ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor Training

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40-hour occupational health and safety lead auditor course: 40 text lessons, seven practical written-response quizzes, five knowledge checks, 40-question final knowledge exam and four typed assignments including observed audit practice and a controlled final written assessment. Includes the applicable 2024 climate amendment. AED 999. Original fictional evidence appears on screen; no learner file upload is required. W3 course completion; Exemplar Global Recognized Course.

LO01: Explain OH&S concepts, ISO 45001:2018 requirements and audit principles
LO02: Evaluate context, scope, leadership and meaningful worker consultation and participation
LO03: Audit hazards, risks, obligations, support, hierarchy of controls, changes and external interfaces
LO04: Evaluate occupational-health monitoring, compliance, performance, internal audit and review
LO05: Design a risk-informed audit programme and feasible team audit plan
LO06: Collect and corroborate evidence through fair interviews, safe observation and sampling
LO07: Lead audit teams, manage meetings and demonstrate professional judgement
LO08: Write defensible findings/reports and evaluate incident learning and corrective-action effectiveness

Course Content

OH&S foundations and audit principles
OH&S outcomes, hazards/risks/incidents, connected processes, audit criteria and professional principles.

OH&S outcomes and the lead auditor role
Hazard, risk, incident and ill health
PDCA and connected process auditing
Audit principles, criteria and competence
Practical 01: OH&S foundations and audit boundaries

Context, leadership and worker participation
Scope, climate relevance, accountability, consultation, non-managerial participation and barriers.

Hazards, obligations and objectives
Proactive identification, risk assessment, legal and other requirements, opportunities and meaningful indicators.

Support and effective operational controls
Competence, awareness, communication, documented information, work design and hierarchy of controls.

Change, external interfaces and evaluation
Changes, procurement, contractors, outsourcing, emergency readiness, monitoring and compliance evaluation.

Audit programme and planning
Priorities, readiness, competent/objective teams, feasible time plans and purposeful samples.

Evidence collection and judgement
Opening meetings, fair interviews, safe observation, technical/remote limits and corroboration.

Leading and observing an OH&S audit
Team coordination, pressure and safety escalation, individual observed performance and closing.

Findings, reporting and incident learning
Requirement-linked findings, bounded reports, participative investigations and effective follow-up.

Advanced OH&S application and final assessment
Occupational health, psychosocial risks, inclusion, climate/integrated changes, final assessments and development.

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Course Content

OH&S foundations and audit principles OH&S outcomes, hazards/risks/incidents, connected processes, audit criteria and professional principles.

OH&S outcomes and the lead auditor role

Hazard, risk, incident and ill health

PDCA and connected process auditing

Audit principles, criteria and competence

Practical 01: OH&S foundations and audit boundaries

Context, leadership and worker participation Scope, climate relevance, accountability, consultation, non-managerial participation and barriers.

Context, climate and interested parties

Scope, workplace boundaries and affected people

Leadership, policy and accountability

Consultation and meaningful worker participation

Practical 02: Leadership, context and worker participation

Knowledge Check 1

Hazards, obligations and objectives Proactive identification, risk assessment, legal and other requirements, opportunities and meaningful indicators.

Proactive hazard identification

Assess risks and choose proportionate priorities

Legal and other requirements and planned actions

Opportunities, objectives and honest indicators

Practical 03: Hazards, obligations and performance measures

Support and effective operational controls Competence, awareness, communication, documented information, work design and hierarchy of controls.

Resources, competence and task authorization

Awareness, communication and psychological safety

Control of instructions, records and confidentiality

Operational planning and the hierarchy of controls

Practical 04: Competence, communication and operational controls

Knowledge Check 2

Change, external interfaces and evaluation Changes, procurement, contractors, outsourcing, emergency readiness, monitoring and compliance evaluation.

Management of change in work and organization

Procurement, contractors and outsourced processes

Emergency planning and safe exercises

Monitoring, compliance and system evaluation

Practical 05: Change, contractors and system evaluation

Audit programme and planning Priorities, readiness, competent/objective teams, feasible time plans and purposeful samples.

Design a risk-informed audit programme

Initiation, readiness and audit feasibility

Allocate the team and build a workable plan

Process questions and purposeful sampling

Prepare the audit programme and two-day OH&S plan

Knowledge Check 3

Evidence collection and judgement Opening meetings, fair interviews, safe observation, technical/remote limits and corroboration.

Opening meetings that enable effective auditing

Interview workers and managers fairly

Observation, technical evidence and remote limits

Corroborate and evaluate the evidence

Practical 07: Interviews, sampling and defensible evidence

Leading and observing an OH&S audit Team coordination, pressure and safety escalation, individual observed performance and closing.

Lead the audit team and maintain coherence

Handle pressure, barriers and urgent safety concerns

Prepare for the observed audit simulation

Closing meetings and agreed next steps

Lead an observed OH&S audit simulation

Knowledge Check 4

Findings, reporting and incident learning Requirement-linked findings, bounded reports, participative investigations and effective follow-up.

Write findings and assess follow-up priority

Build a clear, bounded audit report

Investigate incidents and evaluate corrective action

Verify effectiveness and decide on closure

Write the OH&S audit report and follow-up framework

Advanced OH&S application and final assessment Occupational health, psychosocial risks, inclusion, climate/integrated changes, final assessments and development.

Occupational health, psychosocial risks and inclusion

Apply the climate amendment and integrated auditing

Prepare for the final knowledge and written assessments

Practical 10: Incident learning and closure judgement

Knowledge Check 5

Final OH&S knowledge examination

Controlled final written OH&S audit assessment

Portfolio review and continued auditor development

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