Before and during the course FAQs

Please refer to your joining instructions for course timings. Typical start times are between 8.00 and 9.00 daily, and training usually finishes between 17.00 and 18.00, depending on content and interactive elements. Online courses ensure delegates have time away from the screen at regular intervals. There may also be evening work to be completed away from the classroom to reinforce the learnings of each day.

We offer a comprehensive range of complementary training courses around ISO 14001, the standard that provides a framework for Environmental Management Systems, which is intended to help organisations fulfil their environmental responsibilities while remaining competitive.

IEMA certified environmental sustainability courses you may find of interest include:

• IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers, designed to help managers and leaders understand how environmental sustainability strategies and operations can have an impact on the organisation and teams within it
• IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for the Workforce, introducing non-environmental specialists to the subject of sustainability in an organisation’s activities.

For those who would like greater depth to their environmental sustainability training, we offer the ISEP Foundation Certificate in Sustainability and Environmental Management, a 5-day course working towards an exam and an IEMA certificate and Associate Membership.

Our aim is to make taking part in our courses as as easy as possible, so that you can focus fully on learning and practising your new skills. The Virtual Classroom is very user-friendly and delegates that have completed training testify to this. Features and functions within the Virtual Classroom will be clearly explained to you.

If you have any concerns about using the technology, please contact us and we will be happy to set up a test call with you.

We offer our ISO 42001 training courses both as face-to-face options and online in our Virtual Classroom. Check the list of upcoming course dates above to find the course that suits you best.

Bywater’s ISO 45001 internal auditor training course will equip you with the knowledge and skills, as well as essential practice, to start carrying out internal audits in your organisation – from preparation right through to follow up. As a result you will be in an excellent position to make a valuable contribution to the management and improvement of your OH&S management systems.

We will supply a comprehensive printed course book, which you can use to make notes and keep as a reference after the course is completed. You should bring your own writing tools, including a laptop if that is your choice, although this is not required.

If the course is running at an external venue, refreshments may be supplied. You can check this with your course organiser.

We run scheduled public courses at regular intervals throughout the year. Our face-to-face training takes place in venues around the UK, while our live online training is available to delegates globally in our Virtual Classroom.

We also offer dedicated training for individual organisations, which can be delivered at a venue of your choice, including virtually, at a date to suit you.

One delegate commented after the course: ‘Excellent training which has improved my negotiation skills and was very informative. The course was well run, timescales kept to and very enjoyable’.

Yes, you will need to attend the course in full, and then log into an external platform to take an exam within 30 days of course end.

As well as the exam you will be given access to a portal providing practice questions, which we recommend you try, to ensure your best chance of success. We will also talk you through the exam during the course.

The online exam, with multiple types of questions, has replaced the essay-type exam previously set for lead auditors by CQI and IRCA.

No. The focus of this course is to give you an understanding of the requirements and implications of an ISMS and ISO 27001, and you will receive a certificate to prove your attendance without the need to pass an exam.

Our tutors are chosen for their practical experience as well as their ability to deliver the content of the course in an interesting and engaging way. That is an approach that resonates with many of our delegates, with one summing up their experience as: ‘Great to listen to someone with real industry experience, not someone who acquired wholly theoretical information. The tutor seemed to be fully conversant with existing contracts [at our organisation].’

Tutors with proven expertise give delegates confidence in the knowledge they are imparting, as one delegate pointed out: ‘The tutor’s knowledge and experience was a huge reassurance.’