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Risk management plan auditors
This section is designed to provide information for cooling tower system risk management plan auditors and for anyone who is preparing for a risk management plan audit. As part of the Auditors certification, they are required to follow the 'Guidelines for auditing risk management plans for cooling tower systems' document. Should you have any questions, contact the Department on 1800 248 898 or email legionella@health.vic.gov.au
Certified auditors - Cooling tower system risk management plans
The Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 requires that only people approved by the Department can be engaged to conduct cooling tower system risk management plan audits.Guidelines for auditing risk management plans for cooling tower systems
The Guidelines for auditing risk management plans for cooling tower systems are intended to assist approved auditors in their role of auditing cooling tower system risk management plans. The document contains templates that can be used in the auditing process and a spreadsheet to use to notify the Department of Health of all audit results.
This document explains how to put the auditing requirements of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 into practice.
Following the directions in this document is a condition of certification as an approved auditor.
The Department of Health has developed an electronic notification system for all audits and non-complying audits. Auditors should use the RMP audit summary template to advise the Department of all completed audits by email to legionella@health.vic.gov.au
The department must be notified of all audits within 7 days of completion.
An audit certificate template is available below.
Please email the Department at legionella@health.vic.gov.au with any queries regarding audit or registration dates.
Where any difficulty is encountered in the audit process auditors are encouraged to contact the Department of Health for advice.
Guidelines for auditing risk management plans for cooling tower systems
Completed compliant RMP audit summary template
Audit worksheet
RMP auditor certification
Section 94 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 allows the Secretary to certify that a natural person is competent to conduct a risk management plan audit and approve that person for the purposes of the Act.To be considered for certification, the applicant must satisfactorily complete the training course developed by the Department in conjunction with Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT).
For information about approved auditor training courses please contact:
Gail Fernando
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT)
Telephone: (61 3) 9269 1614
Training: 2013
Internal Quality Auditing (IQA)
Module A
Venue and dates for the 2013 IQA (SBE205)
| Campus | Day | Start Date | End Date | Start Time | End Time | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | THU | 14/02/2013 | 15/02/2013 | 9:00 AM | 4:00 PM | OPEN |
| Preston | THU | 09/05/2013 | 10/05/2013 | 9:00 AM | 4:00 PM | OPEN |
| Preston | THU | 14/11/2013 | 15/11/2013 | 9:00 AM | 4:00 PM | OPEN |
Cooling Tower System Auditors Course ( SBE203)
Module B
Venue and dates for the 2013 Auditors course .
| Campus | Day | Start Date | End Date | Start Time | End Time | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | WED | 20/02/2013 | 22/02/2013 | 9:00 AM | 4:00 PM | OPEN |
| Preston | WED | 15/05/2013 | 17/05/2013 | 9:00 AM | 4:00 PM | OPEN |
| Preston | WED | 20/11/2013 | 22/11/2013 | 9:00 AM | 4:00 PM | OPEN |
Information NMIT cooling tower system risk management plan auditors course
Information about RMP Auditor Certification
Application to become a certified approved auditor of cooling tower system risk management plans
Application to become a certified approved auditor of cooling tower system risk management plans
