State recognized vocational qualification

e.g. completed specific vocational qualification, Master Craftsman qualification or course of study in the corresponding field and successful completion of the course "Internal Auditor ISO 45001 (TÜV)", which was approved according to the content, duration and structure by PersCert TÜV.

• Written exam (multiple choice and open questions)

In the examination participants prove their knowledge in the following areas:

• ISO 45001 ff.
• State of the standard definition for Occupational Health & Safety Management
• Adoption of Annex SL, understanding of HLS
• Context of the organization
• Leadership and worker participation
• Risk-based thinking and process approach
• Preventing ill-health and injury
• Legal fundamentals / corporate responsibility
• Fundamentals of operational management systems
• Integration into other management systems
• Document management
• Documentation of an Occupational Health & Safety Management System
• Principles of auditing an Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• Behavior of auditors in the process of auditing a safety management system and occupational health

Successful candidates have the competence in order to:

• Align a management system to the new requirements
• Implement of the requirements of a health and safety management system at work
• Improve professional training
• Analyze and assess the conformity and effectiveness of the integrated management system
• Collect and structure audit-specific information
• Examin documents related to the integrated management system
• Draw up audit-specific documents
• Draw up the audit report
• Plan the audit activity

In a recertification process participants have to prove their expertise is up to date:

1. Proven professional experience of at least 2 audits/year,
   or
2. Participation in 1 day of relevant training or experience exchange.