🧭 ISO 45001 Lead Auditor (Exam-Prep)

An independent, free exam-preparation course that works through the publicly published ISO 45001:2018 occupational health and safety management-system requirements and the ISO 19011:2018 guidelines for auditing management systems. It teaches how to plan, conduct, report and follow up a management-system audit, build auditor competence, classify nonconformities and run opening and closing meetings — with visual lessons, original self-check questions and a 10-question exam-style final. It is awareness/preparation only and is not the official IRCA/Exemplar Global lead-auditor course or examination. It maps to ISO 45001 + ISO 19011 (auditing). The course is organized into 9 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 70%). It is independent, free exam-preparation training — not an official or accredited review course.

What you'll learn

• OH&S Management Principles & ISO 45001 Context
• ISO 45001 Clauses 4–6 — Context, Leadership & Planning
• ISO 45001 Clauses 7–10 — Support, Operation, Evaluation & Improvement
• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Requirements
• Audit Principles & ISO 19011 Guidelines
• Audit Planning & Preparation
• Conducting the Audit: Opening Meeting, Evidence, Interviewing, Observation & Audit Trails
• Findings, Nonconformities & Reporting
• Audit Follow-up, Corrective Action & Certification

Learning objectives

• Understand that this is independent ISO 45001 lead-auditor exam-prep over the public ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 19011:2018 syllabus, not the official certification-body course or exam
• Recap the ISO 45001:2018 High-Level Structure, the PDCA cycle and the clause-by-clause requirements (4–10) an auditor verifies
• Apply the OH&S-specific concepts: context and interested parties, worker participation, hazard identification, risk and the hierarchy of controls
• Apply the ISO 19011 audit principles and distinguish first-, second- and third-party audits
• Manage an audit programme and plan an individual audit — objectives, scope, criteria, plan, checklists and document review
• Conduct an audit professionally — opening meeting, gathering and verifying objective evidence by interview, observation and sampling
• Classify nonconformities as major or minor, write clear finding statements, compile the report, run the closing meeting and follow up corrective actions
• Demonstrate auditor competence, ethics and behaviour, and apply the PESTLE/process approach to evaluating a management system
• Sit a 10-question exam-style final (80% to pass) built from original questions spanning the whole syllabus