About the ISO 45001 Lead Auditor
The ISO 45001 Lead Auditor programme prepares you to audit an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system against ISO 45001. Delivered fully self-paced and online, it takes you from OH&S fundamentals to planning and leading a complete audit using the principles of ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1.
You’ll learn to evaluate whether an organisation manages OH&S risk effectively and engages its workers, 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
- Occupational health and safety concepts
- Structure and requirements of ISO 45001
- Hazard identification and worker participation
- 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
- 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, health and safety managers and consultants, and compliance professionals who audit or oversee an OH&S management system.
A fundamental understanding of ISO 45001 and of audit principles is recommended before enrolling.
The programme prepares you for the PECB Certified ISO 45001 Lead Auditor exam, which assesses seven competency domains for planning, leading and reporting an OH&S management system audit. Completing the training earns 31 CPD credits.
What Our Learners Say
The pacing suited a busy schedule, and the focus on ISO 45001 certification meant I could start applying what I learned before I'd even finished the course.
Completing the ISO 45001 Lead Auditor course was a turning point for my career — it gave me the credibility and the technical grounding in ISO 45001 certification that my role really needed.
What stood out about this ISO 45001 Lead Auditor training was how practical it was — real case studies, not just theory. I walked away confident about ISO 45001 certification and ready to apply it immediately.
Great value for the depth of content. The ISO 45001 Lead Auditor training covered ISO 45001 certification thoroughly, and the exam voucher being included made budgeting for it simple.
As someone new to occupational health and safety, I was worried the material would be too advanced. The course broke down ISO 45001 certification step by step, and support from Profice advisors made the whole process smooth.
Career Opportunities After This Training
Health and safety auditors independently assess occupational health and safety management systems against ISO 45001, verifying controls that protect workers.
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OHS compliance managers own the internal ISO 45001 audit programme, tracking corrective actions and preparing the organisation for certification audits.
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Safety and risk consultants advise clients on building audit-ready ISO 45001 management systems and reducing workplace incident rates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A PECB credential proving you can plan, conduct and lead audits of an occupational health and safety management system (OH&S) against ISO 45001, using the ISO 19011 auditing guidelines.
Auditors, occupational health and safety managers and consultants who assess or certify occupational health and safety 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 occupational health and safety management system (OH&S), while the Lead Auditor learns to independently audit one against ISO 45001. 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.