Lead Implementer
ISO 45001 Lead Implementer
2026 edition
Self-paced PECB training delivered via myPECB.
Global training partner Aegentra is an official PECB authorised training partner and an official CompTIA partner.
ISO 45001 is the first global occupational health and safety management system standard, replacing OHSAS 18001. This course develops the expertise to support an organisation in establishing, implementing, managing, and maintaining an OH&S management system — five days from initiation and leadership through the implementation plan, operational controls, performance evaluation, continual improvement, and preparation for the third-party certification audit. Structured around PECB’s IMS2 implementation methodology.
- Typical study effort
- 35–45 hours
- CPD credits
- 31
- Course languages
- English
Who it is for
- Occupational health and safety officers and managers
- Consultants advising on OH&S management systems
- OH&S professionals responsible for worker safety and wellbeing
- Members of an OH&S management system implementation team
- Professionals pursuing a career in occupational health and safety
What you will learn
- Explain the occupational health and safety concepts, approaches, methods, and techniques used to implement and manage an OH&S MS.
- Interpret the requirements of ISO 45001 from the perspective of an implementer.
- Initiate and plan the implementation of an OH&S MS using PECB’s IMS2 methodology.
- Support organisations in operating, maintaining, and continually improving their OH&S MS.
- Prepare an organisation to undergo a third-party OH&S MS certification audit.
Course content
Day 1 — Introduction to ISO 45001 and initiation of an OH&S management system
- Fundamental principles and concepts of OH&S and an OH&S MS
- Standards and regulatory frameworks
- Initiation of the OH&S MS implementation
- Leadership, commitment, and worker participation
- OH&S policy, roles, responsibilities, and authorities
Day 2 — Planning the implementation of an OH&S management system
- Context of the organisation and interested parties
- OH&S MS scope
- Hazard identification and assessment of OH&S risks and opportunities
- Legal and other requirements
- OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them
Day 3 — Implementation of an OH&S management system
- Resources, competence, and awareness
- Communication, consultation, and participation of workers
- Documented information
- Operational planning and control, and management of change
- Procurement, contractors, and outsourcing
- Emergency preparedness and response
Day 4 — Monitoring, continual improvement, and preparation for a certification audit
- OH&S MS performance evaluation
- Evaluation of compliance
- Internal audit and management review
- Incident investigation, nonconformity, and corrective action
- Continual improvement
- Preparation for the certification audit
Day 5 — Certification exam
- PECB Certified ISO 45001 Lead Implementer exam
- Seven competency domains
Prerequisites
- A basic knowledge of ISO management system standards, a general understanding of ISO 45001, and the management system implementation principles — PECB’s published prerequisite for this course.
- Practical familiarity with workplace health and safety is helpful — the course teaches the management system, not WHS legislation.
The exam
- Format
- Open-book, multiple-choice
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Questions
- 80 multiple-choice questions in the current English PECB examination record
- Pass mark
- 70%
What is included
Course materials
- PECB ISO 45001 Lead Implementer slide deck (digital)
- Over 450 pages of information and practical examples
- 12 months access via myPECB
- Participation certificate worth 31 CPD credits
Exam package
- Certification fees included in the course price
- Exam covering seven competency domains
- First exam attempt plus one free retake within 12 months
- PECB Provisional / Implementer / Lead Implementer credential on pass