
The purpose and the structure of this online course
The definition of a management system. What is an integrated management system. About the different disciplines and the families of standards. About Type A and Type B management system standards. Are there any limits to the integration?
What are the benefits for choosing an integrated management system.
About the High Level Structure of all management system standards published by ISO. About the PAS 99 document as a help for the integration.
About the internal and external issues that are relevant to the organization. About the interested parties (stakeholders) and their needs and expectations.
What is the scope of the management system. How the scope can be defined. What is specific to ISO 9001 in terms of applicability of the requirements.
How to audit the requirements in Clause 4 of management system standards - Context of the organization. What should the auditor look for and how?
A video detailing the requirements on climate change introduced by the 2024 amendment to ISO standards. The focus is on both implementation and auditing perspective
How important it is to have the support of the top management for the integrated management system. What are the requirements of the standards for the top management?
What is the management system policy. What are the requirements for the integrated management system policy.
Methods to establish and communicate the responsibilities and authorities for the different roles in the organization. About those responsible for the integrated management system.
What are the requirements about risks and opportunities. The specific elements in ISO 14001 (environmental aspects) and ISO 45001 (occupational health & safety). Example of risks and opportunities.
About management system objectives. How the organization should establish its objectives and how to plan for their achievement.
Ideas and methods to audit the top management of an organization during the management system audit. Is it important to audit the top management?
About the resources needed to establish, implement and improve an integrated management system.
The requirements for competence and the process to ensure competency in an organization. How an organization should act to raise the level of competence for its personnel.
The importance of awareness for the success of an integrated management system. How to ensure that the persons working under the company's control have an adequate level of awareness with regards to the integrated management system.
The processes for internal and external communication. What are the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 with regards to communication.
About the documentation of the integrated management system. What are the documents that should be part of the management system documentation. The requirements for creating and updating management system documents. The controls of documented information.
The common requirements of the standards (e.g. control of changes, the control of outsourced processes) as well as the specific requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001. Auditing Clause 8 (Operation) of management system standards.
How to prepare and respond to emergency situations that may refer to the environment and/ or to occupational health and safety.
How to monitor, measure, analyze and evaluate the performance of the organization and of the integrated management system.
About the internal audit of the integrated management system. The audit programme, the requirements for the auditors, the relevant documents (audit plans, reports, checklists).
The requirements of the standards that refer to the management review. How to organize the management review.
What are the input elements and the required outputs of the review.
What are nonconformities, including examples. How to manage nonconformities. What are the corrections and the corrective actions.
How to improve the integrated management system. How to audit the improvement of the system.
About the certification of an integrated management system. What is the process for certification. The certification of persons as management system professionals.
Conclusions about the integrated management systems and recommendations for auditing integrated systems.
Welcome to a journey into the world of integrated management systems — where quality, environment, and occupational health and safety come together in a single, efficient framework.
This online course is designed to help professionals understand, implement, and audit an integrated management system (IMS) that meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018.
Rather than studying each standard separately, in this course we focus on their common structure, shared principles, and practical integration, showing how organizations can align their processes to manage quality, environmental, and health & safety management in a unified way.
Course overview
All ISO management system standards share a High Level Structure (HLS) — a powerful framework that enables integration.
Throughout the course, we’ll explore this structure step by step, covering all seven key clauses:
Context of the organization
Understand how internal and external issues and stakeholder expectations influence your integrated management system and establish its scope.
Leadership
Learn how top management supports the IMS through commitment, integrated policy, and clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
Planning
Explore how to identify and address risks and opportunities, set measurable integrated objectives, and plan effective actions to achieve them.
Support
Ensure resources, competence, awareness, communication, and documentation and make them all work cohesively across the three disciplines.
Operation
See how to control processes, manage change, outsourcing, and emergency preparedness — with insights into the specific operational requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
Performance evaluation
Learn how to monitor, measure, analyze, and evaluate IMS performance, conduct effective internal audits, and lead management reviews.
Improvement
Master the process of managing nonconformities, corrective actions, and continual improvement in an integrated system.
Auditing focus
Each section includes practical guidance on how to audit the integrated system — from evaluating leadership involvement and organizatinal context to assessing audit programmes and continual improvement.
Participants will gain the confidence to conduct real-world IMS audits that go beyond compliance and add genuine value to organizations.
The course blends theoretical concepts with practical examples drawn from diverse industries, making complex ideas clear and applicable.
Quality. Environment. Occupational Health & Safety.
Three perspectives — one system.
A clear, efficient path to integrated excellence.