Bridget Hughes

Attributes
Auditor (Position)
ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor
+27 082 461 6748
bridget.hughes@sustainability.net.au
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Geography
• Higher Diploma in Education
• Masters Degree in Environmental Management
• EARA (UK) Approved Environmental Auditor Training Course
• Auditing Principles and Environmental Management Training Course, IRCA certified, registration no. A17029
• OHSAS 18001 Auditor Training Course
• Accredited Auditor
• Registered Assessor in terms of US1157353, South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
• ISO 14001 2015 Auditor Training Course
Experiences
• Due diligence assessments
• Third party / external audits of environmental authorisations (water use licences, waste management licences, atmospheric emissions licences
• Opinions on environmental legal compliance
• Environmental legal compliance audits / evaluations in southern Africa across a range of sectors
• Development and facilitation of environmental legal training (South Africa and Namibia)
• Development and facilitation of environmental awareness courses
• Development and facilitation of customised environmental training courses
• Development and facilitation of incident investigation courses on an international basis
• Development and facilitation of internal auditor courses (Environment and Occupational Health and Safety) on an international basis
• Collaboration with Truscott Crisis Leaders, an internal company specialising in business continuity, emergency management and response
• Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Management of Dangerous Goods (Australia – on behalf of Oraeps)
• Project manager in the successful implementation of integrated management systems for a range of companies across industry sectors
• Project manager in the successful implementation of environmental management systems: ISO 14 001 certified, for a range of companies across industry sectors
• Project manager in the implementation of occupational health and safety management systems: OHSAS 18 001 and NOSA 5* compliant for a number of companies.
• Due diligence project for Freehills (Australia) on behalf of major corporate
• Facilitation, on an international basis, of components of management systems e.g. safety, health and environmental risk assessments, aspect registers, policy formulation, legal compliance evaluations, procedure writing, objective setting, internal audits, performance measurement and reporting.
• Undertaken safety, health and environmental audits across sector industry categories.
• Trainer and developer of internationally registered lead auditor courses (RABQSA, Australia and NQA, South Africa)
• Trainer and developer of environmental training courses including environmental module of revised SAMTRAC course (2005).
• Trainer and developer of risk and management system training courses.
• Developer of ISO 14001 lead auditors course for NQA (South Africa) and Sustainability (Australia)
• Presenter of seminars / workshops to clients and other interested parties on environmental management, legal compliance and sustainability .
• Member of the Institute of Directors Sustainability Portfolio Committee (2005 – 2010)
• Steering Committee Member of the Environmental Science, Environmental Management and Waste Management Standards Generating Body
• Consultant for a World Conservation Union (IUCN) project to facilitate sustainable natural resources management in southern Africa (1998-1999).
• Appointed by the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology as the national co-ordinator of the GLOBE Programme: an international environmental science and education programme (1996-1999)
• Steering Committee member of the national Environmental Education Curriculum Initiative (EECI) (1996-1999)
• Participation in the AusAid Institutional Capacity Enhancement Project in Environmental Education, 1998-2000
• Acted as facilitator at the Consultative National Environmental Policy Process (CONNEPP) Workshop for the Northern Cape in August 1996
• Member of the Human and Social Sciences Learning Area Committee constituted by the Department of Education order to develop learning outcomes for the Human and Social Sciences in line with the requirements of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) (1996-97)
• Member of the Co-ordinating Committee constituted by the Department of Education in order to assist in the development of learning programmes in line with the requirements of the NQF (1997)
• Project leader of the national collaborative project on environmental education curriculum research (1997-1999)
• Member of the interest group Industry and Business for Environmental Education (IBEE) (1997-2002)
• Member of Environmental Opportunities Committee, HSRC (1994-1995)
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