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About this course

The aim of the course is to address the requirements of the ISM Code, enabling you to carry out safety audits to ISM systems in a maritime environment. 

What you'll learn

Course sessions include: an introduction to the course; ISM introduction; audit introduction and techniques; workshops covering checklists, ISM scenarios and non-conformity reporting, and corrective action. 

On completion, you should have the knowledge to: 

  • understand the purpose and benefits of internal audit,
  • plan and prepare audits, 
  • understand and use standard audit techniques, 
  • write properly-worded, non-conformity and observational reports, 
  • produce objective and constructive audit reports and summaries, 
  • initiate action to resolve non-conformities and verify satisfactory completion of corrective action. 

This course is delivered at our East Park Terrace campus in Southampton.

Course information

  • Next available date

    On demand

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Price

    On-request

  • Approvals

    MCA

  • Prerequisites

    None

Course availability

Please contact our short course sales team for more information around course availability.wms.shortcoursesales@solent.ac.uk
+44 (0)23 8201 3074

Contact us

Please contact our short course sales team if you require more information about this course.

Online bookings will be confirmed with joining information within one working day of the booking being made. Confirmation of payment should be received in the normal way.

Please ensure that you follow the booking process and do not enter payment details more than once, unless you are booking more than one course. If you experience any issues, please email wms.shortcoursesales@solent.ac.uk.

Admissions Team


Normal office hours are (UK time):

08.30 - 17.00 Monday to Thursday
08.30 - 16.30 Friday