The principles and methods of internal auditing which can be applied to any ISO standard.
Delivered by Simon Myers, who has over 25 years’ experience in auditing organizations against the ISO standard, this course is designed to help you understand the nature of auditing better and how to internally audit your own organization. It includes:
What you’ll learn
- To understand the roles and responsibilities of an auditor.
- To understand the principles and methods of auditing.
- To understand how to evaluate audit findings.
- To understand audit scope.
- To understand a risk based approach to auditing.
- To understand how to initiate an audit.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 7 lectures • 8min.
- Steps 1-3 (Initiation, Info Gathering, Scope) –> 6 lectures • 10min.
- Step 4: Planning the Audit & Creating a Checklist –> 16 lectures • 22min.
- Step 5: Conducting the Audit –> 9 lectures • 16min.
- Step 6: Evaluating Findings –> 8 lectures • 9min.
- Step 7: Reporting Findings & Corrective Action –> 3 lectures • 5min.
Requirements
Delivered by Simon Myers, who has over 25 years’ experience in auditing organizations against the ISO standard, this course is designed to help you understand the nature of auditing better and how to internally audit your own organization. It includes:
- The roles and responsibilities of an internal auditor.
- How to conduct the audits – principles and methods behind auditing.
- How to evaluate your findings to make a correct judgement, be it a nonconformity or otherwise.
Practical exercises are included in the course to test your knowledge as you progress.
This course is designed for a range of people / entities:
- For organizations / individuals who are considering being ISO certified, this course will help you to understand the processes behind an ISO audit and how to evaluate your own organization’s compliance.
- For organizations / individuals who are already ISO certified and want to move the internal audit process from a consultant to in-house, this course will arm you with all the knowledge required regardless of the standard(s) you are involved in.
- For anyone curious about auditing in general, this course is a good starting point as it has excellent broad, foundational principles which will help you, whether you are looking to be an internal, or even external, auditor, no matter the discipline / standards involved.
Indeed, the benefits of this course are both personal and organizational. Personally, your knowledge on this topic is greatly enhanced, opening up new personal opportunities. Organizationally, the knowledge you introduce will enhance the auditing process at the organization, helping you to achieve and maintain ISO certification, which helps you to attract and retain customers.
We look forward to having you on the course!