Integrated Management Systems and QHSE Auditing

Organisation over 20 weeks

Four 5-week blocks (4 weeks of classes, 1 week of assessment). The two course units are taken unchanged from the original degree: same content, same assessments.

• Blocks 1 and 2 (weeks 1 to 10): MSI 421 — Designing and Deploying an Integrated Management System
• Blocks 3 and 4 (weeks 11 to 20): AUQ 422 — Auditing QHSE Management Systems

MSI 421 - Designing and Deploying an Integrated Management System

To design a single management system that meets several standards, rather than running three systems side by side: this is the core of the QHSE manager's profession.

Learning outcomes

• Define the scope of an integrated management system according to the context, the strategy and the needs of interested parties.
• Integrate the requirements of ISO 9001:2026, ISO 14001:2026 and ISO 45001:2018 (with its amendment Amd 1:2024) into common processes.
• Build the QHSE information system and the standards and regulatory monitoring system.
• Plan the deployment: initial diagnosis, action plan, resources, staff training and awareness-raising.

Content

• Common features and specific features of ISO 9001:2026, ISO 14001:2026 and ISO 45001:2018 and of its amendment ISO 45001:2018/Amd 1:2024.
• Initial diagnosis and gap analysis; deployment plan; sizing of resources.
• Control of internal processes and external providers: selection, evaluation and monitoring of suppliers and subcontractors.
• QHSE information system: document management, registers, nonconformities and actions, indicators; open-source solutions and offline data collection on mobile phones.
• Standards and regulatory monitoring, register of legal requirements, management of organisational knowledge.
• Training, awareness-raising and internal communication, including in national languages and with staff with little formal schooling.
• Management review and continual improvement of the system.

Assessment: Project (60%): design file for an integrated management system (scope, process map, deployment plan). Continuous assessment (40%): practical work on configuring the information system and the monitoring register.

AUQ 422 - Auditing QHSE Management Systems

To train internal auditors able to conduct a complete QHSE audit, from preparation to the follow-up of actions, in compliance with audit ethics.

Learning outcomes

• Establish an audit programme following the guidelines of ISO 19011:2026.
• Prepare and conduct an internal or supplier audit: audit plan, interviews, observations, sampling, evidence.
• Write factual findings and an audit report that senior management can act on.
• Assess a site's regulatory compliance in occupational health and safety and in environmental matters.

Content

• Audit principles, managing an audit programme, conducting the audit, competence and evaluation of auditors, according to ISO 19011:2026.
• Types of audit: internal, supplier (second party), certification (third party); combined audit against several standards.
• Techniques: checklists, interviews, observation, sampling, traceability of evidence; remote auditing.
• Regulatory compliance audit based on the register of legal requirements (loi n°97-17 (Labour Code), décrets du 15 novembre 2006 (occupational health and safety decrees), loi n°2023-15 (Environment Code)).
• Audit report, grading of nonconformities, follow-up of corrective actions and verification of their effectiveness.
• Ethics: independence, impartiality, confidentiality; protection of the personal data collected (loi n°2008-12, Personal Data Protection Act).

Assessment: Continuous assessment (30%): audit programme and plan. Field project (70%): audit file (plan, completed checklists, anonymised evidence, certificate of completion signed by the organisation) and a simulated audit interview assessed against a rubric, in the classroom or in a virtual classroom, followed by the audit report.

Career opportunities

QHSE officer or coordinator, internal management system auditor.

At your own pace: the self-paced pathway

In a class, this certificate takes 20 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.

Admission

Bachelor's degree in science, technology or management, or experience of a quality, safety or environmental approach assessed on application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.

The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Master's degree in Quality, Health, Safety and Environment, within a period set by the certificate regulations.