Internal Auditor Training

Course Overview

The principles and practices contained in this two day course apply to Quality, Environmental, Safety, Food Safety and Integrated Management Systems. This course takes a practical approach to auditing and has been designed to:

• Help Internal Audit Program Managers establish audit programs that add value and identify and manage business and process risk
• Train auditors to plan, conduct and report on internal audits, thus providing managers at all levels within the organisation with meaningful feedback on the strengths, weaknesses and improvement opportunities available to them

Competency Outcomes

As a non-accredited course participants will be issued with a Certificate of Attendance

Attendance & Pre-requisite Guidelines

There are no pre-requisites for this course although a practical knowledge of industry standards and organisational processes and procedures in recommended. This course is designed for all individuals who have responsibility for, or a role in, the management and/or administration of management systems, i.e. Document Controllers, Internal Auditors, Section Supervisors and Middle to Upper Level Managers.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course participants will have an understanding of:

• How to establish an effective audit program
• How to schedule audits on the basis of risk and importance of processes
• How to prepare effective audit checklists
• How to conduct audits and prepare effective audit reports
• How to review and follow up corrective actions

Course Outline

This course covers the following topics:

• Introduction to the Principles and Practices related to Internal Auditing
• Overview of the Internal Audit Process
• Audit Scheduling including the various styles of auditing and how to maintain an audit schedule
• Audit Planning – setting and reviewing the audit criteria, preparing audit documents, review of the types of work documents, checklists and flow charts
• Characteristics of an Effective Auditor
• Conducting an Audit - the audit process, entry/opening meeting, information and evidence gathering, recording evidence, using various evidence gathering techniques, evaluating evidence, audit debrief preparation, conducting the audit debrief/closing meeting
• The Audit Report– who are the customers of the report, reviewing report writing styles, the content of the report, preparing the report, raising non-conformances
• Follow-up Actions – corrective and preventative action, internal audits and management reviews
• Establishment, implementation, monitoring, review and improvement of an audit program

The course includes a number of practical activities including role plays, cases studies, group discussions and team exercises.

Course Fee Inclusions

The fee for this course includes all pre-course administrative support, comprehensive course notes, lunch & refreshments.

Delegates will be issued with copies of the relevant Standards relating to Quality, Safety, Environment and Food Safety for use during the course. To support delegate learning and for post-course reference, hard copies may be purchased during the registration process for delivery during the course.

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