ISO 45001 LA study guide
ISO 45001 LA · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PECB Certified ISO 45001 Lead Auditor credential targets professionals who plan, lead, and report on occupational health and safety management system (OH&S MS) audits against ISO 45001 - described by PECB as the first global OH&S MS standard, replacing OHSAS 18001. The training course develops the skillset needed to audit an OH&S MS using widely recognized audit principles, procedures, and methods, aligned with the auditing guidelines in ISO 19011 and the certification process in ISO/IEC 17021-1. The ISO 45001 LA study guide has 7 sections and about 2,331 words.
01Fundamental Principles and Concepts of an OH&S Management System
ISO 45001:2018 gives an organization a structured, risk-based framework whose intended outcomes are to prevent work-related injury and ill health to workers and other interested parties, provide safe and healthy workplaces, and continually improve OH&S performance. It does not prescribe a level of safety performance, does not replace legal obligations, and does not require an "OH&S manual".
318 words, about 2 min02ISO 45001 Requirements: Clauses 4 to 10
4 Context – determine internal and external issues and the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties (not all become requirements); define the scope as documented information based on the organization's activities, not on marketing wishes. 5 Leadership and worker participation – top management is accountable; there is no "management representative" role in ISO 45001.
351 words, about 2 min03Fundamental Audit Concepts and Principles
An audit is a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled. Keep three nouns apart: criteria (what you measure against - ISO 45001, legal requirements, the organization's own rules), audit evidence (records, observations and statements gathered), and findings (the auditor's evaluation of evidence against criteria).
323 words, about 2 min04Preparing for an ISO 45001 Audit
The client (usually the audit programme manager) defines the audit objectives, scope and criteria; auditors clarify them but do not unilaterally widen or narrow them. Confirm feasibility - adequate information, cooperation, time and resources.
335 words, about 2 min05Conducting an ISO 45001 Audit
Conduct begins with the opening meeting: confirm purpose, scope, criteria and plan, explain communication channels and working arrangements, state that findings will be raised as they are identified, and note that the audit is a sample. Gather evidence by three routes: interview, observation, and document and record review.
335 words, about 2 min06Closing an ISO 45001 Audit
The closing meeting presents findings and conclusions to the auditee's management and confirms that they are understood. There should be no surprises: major nonconformities ought already to have been raised and factually agreed during the audit.
331 words, about 2 min07Managing an ISO 45001 Audit Programme
An audit programme is the set of arrangements for one or more audits planned over a period for a specific purpose. It is not an audit plan: the programme is the cycle, the plan is one audit within it.
338 words, about 2 min