Environmental Auditing Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles and types of environmental auditing to plan an audit.
• Analyse environmental legislation and organisational policies to determine audit criteria.
• Evaluate evidence and observations to identify environmental non-conformances and risks.
• Design audit checklists and sampling plans to ensure effective data collection.
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct an environmental audit in a professional and ethical manner.
• Implement corrective action plans and report audit findings to stakeholders.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for environmental officers, health and safety practitioners, compliance managers, and anyone responsible for monitoring and improving environmental performance within their organisation.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals are essential to develop hands-on skills in planning, conducting, and reporting environmental audits. Learners will engage in simulated and real-world scenarios to apply audit techniques, evidence collection, and reporting, ensuring they are job-ready.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Audit Planning and Checklist Development — Learners will be given a case study of a manufacturing facility and will develop a detailed audit plan, including audit objectives, scope, criteria, and a comprehensive checklist. (4h)
• Practical 2: On-Site Audit Simulation — Learners will conduct a simulated on-site audit at a mock facility, performing opening meeting, interviews, document review, and site inspection to gather evidence. (6h)
• Practical 3: Non-Conformance Reporting and Root Cause Analysis — Learners will analyze audit findings from the simulation, write non-conformance reports, and perform root cause analysis to identify corrective actions. (3h)
• Practical 4: Audit Report Writing and Presentation — Learners will compile a full audit report based on the simulation and present their findings to the class in a simulated closing meeting. (3h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.