ISO 14001:2015

IGC provides certification services such as ISO 14001 environmental management system provisional auditor, auditor, lead auditor, internal auditor, and senior auditor based on cooperation with GPC (Global Personnel Certification), an accredited personnel certification body based on ISO/IEC 17024.

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  ISO 14001:2015 Overview

  ISO 14001:2015 is an international standard for environmental management systems (EMS), and is a major management system standard that specifies requirements for configuring and maintaining an environmental management system. Many companies in Korea are certified for their organization's environmental management, and more than 250,000 certificates are issued worldwide.
  
  ISO 14001 deals with issues such as establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving environmental management systems, along with general guidelines on principles, systems and supporting technologies for environmental management systems. This controls the customer's environmental aspects, reduces environmental impact, and ensures compliance with laws and regulations.

• ISO 14001 Auditor Certification Requirements

  

  	Auditor	Lead Auditor	Senior Auditor	Internal Auditor	Provisional Auditor
  Education	Secondary education or higher
  Work experience	5 years and more (Including 2 years or more of experience in quality or environment field related to the standard)		10 years and more (Including 5 years or more of experience in quality or environment field related to the standard)	3 years and more (Including 1 year or more experience in quality or environment field related to the standard)	None
  Audit experience	Audit log of 20 M/D or higher as an auditor or lead auditor within the last 3 years	Audit log of 35 MD or higher as an auditor or lead auditor within the last 3 years (of which 15 M/D or more are audit log as lead auditor)	Audit log of 15 M/D or more as a lead auditor within the last 3 years (only the log after acquiring lead auditor certification from an accredited personnel certification body is acceptable)	Within the last 3 years awarded 5 times + audit log of at least 15 M/D	None
  Education training	* Completion of auditor training course within the last 3 years (Only a certificate of completion issued by an accredited personnel certification body or a training provider designated by it can be accepted)
  Exam	GPC knowledge and personality exam pass

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  ISO 14001 Auditor Certification Procedure

  • 1. Receipt of application documents

    - The applicants fill out the application form and submit materials to prove their background.

  • 2. Review of application documents and other materials

    - After reviewing the submitted application documents and other materials, if they are not sufficient, applicants should prove their history by supporting additional data.

  • 3. Performing GPC exam

    - The applicants should take the knowledge and attribution test and are granted certification upon passing the test.

  • 4. Review by Certification Panel

    - Based on the submitted data and test results, the certification panel makes a certification decision.

  • 5. Certification issuance

    - When the certification is determined, a certificate is issued and delivered to the applicant.

  The certification is valid for 3 years from the date of issue, and maintenance fees must be paid annually in accordance with the certified cycle, and additional requirements must be met at the 3rd year in the renewal cycle.