Course description
The calibre of your lead auditor is crucial to the performance of your audit team, and ultimately to the success of your management system. This comprehensive five day course provides hands-on training to ensure that your lead auditor thoroughly understands the role and acquires the expertise needed to perform it effectively. Delegates completing the course will be presented with an IRCA independently accredited certificate for lead auditors.
Who should attend?
Quality professionals with experience in implementation and auditing of quality management systems.
Benefits to your business
- The knowledge that your management systems are being effectively audited
- The ability to do third party audits of your supply chain.
Course structure
Topics include:
- Introduction to quality
- ISO 9001 and ISO 19011 the process aspect.
- Planning an audit
- The purpose of the Quality Manual
- The role of the checklists
- Organizing an opening meeting
- Performing an audit
- Organizing a closing meeting
- Recording non-conformities
- Auditing reports
- Evaluating corrective action
- Continuing assessment
Next steps

View our ISO 9001 Quality Management training course schedule.
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