An Environment Audit Primer

Training Duration: 1 Days

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This one-day module provides participants with the knowledge and skills to conduct internal environmental audits.

Overview

This one-day module 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.

Module Value

This module supports capacity-building programmes by strengthening individual and team performance in institutional and organizational contexts. It can be adapted to public sector institutions, international development projects, and corporate environments, and integrated into broader reform or performance improvement initiatives.

Learning Objectives

  • 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 procedures.
  • Prepare for an audit.
  • Use an Internal Audit Noncompliance and Corrective Action Report to record non-conformances.
  • Understand the corrective action process and its importance in closing out non-conformances.
  • Gain experience in conducting audit closing meeting.

Core Content Areas

  • Auditing
  • Internal Audit
  • The Audit
  • Audit Checklist
  • Conducting an Audit
  • Noncompliance and Corrective Action
  • Audit Closing

Practical Applications

  • Case-based discussion
  • Guided exercises
  • Group reflection
  • Action planning for workplace application
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