ISO 9001 Lead Auditor — Quality Management System
What you'll learn
The ISO 9001 Lead Auditor is a PECB (Professional Evaluation and Certification Board) official course.
Get the skills needed to support your organisation in auditing a Quality Management System (QMS), based on ISO 9001:2015. Manage a team of auditors, by applying widely-recognised audit principles, procedures and techniques.
You'll get one year's free membership of PECB (Professional Evaluation and Certification Board) - which usually costs around £250. You can also apply for the following certifications, depending on your level of experience:
- Certified ISO 9001 Provisional Auditor
- Certified ISO 9001 Auditor
- Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
As of March 2023, PECB have partnered with Credly to offer you the chance of earning a digital badge upon completing your certification.
Curriculum
22 modulesAt the end of the three day course, you'll be tested on the following modules which will give you all the knowledge you need to pass the exam:
Introduction to Quality Management and ISO 9001
- Course objectives and structure
- Standard and regulatory framework
- Certification process
- Fundamental principles of quality management
- Quality Management System (QMS)
Audit principles, preparation and launching of an audit
- Fundamental audit concepts and principles
- Audit approach based on evidence and risk
- Initiating the audit
- Stage 1 audit
- Preparing the stage 2 audit (on-site audit)
- Stage 2 audit (Part 1)
On-site audit activities
- Stage 2 audit (Part 2)
- Communication during the audit
- Audit procedures
- Creating audit test plans
- Drafting audit findings and non-conformity reports
Closing the audit
- Documentation of the audit and quality review
- Closing the audit
- Evaluating action plans by the auditor
- Beyond the initial audit
- Managing an internal audit programme
- Competence and evaluation of auditors
Prerequisites
We recommended that you have basic knowledge of ISO 9001, or some knowledge of quality management concepts.
Exam info
You'll sit the following exam during the course:
- Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
The exam covers all of the following domains. Don't be overwhelmed - you'll gain all the knowledge you need during this three-day course to pass your exam.
- Fundamental principles and concepts of quality
- Quality Management System (QMS)
- Fundamental audit concepts and principles
- Preparation of an ISO 9001 audit
- Conduct of an ISO 9001 audit
- Closing an ISO 9001 audit
- Managing an ISO 9001 audit program
Course Dates
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