ISO 14001 Environmental Management Internal Auditing

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Day One

1. What is a quality system?
   1. Prevention
   2. Implementation
   3. Effectiveness
   4. ISO 9001
   5. ISO 10011
2. Understanding the ISO 14001 standard overview
3. Hierarchy of documentation
   1. The policy statement
   2. The operating procedure
   3. The work instructions
   4. Quality records
   5. The quality plan
4. An in-depth look at ISO 14001
   1. Linkage of requirements
5. What is an audit?
   1. Internal/external/third party
   2. Trace forward/backward/departmental
   3. Conformance/effectiveness

Day Two

1. The audit cycle
   1. Initiation of audit
   1. Authority to conduct internal audits
   2. Independence of auditing authority
   2. Developing the audit plan
      1. Working documents
         1. Audit checklist
         2. Forms for reporting audit observations/deficiencies
         3. Preparing for the audit
      2. Developing audit plan/assignments for internal audit
   3. Executing the internal audit
      1. Opening meeting with department supervisor/manager
      2. Collecting evidence/audit observations
      3. Closing meeting
      4. Audit report
      5. Corrective action follow-up
         1. Establishing time line for action
         2. Verification of effectiveness of actions

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