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THE BENEFITS OF THIS TRAINING
- An Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Management System brings benefits in terms of both image and overall performance.
- Improving the OHS Management System makes it possible to :
- reduce occupational accidents and illnesses,
- ensure the prevention and protection of employees and subcontractors,
- act on dangerous situations to avoid accidents,
- improve health and safety management,
- encourage and perpetuate best practices,
- improve staff motivation and working conditions.
On completion of this course, you will be able to :
- Master all the steps involved in carrying out an OHS Management System audit
- Pass the CQI and IRCA ISO 45001 OHS Management System auditor conversion exam, a prerequisite for becoming a CQI and IRCA OHSMS certified auditor.
- Adopt behaviors adapted to conducting and carrying out an OHS Management System audit.
Any professional wishing to carry out 1st, 2nd and 3rd part OHS Management System audits, and become a CQI and IRCA ISO 45001 (OHSMS) auditor.
Anyone with prior knowledge of ISO 45001 and management system auditing, and who has already carried out audits and completed a CQI and IRCA (or equivalent) certified audit manager training course in another discipline, and passed the exam (a certificate of passing the exam will be requested).
All OHS management system auditors wishing to have their auditing skills recognized.
In addition, the trainee must demonstrate the following knowledge and skills:
- Generic auditing skills at the grade requested
- OHS management methods and techniques that enable the auditor to examine OHS management systems and generate appropriate audit findings and conclusions.
- Technical skills in OHS, such as risk management, health and safety activities in the workplace, including chemical/physical/biological hazards; legal and organizational factors within the country or area of operation, etc.
To validate their registration, trainees must agree to meet the above prerequisites.
Certification: to register as a CQI and IRCA certified auditor, find out more about the CQI and IRCA prerequisites at: www.quality.org/knowledge/join-irca.
TRAINING CONTENT
MODULE 1 > E-LEARNING ISO 45001, THE ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR SST
1- Discovering the standard
- The 10-chapter structure of the standard: HLS structure
- The scope of the standard
- The objectives of the standard
2- The usefulness of the standard
- Organizational changes induced by the standard
- What can ISO 45001 achieve?
- Links with planning and objectives
- The impact of the standard on workers (notion of participation and consultation)
3- Application
- Links between the standard and existing safety rules
- The notion of anticipation and improvement
- Risk management
- External contractors
- Audits and the role of management
- Management review
4- Closing quiz
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- 5 questions for self-assessment.
MODULE 2 > UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFICS OF AN INTEGRATED QSEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AUDIT IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES (VIDEO CLIPS)
A series of videos, each less than 2 minutes long, to help you understand Quality, Safety, Environment and Energy Management System audit methodology.
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- Audit - what's it all about?
- Why prepare for an audit?
- Points to check
- Audit plan
- Interview guide
- What is the purpose of the opening meeting?
- Produce audit findings
- Formulating audit findings
- Why conduct an interview?
- Documented information
- How to prepare audit conclusions
- Closing meeting
- Why write an audit report?
- Audit follow-up - carrying out audit follow-up
- How to organize your internal audits
- Auditor skills and how to build an audit team.
MODULE 3 (3 days) > CQI AND IRCA OHS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AUDITOR - CONVERSION
1 - The ISO 45001 standard, its purpose and requirements
- Deepen your knowledge of ISO 45001, and understand the specifics of occupational health and safety audits.
2 - The audit process
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- Pre-audit activities and scope of application
- Document review
- Auditing processes
- The audit report
- Non-conformities
- Corrective action and follow-up
- Preparing working documents
- Recording evaluation and report preparation
- Presenting conclusions
- Reviewing and consolidating skills
IMPORTANT
- The trainee must complete the exercises sent by e-mail with the invitation before the training session.
- After passing your exam, to become a CQI and IRCA Registered Auditor you must apply to CQI and IRCA and meet the CQI and IRCA requirements: www.quality.org/knowledge/join-irca.
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