ISO 45001 Lead Implementer Training Course

Introduction

The course details the requirements of ISO 45001:2018 to help you understand how an occupational health and safety management system should be designed and implemented. ISO 45001 is the first ISO standard to address the discipline of occupational health and safety and replaces the popular British standard OHSAS 18001. If you are looking to migrate from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 you will find in the course valuable information. After going through all the lessons you will have a good understanding of all the requirements of ISO 45001:2018 and will be able to take part in the implementation, improvement, administration, or audit of an occupational health and safety management system.

If you are a health and safety engineer, practitioner, officer, or manager if you are used to working with OHSAS 18001 or other specific standards or you are just completely new to health and safety; you will certainly find useful and interesting information in the course. The course follows the structure of ISO 45001:2018 with all requirements of the standard explained in an easy to understand manner.

The following topics are included in the curriculum:

• A short history of the OH&S concept and a presentation of ISO 45001 
• The context of the organization: internal and external issues, needs and expectations of interested parties, and the scope of the occupational health and safety management system
• Leadership and worker participation: leadership and commitment; occupational health and safety policy; organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities; consultation and participation of workers
• Planning: risks and opportunities; hazard identification; legal and other requirements and OH&S objectives
• Support: competence and awareness; internal and external communication; documented information for the OH&S management system
• Operation: planning and control of operations;  procurement (including contracting and outsourcing); emergency preparedness and response
• Performance evaluation: monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation; internal audit and management review; compliance evaluation
• Improvement: incident and nonconformity investigation and corrective actions
• Key changes in ISO 45001 compared to OHSAS 18001 and The certification of an occupational health and safety management system to ISO 45001
• The course is concise and provides you with all the key information about ISO 45001. You can review the information here at any time during the implementation, administration, or audit of an occupational health and safety management system.
•  Be prepared for ISO 45001, the standard that will become very soon the world's common language in occupational health and safety!

Objectives

• Explain the purpose of an occupational health and safety management system, of occupational health and safety management system standards, of management system audit, of third-party certification, and the business benefits of improved performance of the occupational health and safety management system.
• Explain the role of an auditor to plan, conduct, report, and follow up an occupational health and safety management system audit in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021, as appropriate.
• Plan, conduct, report, and follow-up an audit of an occupational health and safety management system to establish conformity (or otherwise) with ISO 45001, and in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021 where appropriate.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

• Health and safety practitioners
• OH&S managers
• Management system auditors
• ISO consultants
• Managers with health and safety responsibilities
• Professionals with an interest in occupational health and safety

Course Outline

• Build a career in occupational health and safety management
• Understand the requirements of ISO 45001
• Implement an occupational health and safety management system
• Participate in an OH&S audit according to ISO 45001
• Migrate from OHSAS 18001 to the new ISO 45001