Description
This course is designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of the auditing skills required to plan and conduct Internal Audits within their own organisation and meet the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Standard.
Duration: 2 days
Aims
This course aims to provide students with the skills necessary to plan, conduct and execute internal audits being able to write effective audit reports and associated nonconformity reports. Successful completion of the course will provide a basis for students who wish to go on to apply for IRCA registration as a QMS internal auditor.
Learning Objectives
Learning objectives describe what students will know and be able to do by the end of the course. On completion, successful students will be able to:
- Explain the process-based quality management system model for ISO 9001, and the role of internal audit in the maintenance and improvement of quality management systems;
- Explain the role and responsibilities of an auditor to plan, conduct, report and follow up an internal quality management system audit, in accordance with ISO 19011;
- Plan, conduct, report and follow up an internal audit as part of a quality management system based on ISO 9001, and in accordance with ISO 19011.
Enabling Objectives
In order for students to achieve the overall learning objectives, they will need to acquire and develop specific knowledge. This is specified following as ‘enabling objectives’ and can be considered as steps to the achievement of the learning objectives stated previous. Explain the purpose and benefits of a quality management system
- With reference to the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle, explain the process-based quality management system model for ISO 9001, and the role of internal audit in the maintenance and improvement of quality management systems;
- Explain the purpose of a quality management system and the business benefits of improving the effectiveness of a quality management system;
- Explain the role and responsibilities of an auditor to plan, conduct, report and follow up an internal quality management system audit, in accordance with ISO 19011;
- Describe the role and responsibilities of the auditor at each stage of the audit process
plan, conduct, report and follow up an internal audit as part of a quality management system based on ISO 9001, and in accordance with ISO 19011 Skills (to be practised and tested through tasks and in real or simulated audit situations;
