Health and Safety Courses

This one-day CQI and IRCA certified training course is for those wanting an introduction to the new international occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) standard ISO 45001:2018 and to understand how it can be used to develop, maintain and improve your health and safety performance.

Knowledge and understanding of ISO 45001:2018 is more than simply reading the standard’s text. It demands an understanding of the requirements and a considered application of the standard to the organisation. After this course, you will have sufficient insight to be able to evaluate your own organisation’s arrangements and identify how they can be improved.

1 Day, 08:30 – 17:00

This course is designed for those needing an introduction to OHSMS and is a pre-requisite for those wishing to attend the CQI and IRCA certified OHSMS Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor course. It is ideal for managers, supervisors, health and safety representatives, OH&S consultants and those with health and safety management responsibilities or anyone wishing to understand the impact and relevance of ISO 45001:2018 to their organisations.

This course will equip delegates with an understanding of the development and application of OHSMS techniques and how the ISO 45001:2018 standard is interpreted and implemented. On completion of the course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and business benefits of an OHSMS
• Outline the structure and content of ISO 45001 and its relationship with Annex SL
• Interpret the requirements of ISO 45001 in the context of an effective OHSMS

• Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) – introduction and key OHS concepts
• OHSMS based on ISO 45001:2018 including the Process Approach
• Key ISO 45001 requirements
• Organisational context
• OH&S Policy and Planning
• Risks and opportunities to the OHSMS
• Hazard identification and elimination and controls, operation, performance evaluation and improvement
• SO 45001:2018 requirements including; worker needs, interests and participation as well as interested parties
• Continual improvement of an OHSMS

Attendance will enable delegates to:

• Decide how best to develop the OHSMS of their organisation and avoid common problems
• Add to their occupational health and safety management career credentials
• Understand the relevance of OHSMS standards to their organisation
• Improve OHS decision-making
• Demonstrate the competitive benefits of OHSMS standards to their own and other organisations

Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.

Our course leaders have extensive experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, service and professional organisations including Local, National and International Government. This wide experience enables them to make the course more interesting by using their relevant examples and case studies during workshop discussions.

Our team of staff has extensive experience of working across cultural boundaries, through their work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.

Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded a CQI and IRCA Certified training accredited certificate. (2336).

• 20th June 2025 - Virtual
• 14th October 2025 - Virtual
• 15th December 2025 - Virtual

Course Fee: £495 ex vat

This highly interactive two-day CQI and IRCA Certified training course teaches the principles and techniques that are required to effectively audit occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS).

Internal auditing is one of the fundamental mechanisms for maintaining but also for developing and improving existing working practices within an organisation. This course concentrates on the most important attributes of the ISO 45001:2018 management system and helps delegates to understand the role of the auditor in the development and improvement of this system.

2 Days, 09.00 – 17.00

This course is essential for those who will undertake internal health and safety management system audits or who will be required to plan, manage and implement an internal audit programme.

On completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify OHS management system standards applicable to health and safety
• Understand the key terminology related to internal auditing
• Explain the stages of the auditing process
• Plan, prepare, communicate and schedule for an internal audit
• Implement an effective internal audit
• Collect, verify and evaluate information relevant to the audit
• Prepare clear audit findings
• Conduct an effective audit feedback meeting
• Write and distribute an audit report
• Conduct follow-up audit activities

The course content is based on the following course structure overview:

• OHS Management System
• Audit Fundamentals
• Internal Audit Planning
• Conducting the Audit
• Reporting Audit Outcomes
• Audit Follow Up

This course, combined with an OH&SMS Foundation Course, satisfies the formal training requirement for those wishing to register under the CQI and IRCA Certified training scheme as an Internal OH&SMS Auditor. Successful delegates will be equipped with the technical skills and knowledge required to plan, conduct and report internal health and safety effectively.

Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.

Our course leaders have an unrivalled management systems design and improvement experience. They are qualified and experienced auditors with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government. We have extensive experience working across cultural boundaries, through our work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas

Delegates completing the course will be awarded a CQI and IRCA Certified training accredited certificate. (2337)

• 20th June 2025 - Virtual
• 14th October 2025 - Virtual
• 15th December 2025 - Virtual

Course Fee: £795 ex vat

This five-day highly interactive CQI and IRCA Certified Lead Auditor training course will enable you to understand the new international occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) standard ISO 45001:2018.

You will learn how you can use utilise the new standard to understand, manage and maintain internal and external Health and Safety Management duties and performance obligations. With knowledge and understanding of ISO 45001:2018, you can evaluate your own organisation’s arrangements against OHS commitments and how they can be improved.

5 Days, 08:30 – 17:15

This course is invaluable for health and safety professionals who wish to develop their auditing skills. It is particularly useful for those people who regularly assess the health and safety performance of 2nd and 3rd parties. It is also essential for any serious occupational health and safety practitioner with a responsibility to design, implement and manage a health and safety management system that meets the requirements of ISO 45001:2018.

To develop delegates’ understanding of the principles of Health and Safety Management, requirements of ISO 45001:2018, and teach the theoretical and practical skills required to plan, execute and report health and safety management systems audits.

• OHSMS Fundamentals
• OHSMS Concepts
• Overview of Auditing an OHSMS
• Auditing Clauses 4-10 of ISO 45001:2018
• ISO 19011 and Auditing
• Audit Planning and Preparation
• Performing the Audit
• Reporting Audit Outcome

The course is designed not only to help people perform effective and value-adding audits, but also to develop delegates wider understanding of the ISO 45001 health and safety management systems design and implementation. Successful completion of the course and the achievement of the 50% pass mark will satisfy the formal training requirements for those wishing to register as auditors or lead auditors under the CQI and IRCA Certified training scheme.

Those attending this course are expected to have knowledge of the following:

• Occupational health & safety management principles and concepts
• The Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle
• The purpose and benefits of an OH&S management system
• A basic knowledge of managing OH&S through hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control and compliance with legal and other requirements
• A basic awareness of common examples of relevant national and local OH&S legislation and requirements
• Commonly used OH&S terms and definitions as given in ISO 45001.

This knowledge can be gained in a number of ways:

• Previous experience and existing knowledge
• Attending a CQI and IRCA Certified ISO 45001 Foundation training course – or equivalent
• Reading or self-study

If you would like to attend our CQI and IRCA Certified ISO 45001 Foundation training course at a discounted price to help you prepare for this Lead Auditor course please contact us.

Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.

Our course leaders have a background in health and safety as well as being CQI and IRCA qualified, registered and experienced auditors. They have extensive knowledge across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government.

Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded a CQI and IRCA training accredited certificate. (2338)

• 7th-11th July 2025 - Virtual
• 15th-19th September 2025 - Sunderland
• 24th-28th November 2025 - ABERDEEN
• 8th-12th December 2025 - Virtual

Course Fee: £1,445 ex vat