ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Lead Auditor

About This Course ~ (CQI/IRCA Accredited)

This course is conducted via SGS Singapore. All instruction and examinations are in English.

The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to perform first, second and third party audits of quality systems against ISO 9001, in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021 (as applicable).

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Knowledge

• Explain the purpose of a quality management system, of quality management systems standards, of a management system audit and third-party certification, and the business benefits of the quality management system.
• Explain the role and responsibilities of an auditor to plan, conduct, report and follow-up a quality management system audit in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021 as applicable.

Skills

• Plan, conduct, report and follow-up an audit of a quality management system to establish conformity (or otherwise) with ISO 9001, and in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021 as applicable.

Learners will need to demonstrate acceptable performance in order to complete the course successfully.

DURATION

Five days

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

Before starting this course, participants are expected to have the following prior knowledge:

a) Management Systems

• The Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle
• The core elements of a management system and the interrelationship between top management responsibility, policy, objective, planning, implementation, measurement, review and continual improvement.

b) Quality management

The fundamental concepts and the seven quality management principles (see ISO 9000):

• Customer focus
• Leadership
• Engagement of people
• Process approach
• Improvement
• Evidence-based decision making
• Relationship management
• The relationship between quality management and customer satisfaction

c) ISO 9001

• Knowledge of the requirements of ISO 9001 and the commonly used quality management terms and definitions, as given in ISO 9001, which may be gained by completing an IRCA certified QMS Foundation Training course or the equivalent.

COURSE FEES

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