Summary:

ISO 14001:2004 Transition Overview is an interactive, one-day class that covers all clauses of the ISO 14001:2004 standard with emphasis on the changes on the 2004 version.

ISO 14001:1996 was revised in November 2004. ISO 14001:2004 includes changes that may significantly affect your organization’s EMS. All ISO 14001:1996 registered organizations must transition to the 2004 version by May 2006. This means that an organization’s internal audit plan must be updated with the new audit criteria by May 2005. ISO 14001:2004 Transition Overview provides the training you will need to adapt the 2004 changes effectively into your organization’s EMS.

This class may also be used to compare how your organization “measures up” to the requirements in the standard. These gaps are identified and summarized by the instructor, giving the class a starting point to begin the journey to ISO 14001:2004 registration.

Through examples and a review exercise, students leave understanding the standard and with ideas about how their organization may benefit from implementation.

Who Should Attend:

This course is useful for employee or manager who is interested in understanding the new ISO 14001:2004 standard, or who wants to review the changes to the standard. Previous attendees have been ‘raring to go’ after taking this course! This course does not require any prior knowledge of ISO 14001 or quality management systems.

Topics:

** History of the ISO 14001 standard
** The process approach
** The all clauses of the ISO 14001:2004 standard with emphasis on the changes to the 2004 version including how to successfully transition to the 2004 version of the standard.
** Review Exercise

Course Materials:

Course material includes fully annotated presentation material, to allow the attendees to focus on what is being taught rather than on taking ‘good notes’. A licensed copy of the standard is also provided, so that each attendee can annotate their standard as the course progresses.

Class Format:

In addition to ‘classroom instruction’, the course relies heavily on examples from industry that the class is asked to discuss and make determinations on. Our instructors are external (registrar) auditors, and provide many real-life examples of both effective and ineffective auditing techniques.

Duration:

1 day