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Environmental Management Systems

These courses will help you when planning an environmental management system:

Environmental Management Systems Implementation

Implementing and Auditing Environmental Management Systems

Internal Quality Audits

Venues

The usual places for New Zealand Quality College courses are venues in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, although not all courses run at each venue. Check the course details for venue and date options.

If you prefer, we will come to your place and deliver the course in your own setting. The advantage of this is you can relate the training to your own workplace practices and involve staff in identifying improvements.
A great way to provide team building.

Please call us directly on 0800 900 099 or email info@nzqc.co.nz
to discuss this option for you.


Environmental Management Systems Implementation

This three day course provides participants with the core competencies to implement environmental management systems to meet the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard.

Upon successful completion of this course participants will have gained the following knowledge and skills and be able to:

  • Understand the intent and requirements of ISO 14001 and how to meet them
  • Use environmental management tools such as aspect and impact evaluation to identify how an organisation’s processes can impact on ecosystems.
  • Set up environmental management systems and document procedures to identify methods of environmental protection and assist in ensuring legal compliance.
  • Use monitoring and measurement techniques to evaluate effectiveness of environmental management systems.

RABQSA Recognition
When combined with the RABQSA-AU Auditing Management Systems competency unit, this course qualifies participants to become a Provisional Environmental Auditor under the RABQSA Auditor Certification Scheme.

Prerequisites
Whilst not essential, it would be advantageous to have some knowledge of management systems and Standards.

Introduction to ANDSAM Training
RABQSA International ANDSAM Training RABQSA International
The New Zealand Quality College offers this course in partnership with ANDSAM Training, which was established to provide a range of training and assessment services specialising in the development, implementation and auditing of management systems. ANDSAM Training is approved by RABQSA International (RABQSA No. 013408).

Relevant RABQSA Competency Units
The training has been structured to address the elements of competency required under the RABQSA International competency unit, RABQSA-EM Auditing Environmental Management Systems.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Certificate of Attainment.

NB. If you believe that you have already acquired some or all of the competencies through training, work or life experience, you can apply to ANDSAM Training for Recognition of Current Competence (RCC).

Activities and Assessment
All training features assessment activities comprising a mix of practical exercises, cases studies and written knowledge based assignments.

Presenters
The team of trainers is led by Andrew Schofield and Robert Crowe, who have been consulting and auditing for over fifteen years, and training together since 1997. Their complementary areas of expertise have seen them work in a wide variety of industries as diverse as transport, oil and gas and food processing; and from small businesses to large scale multinationals throughout Australasia, South East Asia, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Locations and dates

Auckland
3-5 May
1-3 November

Duration & Price
Three day course
$1695 + gst
Book one month in advance to receive the early bird price of $1495 + gst

Course fees include
• Tuition
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea (depending on course times)
• All course notes and take-home reference materials.

> Enrolment form


Implementing and Auditing Environmental Management Systems

This five day course provides participants with the core competencies to both implement and audit environmental management systems that ensures they meet the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard.

Upon successful completion of this course participants will have gained the following knowledge and skills and be able to:

  • Understand the intent and requirements of ISO 14001 and how to meet them
  • Use environmental management tools such as aspect and impact evaluation to identify how an organisation’s processes can impact on ecosystems
  • Set up an EMS and document procedures to identify methods of environmental protection and assist in ensuring legal compliance
  • Use monitoring and measurement techniques to evaluate effectiveness of your EMS
  • Establish audit objectives, scope and criteria
  • Schedule audits and develop site audit plans and audit guidance tools
  • Organise and direct audit team members
  • Gather objective evidence using interviewing, observation and sampling techniques
  • Analyse and interpret information to determine conformance with requirements
  • Report audit findings, prepare audit reports and undertake follow-up.

Suitable for
Those involved in developing environmental management systems, or those carrying out audits of environmental management systems and looking to gain formal recognition of their knowledge and experience.

Introduction to ANDSAM Training
RABQSA International ANDSAM Training RABQSA International RABQSA International
The New Zealand Quality College offers this course in partnership with ANDSAM Training, which provides training and assessment services specialising in the development, implementation and auditing of management systems. ANDSAM Training is approved by RABQSA International (RABQSA No. 013408).

Relevant RABQSA Competency Units
This course qualifies participants to become a Provisional Environmental Auditor under the RABQSA Auditor Certification Scheme. The training has been structured to address the elements of competency required under the RABQSA International competency units:

  • RABQSA-EM Auditing Environmental Management Systems
  • RABQSA-AU Auditing Management Systems
  • RABQSA-TL Leading Management System Audit Teams.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Certificate of Attainment.

NB. If you believe that you have already acquired some or all of the competencies through training, work or life experience, you can apply to ANDSAM Training for Recognition of Current Competence (RCC).

Activities and Assessment
All training features assessment activities comprising a mix of practical exercises, cases studies and written knowledge based assignments.

Presenters
The team of trainers is led by Andrew Schofield and Robert Crowe, who have been consulting and auditing for over 20 years in organisations from small businesses to large multinationals throughout Australasia, South East Asia, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Locations and dates

Auckland
3-7 May
1-5 November

Duration & Price
Five day course
$2450 +gst
Book one month in advance to receive the early bird price of $2150 + gst

Course fees include
• Tuition
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea (depending on course times)
• All course notes and take-home reference materials.

> Enrolment form



Cancellations and transfers
If you wish to cancel your attendance, please email or write to us. You will be refunded your money in full if the cancellation is received 14 days or more before the course starts. If you cancel less than 14 days from the start of the course, you will be refunded 50% of the fee you have paid. If you cancel on the day the course commences, or any time thereafter, no fee refunded will be made. Substitutions are acceptable at any time.
Where possible, you may transfer your booking to another course. A 10% transfer fee may be incurred for transfers received less than 14 days from the start of the course. Transfers made on the day a course commences, or any time thereafter, will be treated as cancellations and will require payment of a new fee.

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