Forest management and ISO

What you will learn

ISO 19011 course

2-3 September 2026, remote

This blended training course comprises 4-8 hours of online e-learning content and 1.5 days of in-person training, delivered online. The in-person training covers: 

• principles of auditing

• auditor behaviour and performance

• managing an audit programme

• audit programme objectives and extent

• audit programme implementation

• audit programme records

• audit programme monitoring and reviewing

• audit activities and conducting audit follow-up

• audit interviewing skills

• practical audit examples 

Forest management course

21-25 September 2026, in-person in Edinburgh, UK

This blended training course comprises 18-24 hours online e-learning and 5 days in-person training, delivered in Edinburgh, UK.

The in-person training includes an overview of the history and objectives of the Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®), as well as:

• overview of general requirements for forest management (FM) application

• national and interim national standards and the role of the international generic indicators (IGIs)

• FSC’s stakeholder consultation process and its application

• the FM certification process and certification decision making

• group certification of FM

• certification of small and low-intensity managed forest

• social requirements within certification

• legal and customary rights of indigenous peoples, as addressed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, national laws and indigenous laws

• evaluation of high conservation values

• FSC’s pesticides policy and its implementation

• forest certification for ecosystem services (ForCes)

• FM certification report writing 

Who the course is for

Those who select and successfully complete the full FSC Auditing to ISO 19011, forest management or chain of custody courses will receive a valid training certificate as a crucial step towards becoming a qualified FSC auditor.

This course may also be of interest to:

• certificate holders looking for insight into what happens during an audit

• international NGOs (non-governmental organisations) involved in forest certification

• providers of certification services