Learning outcomes
This is a very popular and practical course, and after successful completion you will have a thorough understanding of:
- The principles and procedures of auditing
- Auditor roles and responsibilities
- The benefits of a risk-based audit programme
- How to plan an effective audit
- Timetabling
- Resource allocation
- Interpersonal skills and personal behaviours of an auditor
- How to conduct effective opening and closing meetings
- Preparing and distributing an audit report
- New risk-based thinking and its application to modern management systems
- The process approach and its benefits to business
- Life-cycle assessment and its implications for an organisation’s environmental aspects