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Environmental Management System Auditing Courses (1-day)
Auditing is an essential part of any effictive management system and plays a major role in achieving business improvement. The course covers the essential elements of an audit to prepare participants to conduct an internal audit of an EMS, or participate on an audit team. The following audit skills will be emphasized:
· Learn the steps in preparing for an audit
· Learn how to conduct an audit;
· Effectively document and report audit results.

The course will incorporate several practical audit team exercises based on a case study of an actual manufacturing plant. The audit exercises will be challenging and appropriate to all students regardless of prior auditing experience. This course is designed to be suitable for all levels of experience. It will be especially useful for those with a quality or regualtory background, but have little experience in environmental management system auditing. This is a continuing education opportunityTUR Planners, and attendance will be worth 6 credits toward TUR Planner recertification with DEP.

Due to high interest, this course will be offered twice:

Audit Course #1
Date - Tuesday, May 6, 2003
Location: Publick House Historic Inn
Sturbridge, MA 01566

Audit Course #2
Date - Thursday, May 8, 2003
Location: Publick House Historic Inn
Sturbridge, MA 01566

Environmental Management System Audit Lab (1-day)
This one-day course provides a "hands-on," practical application of the skills and principles learned in the classroom Audit Course (above) by auditing a real EMS. Nypro of Clinton, MA - the leading global provider of precision injection molding solutions - has graciously agreed to host this event. The training will consist of:
· Description of the area or process to be audited;
· Preparing an appropriate audit checklist;
· A plant tour and audit;
· Evaluating and critiquing the audit process used and the audit results.

NOTE: Successful completion of a 1-day EMS Audit Course (either date above, or any previously offered TURI Audit Course) is a prerequisite to register for the Audit Lab.

Audit Lab #1
Date - Friday, June 6, 2003
Location: Nypro
101 Union Street
Clinton, MA 01510

Audit Lab #2
Date - Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Location: Nypro
101 Union Street
Clinton, MA 01510