Internal Audit of the QEH & S MS

Course details

Course Description

ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 are the most important international managerial standards the organizations can use to establish Quality, Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety Management System (QEH&S MS) that focus on: 

• Improving the quality of the product / service provided to the organization customers and, 
• The continual improvement of the organization environment and safety performance. This course shall describe how to conduct the internal audit process of the QEH&S MS to ensure the fulfillment of the requirements of these standards.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers from different departments and the safety committee 

Course Objectives

At the end of the course the trainees will understand:

• The different quality definitions, cost, characteristics and dimensions
• What is meant by test, inspection, QC, and QA
• The 8 QMS principles 
• The 8 clauses of ISO 9001:2008  
• The environment aspect and impact
• The main benefits of the environmental management system 
• The environmental management system components
• The 4 clauses of ISO 14001:2004
• The different occupational health and safety definitions
• The importance of the occupational health and safety management system 
• The 4 clauses of OHSAS 18001:2007
• The different safety regulations in the workplace 
• Understand the audit types, principals and definitions
• Understand the ISO 19011:2011 main points
• Understand how to conduct the audit
• Understand the audit techniques and the question techniques
• Understand how to deal with audit problems
• Understand how to prepare the audit checklists
• Understand how to report the audit findings

Course  Outlines

• Quality definitions, cost, characteristics, dimensions
• Quality control and assurance
• Quality management system main benefits and principles
• Definition of standard
• The process model
• ISO 9001:2008 clauses
• Environment definition including environmental aspect & impact
• ISO 14001:2004 clauses 
• Environmental management system components and main benefits
• Benefits of OH&S management system
• OHSAS 18001:2007 clauses 
• Documentation value
• Safe system of work
• Hazard identification techniques and types.
• Risk assessment methodologies
• The hierarchy of controls
• Management of health and safety at work regulations
• Reporting of injuries, diseases & dangerous occurrences
• ISO 19011:2011 standard
• Principles of auditing
• Auditor personal attributes, knowledge and skills
• Audit techniques and question technique
• Sources of information
• Advantages and disadvantages of audit checklists
• Dealing with audit Problems.
• Guides ,auditee ,lead auditor and auditor responsibilities
• Audit report preparation
• The corrective/ preventive actions follow up
• Non conformity reporting