IRCA Registered Auditor/Lead Auditor Course to ISO 9001:2008
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IRCA Registered Auditor/Lead Auditor Course to ISO 9001:2008

Course Description
Professional audits require competent, well led teams. This comprehensive lead auditor course, run by registered lead auditor(s) provides practical training to acquire the skills to audit effectively and manage a team of auditors.

The course is based on ISO 19011, the internationally recognised guide for auditing quality and environmental management systems and ISO 9001: 2008. It fully meets the training requirements for IRCA registration as an auditor and lead auditor. Delegates who successfully complete the course obtain a certificate recognised internationally by IRCA (International Register of Certified Auditors).and the American equivalent (RAB).

Who should attend
This course is designed for quality professionals who are required to audit suppliers’ quality management systems. It is also suitable for auditors carrying out internal audits. Others who will benefit from the course are people who manage quality or procurement within their organisation and who will gain from understanding the quality audit process.

Benefits to Your Business
The main benefits are:
- The capability to do effective and credible audits of your supply chain and to make the correct purchasing decisions
- The knowledge that your management systems are being effectively audited

For successful delegates who advance to IRCA registration it demonstrates that you are an organisation that uses competent auditors who carry out effective audits which achieve increased efficiency, greater competitiveness and enhanced credibility.

On a personal basis auditors and lead auditors gain international recognition for their auditing competence by joining the 24,000 auditors in over 120 different countries worldwide who are IRCA certificated.

Course Structure
The course is structured around a series of practical build-up modules which cover:
- ISO 9001: 2008 and its application to a wide range of manufacturing and service organisations
- The international guidance for auditing quality management systems – ISO 19011
- Planning an audit including review of the quality manual and other documentation, preparation of checklists and audit plans
- Carrying out an opening meeting with senior management
- Carrying out an audit using case study and role play techniques
- Analysing and reporting the audit findings, and rating them in order of significance
- Organising and carrying out a closing meeting with the senior management
- Determining the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions
- Routine surveillance activities

We use the latest accelerated learning techniques throughout the course. These have been proved to considerably improve knowledge retention.


 
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Duration5 days
 
£920
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