ISO14001 EMS – Interpretation in Practice

ISO14001 EMS – Interpretation in Practice

COURSE CONTENT & ITINERARY Duration: 2-days

Objective: A concise interpretation of all the elements stipulated in the ISO14001 document; to enable organizations engaging in their endeavor for its implementation and ultimately certification, to realize all essentials and requisites and fully informed on how to embark its establishment.

Who should attend? : Top management, Environmental steering committee and task force members, HSE/SHE personnel, Head of all organizational functions especially production, maintenance, utilities and administration.

Note: This course's content is expanded to four days in actual training for steering committee and task force members who are assigned on its immediate practical implementation.

DAY-1

8.30am – 9.00am: Registration

9.00am – 10.00am: Introduction

Ø  The ISO - what? & who?

Ø  Promulgation of ISO14001 EMS;

Ø  Philosophy of EMS;

Ø  The EMS ISO14001 Model;

Ø  Criteria of implementation

Ø  ISO14001 EMS requirement

Ø  Overview of ISO14001 Implementation

Ø  Overview of ISO14001 Documentation

Ø  4.2 Environmental Policy

-       what the standard say;

-       the experience;

-       prime selection of leading environmental policy statements - samples from developed nations;

-       common NCRs and observation

10.00am – 10.30am: Morning Tea-break

10.30am – 12.30noon

4.3 Planning

    4.3.1 Environmental Aspects

        - what the standard says;

        - exclusive definition's interpretation and rationalization

        - example illustration; cotton gloves, fuel and paper as environmental aspects;

        - how one impact leads to another;

        - The INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (IER)

            - The Environmental 'Black Box' Concept & Input-Output analysis;

            - The scope of the IER;

            - how to do it?

            - GROUPWORK-1 Environmental Aspect Identification;

            - example for work-group;

            - GROUPWORK-2 Initial Register of Environmental Aspects

-       example of Environmental Aspects Register

12.30am- 2.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm – 3.00pm

            - Sample Procedure for Environmental Aspects Identification;

GROUPWORK-3 Environmental Aspects' Impact Evaluation

            - examples

-       common NCRs and observations

3.00pm – 3.30pm: Afternoon Tea-break

3.30pm – 5.30pm

    4.3.2 Legal and Other Requirements

        - what the standard says;

        - the other requirements;

        - example of Legal Register for ISO14001

        - list of other Malaysian laws affiliated to the EMS

    4.3.3 Objectives, Targets and Programs

        - what the standard saya;

        - example of objectives and targets

        - WORKGROUP-4 Setting the Environmental Objectives and Targets;

-       example on how the objectives and targets are being derived;

5.30pm: adjourned for day-1

DAY-2

9.00am – 10.00am

        - WORKGROUP-5 The formulation of Environmental Management Program (EMP)

        - example of the EMP;

        - common NCRs and observation;

10.00am – 10.30am: Morning Tea-break

10.30am – 12.30noon

4.4 Implementation & Operation

    4.4.1 Resources, Roles and Responsibility

        - what the standard says;

        - interpretation

        - the experience

    4.4.2 Competence, training and awareness

        - what the standard says;

        - training on what?

        - Example of Employee Training Record for Training Needs Analysis

        - common NCRs and observation

    4.4.3 Communication

        - what the standard says;

        - example of communication procedure

    4.4.4 Documentation

-       what the standard says

        - what experience taught us?

    4.4.5 Control of Documents

        - what the standard says;

-       the experience;

12.30am- 2.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm – 3.00pm

    4.4.6 Operational Control

        - what the standard says;

        - sample of construction and content of a legible EMS S.O.P;

-       GROUPWORK-6 Writing an operational control procedure

3.00pm – 3.30pm: Afternoon Tea-break

3.30pm – 5.30pm

    4.4.7 Emergency Preparedness and Response

        - what the standard says;

        - interpretation and example;

4.5 Checking

    4.5.1 - Monitoring and Measurement

        - what the standard says;

        - interpretation

    4.5.2 Evaluation of Compliance

        - interpretation

        - example of using the Legal Register to record compliance evaluation status;

    4.5.3 Non-conformity and Corrective & Preventive Actions

        - what the standard says

        - interpretation

    4.5.4 Control of Records

        - what the standard says;

        - interpretation

    4.5.5 Internal Audit

        - what the standard says;

        - what is required? - interpretation

4.6 Management Review

- what the standard says;

- which information for Management Review?

DISCUSSION

COURSE EVALUATION

5.30PM COURSE END