This IIRSM-approved Introduction to ISO 45001 awareness training helps organisations quickly build a shared understanding of ISO 45001 across their teams—essential for achieving or maintaining certification.
It explains the key clauses of the ISO 45001 standard and shows how they relate to everyday decisions on site or in the office. Using a practical case study, it connects the Plan–Do–Check–Act (PDCA) cycle to real work activities, helping managers, supervisors, and champions see how their actions contribute to compliance and continual improvement.
For a duty holder or safety lead, this course provides a fast, credible way to raise competence and demonstrate that staff at all levels understand the principles of ISO 45001.
This Introduction to ISO 45001 course contains the following modules:
Shows what ISO 45001 is and how an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) works in practice. Learners see how core principles like hazards, risks, incidents, planning, checking and improvement connect directly to safe, consistent work.
Understanding ISO 45001
What is an OHS Management System
Structure of the ISO 45001 Standard
Explores how organisations meet ISO 45001 clauses 4–7 by addressing context, leadership, planning and support. A short case study demonstrates how these requirements are applied in real workplace situations.
Context
Leadership
Planning
Support
Demonstrates how ISO 45001 clauses 8–10 turn planning into action, from operational controls to reviewing performance and driving continual improvement. Learners see how these stages guide everyday decisions and workplace checks.
Operation
Performance Evaluation
Improvement
What You Will Learn
The purpose and key principles of ISO 45001 and how they improve workplace safety
How context, leadership and planning create safer, more coordinated systems of work
The value of communication, competence and resources in supporting consistent performance
How risk-based thinking and hazard identification guide daily supervision and task planning
How performance checks and continual improvement help prevent issues and strengthen compliance
How every role, from manager to H&S champion, contributes to ISO 45001 certification and safe outcomes
Available in 13 Languages
Course subtitles are available in multiple languages, including:
This course is approved by the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM).
The course certificate includes:
User name
Company name
Course name
Completion date
Expiry date
Approval body
An IIRSM-approved certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete a final theory test before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
Fully online
Multiple choice
A score of 80% is required to pass.
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Why Is the Introduction to ISO 45001 Training Important?
For a health and safety duty holder, gaining or maintaining ISO 45001 certification depends not only on systems and documentation, but on people’s understanding of how the standard applies to their work. This course helps close that awareness gap quickly and consistently across the organisation.
It shows how ISO 45001’s seven key clauses (4–10) shape everyday decisions, from leadership to frontline actions, and how this shared understanding strengthens audit readiness and safety culture:
Clause 4 – Context: Shows how understanding your organisation’s context helps teams see the bigger picture, why certain hazards matter more and how their work contributes to wider safety goals.
Clause 5 – Leadership and Worker Participation: Demonstrates how shared leadership and open involvement strengthen trust, communication, and the credibility of your safety system.
Clause 6 – Planning: Explores how anticipating risks and setting achievable objectives make safety efforts more proactive and aligned with real operational needs.
Clause 7 – Support: Highlights how providing resources, training and communication gives people confidence to work safely and speak up when support is needed.
Clause 8 – Operation: Shows how clear procedures and well-managed controls turn safety planning into consistent, reliable daily performance.
Clause 9 – Performance Evaluation: Explains how measuring results and acting on feedback allows managers and teams to recognise what’s working and focus improvement efforts.
Clause 10 – Improvement: Demonstrates how learning from experience and making small, steady changes builds pride, engagement, and long-term safety progress.
By aligning people’s understanding with the structure of ISO 45001, this course helps duty holders:
Build credible, audit-ready competence across their teams
Provide clear evidence of training and awareness during certification or surveillance audits
Strengthen engagement and shared ownership of the organisation’s safety performance
It turns ISO 45001 from a compliance requirement into a practical, people-driven system — one that everyone understands and supports with confidence.
