About the ISO 14001 Lead Auditor
The ISO 14001 Lead Auditor programme prepares you to audit an environmental management system (EMS) against ISO 14001. Delivered fully self-paced and online, it takes you from EMS fundamentals to planning and leading a complete audit using the principles of ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1.
You’ll learn to evaluate an organisation’s environmental performance and compliance, gather and weigh evidence, grade nonconformities and report findings that drive improvement — the skills needed for first-, second- and third-party audits.
Course Information
What You Will Learn
Course Curriculum
- Environmental management concepts
- Structure and requirements of ISO 14001
- Environmental aspects, impacts and compliance
- The certification landscape
- Fundamental audit concepts
- Risk-based audit thinking
- Initiating the audit and defining scope
- Reviewing documentation and planning
- Opening meeting
- Collecting evidence through interviews and sampling
- Evaluating operational controls and compliance
- Drafting audit findings
- Grading nonconformities
- Audit conclusions, report and closing meeting
- Follow-up and corrective action
- Managing an audit programme
- The seven competency domains
- Revision and exam technique
- Booking and sitting the PECB exam
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All You Need to Know
This programme suits internal and external auditors, environmental and sustainability managers and consultants, and compliance professionals who audit or oversee an EMS.
A fundamental understanding of ISO 14001 and of audit principles is recommended before enrolling.
The programme prepares you for the PECB Certified ISO 14001 Lead Auditor exam, which assesses seven competency domains for planning, leading and reporting an EMS audit. Completing the training earns 31 CPD credits.
What Our Learners Say
I'd been putting off ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification for a while, but the self-paced format made it manageable alongside a full-time job. Learning to improve our environmental management practices felt achievable within a few weeks.
As someone new to environmental management, I was worried the material would be too advanced. The course broke down ISO 14001 certification step by step, and support from Profice advisors made the whole process smooth.
This course sharpened skills I already had and filled in the gaps around ISO 14001 certification. My manager noticed the difference within a month of me completing the ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification.
Solid, well-organized training. The path to improve our environmental management practices was clearly explained, and the practice materials before the exam made a real difference to my confidence.
I compared a few providers before choosing Profice for my ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification, and I'm glad I did. The materials on ISO 14001 certification were current and the support team answered every question quickly.
Career Opportunities After This Training
Environmental auditors independently assess an organisation's Environmental Management System against ISO 14001, verifying legal compliance and improvement commitments.
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EHS compliance managers run the internal audit programme for environmental, health and safety requirements, keeping certification on track.
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Environmental compliance consultants support clients through ISO 14001 certification audits and ongoing regulatory compliance reviews.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A PECB credential proving you can plan, conduct and lead audits of an environmental management system (EMS) against ISO 14001, using the ISO 19011 auditing guidelines.
Auditors, environmental management managers and consultants who assess or certify environmental management system implementations.
The exam is an essay-type, open-book paper of roughly 3 hours. You need the passing score set by PECB (generally around 70%). After passing you receive a 'Certificate of Exam Success', and the full certification is issued once you also meet PECB's professional-experience requirements.
The Lead Implementer learns to build, deploy and manage the environmental management system (EMS), while the Lead Auditor learns to independently audit one against ISO 14001. Implementers work on the 'build' side; auditors on the 'assess' side. Many professionals earn both over time.
Yes — the exam voucher is included in the course package. Speak to a Profice advisor to confirm current pricing and what each package includes.