Since its launch in 1996, over 250,000 organisations around the world have become externally certified to ISO 14001, which has become the leading international standard and specification for environmental management systems (EMS). This five day course provides the learning and comprehensive pre-built templates for developing and implementing an ISO 14001-based EMS for participants' own facilities. You should bring a site plan, and process flowcharts, which will be used in a series of hands-on exercises throughout the class. You will leave the class with a developed, draft EMS manual. The course includes all the documentation and materials necessary for preparing an EMS. Arranging an external third party audit by a certification body is left to the choice, convenience and timing of the participant's organisation, and no guarantee of achieving such approval is given.
Environmental managers, advisers and co-ordinators; Procurement and Supply Chain Managers, HSE Managers; HSE Auditors; Engineers and other managers and supervisors from large and small organisations who require the skills and support to develop a recognised environmental management system (EMS) for their organisation.
You will Learn:
Participants will learn how to:
- Develop understanding of the major areas of operations' interaction with the environment
- Become familiar with corporate and legal requirements for environmental compliance
- Develop a good understanding of EMS and ISO 14001
- Demonstrate the skills to plan and develop a documented EMS through the following: Planning for EMS (allocating resources and developing an EMS schedule), Identifying and prioritizing the environmental aspects and impacts of operations, Developing planning matrices for significant aspects by setting objectives, targets, management programs and KPIs, Applying EMS to sample processes in various operational modes (normal, abnormal (start-up, shutdown) and emergency using process flow diagrams, Modify emergency response system to accommodate EMS
- Become familiar with other EMS requirements: Document control, Internal auditing, Achieving continual improvement
- Write up a draft EMS manual based on template documents
Course Content:
- Risk and the environment
- Management systems and ISO 14001
- Environmental policy and strategic vision
- EMS planning - aspects, impacts, legal and other requirements
- Resources and training
- Communication, documentation and document control
- Monitoring and measurement
- EMS auditing and continual improvement
