COURSE OVERVIEW:

ISO 45001 is the global standard for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S), designed to provide a safe and healthy workplace for employees and contractors. This Lead Auditor course is a professional-level program that empowers participants to lead high-stakes audits of OH&S management systems on behalf of certification bodies or large enterprises. By mastering this standard, auditors ensure that organizations are proactively preventing work-related injuries and ill health while fulfilling their stringent legal and ethical obligations.

The scope of this training involves a deep dive into the leadership requirements and the technical application of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle within a safety context. Attendees will learn to manage the entire audit lifecycle, from strategic resource allocation and team management to the final reporting of audit conclusions to executive boards. The curriculum emphasizes the lead auditor’s responsibility to evaluate the maturity of an organization’s safety culture, the effectiveness of its hazard identification processes, and its commitment to worker consultation.

Coverage includes advanced auditing techniques such as risk-based sampling, auditing the hierarchy of controls, and evaluating emergency preparedness in complex industrial settings. Participants will learn how to navigate sensitive organizational dynamics, manage auditor teams, and communicate critical safety findings that could impact human lives. By the end of this course, participants will possess the technical competence and authority to lead audits that drive global health and safety excellence and ensure institutional compliance.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Interpret the ISO 45001 requirements for third-party certification auditing.
• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary audit team throughout the audit lifecycle.
• Evaluate the strategic alignment of the OH&S system with business objectives.
• Audit the effectiveness of worker consultation and participation programs.
• Assess the technical rigor of hazard identification and risk assessment processes.
• Verify the implementation and effectiveness of the hierarchy of controls.
• Manage audit team dynamics and resolve technical conflicts during the audit.
• Conduct high-level interviews with senior leadership and safety committees.
• Synthesize complex safety evidence into objective and authoritative conclusions.
• Write professional, high-impact audit reports for certification body approval.
• Lead opening and closing meetings for large-scale industrial safety audits.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of corrective actions following serious workplace incidents.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Health and Safety Managers, HSE Consultants, Lead Auditors from other management systems, and Senior Quality Professionals seeking to lead OH&S certification audits.

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximize the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive, practical, and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance the learning experience. Course material will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and at the end of the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.