Quality Auditor

PREREQUISITE:

The participant is expected to have the following prior to attending this course training:

• Knowledge of the several quality management principles and concepts such as:
  • Relationship between quality management and customer satisfaction
  • Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle
  • Quality Management terms and definitions
  • 8 Quality principles as given in ISO 9000
  • Quality Management development approach
  • Model of a Process Based Quality Management System
  • Structure and principles of ISO 9001
• It is an advantage if the participant has a previous management system auditing experience, such as internal or external auditing.

COURSE OVERVIEW:

A Certified Quality Auditor is a professional who understands the standards and principles of auditing and its related techniques of analyzing, questioning, assessing and reporting to effectively determine a quality system’s adequacies and deficiencies. He or she evaluates all key points of a quality system and decides its degree of cohesion to the standards of industrial management and quality assessment and control systems.

Quality Management Systems (QMS) Auditor or Lead Auditor Training Course (IRCA) is created for participants who require a thorough knowledge of the auditing process from several methods and perspectives.

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

• Interpret the requirements of ISO 9001 in the context of an audit
• Address training requirements for registration as a QMS Auditor or Lead Auditor with the IRCA
• Interpret the purpose, constitution and interdependence of the ISO 9000 family of standards
• Create, develop and execute an audit and report on the audit in a way that gives value to the organization
• Define and understand the purpose of a quality management system to organizations
• Interpret the eight principles of quality management

COURSE CURRICULUM:

• Introduction to management system – what and why?
• Define audit and its importance to organizations
• Understand the process approach
• Standards, principles and definitions
• ISO 9001 purpose and requirements
• Principles for quality management
• Techniques for creating an audit
• Design and execute an audit scheme
• Audit reporting and monitoring
• Techniques for supporting improvement

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• Be able to learn and understand the purpose of:
  • A QMS and its standards
  • Management system audits
  • Role and responsibilities of an auditor in planning, executing, reporting and monitoring a QMS audit in collaboration with ISO 19011 (and ISO 17021 if applicable)
• Gain skills in planning, executing and reporting

HOW WILL YOUR ORGANIZATION BENEFIT FROM THIS COURSE:

• Gain the ability to operate regular ISO 9001 audits in the improvement of your organization’s quality standards
• Acquire knowledge and skills to lead and manage a quality management systems audit at a supplier or contractor
• Monitor the compliance of your organization with the requirements of ISO 9001

WHO NEEDS TO TAKE THIS COURSE:

This course is offered to the following professionals:

• Consultants
• Management representatives
• Quality managers
• Quality directors
• Quality professionals interested in leading and operating ISO 9001 audits

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