ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Training
This course is comprehensive training in lead auditor techniques, methodology, practices and skills. It was designed and developed by a team who created and managed an accredited registrar. The course contains a solid body of quality management systems (QMS) auditing knowledge, accumulated from over ten years of QMS audits.
The purpose of the SFMA course in ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training is to increase the understanding on how to effectively and efficiently Lead and Manage an Audit Team through an ISO Audit. This five-day comprehensive course teaches the trainee about the full ISO 9000 registration process, including auditing quality manuals and quality procedures. The course is built around a variety of workshops, case studies, including quality manual and quality procedures that students will audit. The seminar concludes with a final examination. The course runs approximately eight (8) hours per day, with a two (2) hour exam on the fifth (5th) day.
The benefits of having personnel in your company with these skills include the capability:
- The ability to objectively assess compliance of organization to meet certification body requirements
- An understanding of the role of audits within the management system program and the role of auditors in promoting business improvements
- A skill set to aid continuous improvement strategies
- An understanding that the objective of a business and its QMS is customer satisfaction
- An understanding that the objective of a QMS is to provide a product/service at minimum cost, the right quality and at the time specified by the customer so the customer perceives that they are receiving value for the price paid
- An understanding of the objectives for auditing, such as, but not limited to: Management Priorities, Commercial Intentions, Management System Requirements, Regulatory and Contractual Requirements, Need for Supplier Evaluation, Customer Requirements, Needs of other Interested Parties, and Potential Risk to the Organization
- How to effectively Facilitate Opening, Closing, and Debriefing Meetings with Top Management personnel
- Manage an effective audit program
- Developing effective auditing techniques and the knowledge to training other Internal Auditors
- Effectively Audit Top Management
- Identifying key activities for performing a successful audit
- Evaluating the significance of audit findings
- Improving communication skills for the presentation of audit findings
- Reporting the findings and evaluations
- Developing and implementing corrective action programs
- Auditing continual improvement programs
At the completion of this course participants will have an understanding of the following:
- Contents and requirements of ISO 9001:2000
- Role of ISO 19011 Auditing Guidelines
- Duties and Responsibilities of the Lead Auditor and Internal Auditors
- How to organize and manage the audit process and have the ability to deal with management personnel
- Effectively use oral and communication skills and the ability to organize and document the final audit report
- Preparing and conducting Opening and Closing Meetings
- How to classify and document a Major or Minor Nonconformity
- Purpose of the Quality Manual, Procedures, Work Instructions, Records, and Forms and how they relate to each other
- How to complete a Documentation Review
- How to use the ISO 9001:2000 standard during the audit, with fair and accurate interpretations
- How to prepare for all phases of an audit
- How to prepare Audit Checklists
- How to prepare an Audit Schedule or Audit Plan
- How to gather Audit Evidence during the Audit
- The documentation of Concerns or Opportunities For Improvement
- Importance of documenting Observations during an audit
- Preparing an Audit Report
- How to evaluate a Corrective Action Plan
- How to evaluate effectiveness of the Corrective Action
Below are the dates, times, location and other registration information for this course.
1 week (Total 34 hours)
WHAT: This course is comprehensive training in lead auditor techniques, methodology, practices and skills.
WHEN: Everyday, May 21-25, 2007
TIME:
May 21- from 8:00am – 5:30pm
May 22 from 8:30am – 4:30pm
May 23 from 8:30am – 4:45pm
May 24 from 8:30am – 4:30pm
May 25 from 8:00 am – 12 noon
WHERE: SFMA Training Room
1000 W. McNab Road
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
954.941.3558
COST: $1595.00 - Members
$1995.00 - Non-members
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