ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Training

Certified Lead Auditor Training Course

Learn how to assess conformance with ISO 9001 from the industry experts. Oriel STAT A MATRIX has been training ISO 9001 lead auditors longer than any other training organization in the world. Our ISO 9001 Exemplar Global-certified lead auditor training course, presented largely through hands-on workshops, teaches you the skills you need to plan, conduct, and follow-up on ISO 9001 compliance audits.

Our ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training is designed for first-, second-, and third-party auditors and professionals leading corporate ISO 9001 compliance activities. This course is perfect if you are involved with your organization's internal audits and wish to broaden your understanding of the quality management system (QMS) audit process.

The ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training course and the associated examination provide the necessary body of knowledge and assessment techniques to cover the requirements for registration, when combined with appropriate documentation of education, professional experience, and auditor practice. Certified in the US by Exemplar Global, this course meets the training portion of the requirements for certification of individual Quality System Provisional Auditors, Auditors, and Lead Auditor and meets the requirements for QMS Senior Auditor training.

Exemplar Global requires that all attendees study the current published version of ISO 9001 before attending the class.

Upcoming Dates and Locations

Virtual seminars run as 1/2-day sessions. In-person classes run as full-day sessions. See the virtual session daily class times.


There are currently no public dates scheduled. All our courses are available to be held at a location of your choice. Please contact us for more information.

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Objectives

Over five intensive days you will learn background on the ISO 9000 standards and go through every phase of the audit so you are ready to lead your own audits.

QA System Assessment: Use our proactive approach to quality assurance, understanding the elements that comprise a total quality system (policy, manual, procedures, and instructions).
The Requirements: Understand the relationships among the ISO standards and the specific requirements of ISO 9001:2015.
The Audit Cycle: Using ISO 19011, with practical hands-on workshops, you are introduced to audit functions: preaudit activities, conducting the audit, and postaudit activities.
Preaudit Activities: Through dynamic workshops, learn how to plan audit activities, develop checklists, perform preassessment visits, and conduct opening meetings.
The Audit (Assessment): Hands-on workshops demonstrate how to collect objective evidence, including active listening and questioning techniques, and methods to handle confrontations.
Postaudit and Follow-Up Activities: Understand how to conduct closing meetings, write effective audit reports, issue nonconformance forms and corrective action reports, assess corrective action, close out nonconformances, and conduct surveillances.

Topics

Overview of auditing
Auditor registration
Interpretation of ISO 9001:2015
Quality system documentation
The audit cycle and ISO 19011
Preaudit activities, opening meeting and checklists
Auditing practices; the psychology of auditing
Nonconformity reporting
Performing the audit
Closing meeting
Process auditing
Report writing
Follow-up and corrective action
Final examination (2 hours)

Workshops Include:

Documentation audit of a quality manual and procedures vs. ISO 9001:2015
Auditor interpretation of ISO 9001:2015
Preparing and performing opening and closing meetings
Developing checklists
Active listening and questioning techniques
Simulated audit case study
Preparing nonconformity reports and the final report

Who Should Attend

Designed for third-party auditors, and professionals leading corporate ISO 9001 compliance activities. Perfect if you are involved with your organization's internal auditing process and wish to broaden your understanding of the total audit process. Recommended for anyone heavily involved in supplier quality assurance (SQA) activities. While it is suggested that you have some knowledge of ISO 9001 or similar quality management systems, there is no formal prerequisite.

In-Person Days: 5
CEUs: 4.4