Internal Auditor

This practical and hands-on workshop will leave you with an understanding of:

• The principles and procedures of internal auditing
• Auditor roles and responsibilities
• Interpersonal skills and personal behaviours of an auditor
• How to conduct effective opening and closing meetings
• Preparing and distributing an audit report

The course includes all learning materials, lunch, and refreshments.

Course content

The first 2-day module is ‘Becoming a Skilled Lead Internal/External Auditor’ course, where you will learn to conduct a management systems audit. This course may be added to our additional modules that cover Quality, Environmental, and OHS management system requirements respectively.

Timetable

Day 1

Management Systems Auditing - preparation

• What is auditing?
• Roles and responsibilities of an auditor and an audit team leader
• The 6 principles of auditing from ISO 19011
• Effective audit planning and timetabling
• Communication skills, interview techniques, and useful questioning methods
• Setting appropriate audit objectives, scope, and criteria
• Developing audit checklists

Day 2

Management Systems Auditing – the audit

• Conducting an opening meeting
• Identifying objective evidence and taking good notes
• Reviewing auditing scenarios
• Writing audit findings including nonconformities and non-compliances
• Presenting a closing meeting
• Compiling a meaningful audit report

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

This course has the equivalent of 8 Professional Development (PD) points.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Throughout the course, you will complete a series of workshops which form the bulk of the assessment.

It is important to remember that there are no take-home assessment items – all of your assessment is completed during course hours and there is no homework.

Designed to cater to people either just starting out in their auditing career, or wishing to get more out of their internal audits, you should attend if you:

• want to become an internal management systems auditor
• are managers responsible for their management system or management system auditing
• wish to consolidate their existing knowledge into a formal qualification

Prior experience in auditing and management systems is not required.

This course is the first stage on your pathway to becoming a qualified auditor. To become an audit team leader, we recommend our Becoming a Skilled Lead Internal/External Auditor 2 day course. To understand the requirements of a quality, environmental, or OHS management system, complete our management systems courses individually or combined as our Integrated Management Systems 3-day course. 

Competencies for Food Safety Management Systems (CODEX, HACCP and ISO 22000) are also available.

This course is offered In-house. Minimum of 6 participants required.

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In-house

In-house training can provide cost-effective training solutions for organisations with a number of staff who require training. We can also customise a course to suit your own individual needs, and include your own audit documentation. Contact us on 1300 95 96 92 for a quote and to discuss your individual training needs.

• No homework! All work is completed in course time – we know you’re busy
• No major exam – we assess you as you go
• No assessment after the completion of the course

Virtual/Online

In response to COVID-19 and social distancing, we’ve developed an online digital classroom to deliver our courses virtually and keep the interaction and engagement between trainer and participants. Our virtual training platform incorporates:

• Group exercises – facilitated by mini break out workshops amongst the team
• Ability to ask questions in real time
• Built in note taking and tracking of course materials
• You can interact with participants throughout the session through a chat functionality
• Online assessments providing a streamlined marking process

Our aim is to recreate the classroom experience in a safe, virtual environment, maintaining the fun and engaging experience our clients find useful and valuable.