Who is this lead auditor course for?
The course is relevant to auditors, consultants and professionals responsible for environmental management arrangements. You should already understand the relevant management-system requirements and basic audit principles so that you can focus on evaluating evidence and leading the audit process.
What will you learn to evaluate?
Evaluate how environmental aspects, compliance obligations and operational decisions are managed across an organisation.
- Environmental aspects, impacts and the organisation’s operating context.
- Compliance obligations, environmental objectives and operational control.
- Emergency preparedness, monitoring and improvement of environmental performance.
Five-day training and examination route
The published PECB agenda progresses from the management system and standard to audit preparation, on-site activities, reporting and closing. Day 5 is the certification examination. Exercises develop audit planning, evidence gathering, findings and communication skills.
Does passing the exam make you a certified Lead Auditor?
Passing the exam allows you to apply for the appropriate PECB credential. The full Lead Auditor grade also has professional experience and audit-experience requirements, together with acceptance of the Code of Ethics. A Provisional Auditor route is available where the experience requirements are not yet met.
A training completion attestation, an exam result and a professional credential are different outcomes. Your application should match your documented experience.
How is an environmental audit different from a site inspection?
An inspection may identify a spill or storage problem. A management-system audit also asks how responsibilities, planning, monitoring and corrective action prevent recurrence. It connects individual observations with the wider system.