Overview:

This course will guide you and your organization on the path to being environmentally responsible. Following upon the Environmental Sustainability course, this course expands upon that with the notion of an environmental audit. You are exposed to the different types of audits, how to create a checklist, deal with noncompliances, and how to wrap up an audit with a closing meeting.

It provides participants with the knowledge and skills to conduct internal environmental audits. Practical, proven techniques for planning, conducting, and reporting on internal environmental audits will be introduced. Role-plays and case studies based on actual audits will be used to reinforce the concepts and provide participants with practice in applying the principles to situations typically encountered during internal auditing.

Course Objectives

After you complete this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the different types of audits and the levels of auditing available.
• Know the qualifications of auditors and the preparation that they need to conduct an audit.
• Understand the basics steps in an audit and how auditors gather information and evidence.
• Develop open-ended questions which will help in audit interviews.
• Understand the essential aspects of an audit checklist.
• Develop an audit checklist based on EMS (Environmental Management System) procedures.
• Prepare for an audit.
• Use an Internal Audit Noncompliance and Corrective Action Report to record noncompliances.
• Understand the corrective action process and its importance in closing out noncompliances.
• Gain experience in conducting an audit closing meeting.

Course Content Details

Session 1: Course Overview

• Learning Objectives
• Pre-Assignment
• Pre-Course Assessment

Session 2: Auditing

• Overview
• Types of Audits, Part One
• Types of Audits, Part Two

Session 3: Internal Audit

• Internal Audit
• Auditors
• Preparing and Conducting, Part One
• Preparing and Conducting, Part Two

Session 4: The Audit

• Basics of an Audit
• Identifying, Collecting and Preserving Evidence
• Listening Techniques
• Questioning Techniques
• Questioning Exercise

Session 5: Audit Checklist

• Developing an Audit Checklist
• Developing an Audit Checklist, Part One
• Developing an Audit Checklist, Part Two
• Developing an Audit Checklist, Part Two
• Developing an Audit Checklist, Part Three
• Developing an Audit Checklist, Part Four

Session 6: Conducting an Audit

• Conducting the Audit

Session 7: Noncompliance and Corrective Action

• Recording Noncompliance
• Taking Corrective Action
• Taking Corrective Action

Session 8: Audit Closing

• Closing Meeting
• A Personal Action Plan
• Starting Point
• Where I Want to Go
• How I Will Get There

Summary

Recommended Reading List

Post-Course Assessment

Course Completion

Certificate

How to enroll

Option 1 (ideal for employee training)

To enroll your staff, please send the following to staffelearning@learnsmart.com.ng:

1. Name(s) of staff
2. E-mail address of each staff
3. Name and e-mail address of the primary contact person in your organization
4. Name and e-mail address of the person who will be receiving periodic training report, if different from the person in number (3).

Once we receive the above information, we will send you an invoice for payment to be made. After payment, we will brand a learning portal for your organization, enroll your staff, and send emails with theirunique login information and how to start training.

Option 2

Click on the "Enroll For This Course" button, checkout and make payment with your ATM card. You will receive youruniquelogin information by email and start training.

Option 3

Pay or transfer course fee into any of our bank accounts listed below and notify us through enroll@learnsmart.com.ng. We will register you and instantly email your unique login information for you to start training.

Our Bank Account Information:

Account Name: Paradigm Learning Services

Zenith Bank: Account No: 1013876190

GTBank: Account No: 0159084910

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