Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this course participants will understand:
- The principles and procedures of auditing
- The roles and responsibilities of lead auditors and auditors
- The benefits of a risk based audit programme
- How to plan an effective audit
- Interpersonal skills and personal behaviours of an auditor
- Appropriate audit questioning techniques
- How to conduct an effective opening meeting
- The importance of identifying objective evidence and note taking
- How to present findings at a closing meeting
- The required follow up activities after an audit
- Risk-based thinking and its application to modern management systems
- The process approach and its benefits to business
- The integration of the customer into organisational processes
- Life-cycle assessment and its implications for an organization’s environmental aspects
- Effective and timely hazard identification, risk assessment and control