other guys were just as successful.”

“Thank you very much indeed, and may I repeat that it was an enjoyable, although intense, course with an excellent tutor.”

IEMA Auditor Registration

IEMA Auditor Registration is the foremost internationally recognised environmental auditor qualification.  Our 5-day Advanced EMS Auditor Course incorporates all the requirements of the IEMA Advanced EMS Auditor Course and covers all the training requirements for IEMA Auditor Registration.

Delegates who successfully complete an IEMA approved Advanced EMS Auditor course and pass the end of course exam can apply for IEMA Associate Environmental Auditor registration.  Associate Auditors can then progress to become Registered Auditors and then Principal Auditors.  Further information on IEMA Registration is available at www.iema.org. Completion of the course is also a recognised auditor competence for ISO 14001 internal auditing.

About the Course

This is an intensive course running from 08:30 to 18:00 each day with further time required for revision during the evenings.

There is a two-hour exam at the end of the course.  Attendance and participation in the complete course, including the exam, is required to pass the course.   Delegates attending the course should familiarise themselves with ISO 14001 prior to attending the course.  Pre-course reading will be provided for this purpose.  Delegates will need to bring a copy of ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 19011:2002 for reference during the course.

Costs

The cost of the course is from £950.00 plus VAT per person.  This includes course documentation, lunch and beverages at break time plus exam fees.  Overnight accommodation is not included but is available on request.  Special rates can be arranged for in-house courses.