Overview
This two-day course from your partner in learning is designed for those who are responsible for leading the implementation and upgrade of the management system in their organization.
You’ll learn about environmental management system (EMS) requirements, how to implement an EMS and how to identify the leadership skills required to manage a robust system.
Prerequisites
- Pass the Pre-Course Assessment
- Or hold a certificate of achievement for the Implementer – Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001:2015)
Delegates will learn how to
- Communicate the benefits of aligning a management system to ISO 14001:2015
- Identify the roles, responsibilities, and behaviours of an effective Lead Implementer
- Be able to conduct a gap analysis of a management system against ISO 14001:2015 criteria
- Produce an ISO 14001 implementation plan
- Be able to engage implementation stakeholders to support the implementation of changes to align the management system to ISO 14001
- Be able to present an implementation plan for ISO 14001 alignment to top management and senior stakeholders
- Produce project objectives that are aligned to the project scope and intended outcomes
- Produce tools to support and enable project team members to meet their objectives
- Produce aspects and impacts register to take account of an organization’s context, objectives, risks, and opportunities
- Produce a project risk register and associated controls to support stakeholders to manage risks when completing their actions
- Be able to hold project team meetings and coordinate project activities
- Produce an environmental audit programme and resources to support the conduct of environmental audits within an organization
- Produce a corrective action plan
- Be able to close a project and capture lessons learnt to support the demonstration of organizational learning
Outline
Specific skills including support and planning tools, effective delegation and motivation are also discussed and explained. With guidance from an expert tutor, you’ll learn which components of ISO 14001:2015 are required from an implementation perspective.
On completion of this training you will have the knowledge of ISO 14001:2015 and the methods for its implementation, and the skills to effectively lead, manage and delegate activities to ensure the effective implementation of 14001 within your organization.
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