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Auditing skills for everybody

Reassure yourself that all systems are performing effectively and in line with your organisation’s goals. Regular internal audits are necessary to maintain control and pave the way for successful accreditation and certification assessments. Choose from these New Zealand Quality College audit training courses:

Improving Audit Team Effectiveness

Internal Auditing

Management Systems Auditing

Internal Auditing for Medical Laboratories

Food Safety Internal Auditing

Venues

The usual places for New Zealand Quality College courses are venues in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, although not all courses run at each venue. Check the course details for venue and date options.

If you prefer, we will come to your place and deliver the course in your own setting. The advantage of this is you can relate the training to your own workplace practices and involve staff in identifying improvements.
A great way to provide team building.

Please call us directly on 0800 900 099 or email info@nzqc.co.nz
to discuss this option for you.



Internal Auditing

Auditing management systems ensures they are performing effectively and identifies where improvements can be made.

Internal Auditing is a practical two-day course providing the knowledge and confidence needed to complete effective internal audits.

Participants learn the essentials of auditing, including:

  • Managing an audit
  • Conducting opening and closing meetings
  • Interviewing staff
  • Collecting objective information
  • Relating findings to a standard
  • Preparing reports that help management improve systems and performance.

The basis for this course is:
ISO 19011 - Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing. The principles apply equally to any management systems standard and examples and case studies to illustrate this are used throughout the course.

PLEASE NOTE
Course prerequisite
A good working knowledge of the standard to be audited is essential for all students of this course. Standards could include:

  • AS/NZS ISO 9001 Quality management systems – Requirements
  • AS/NZS 14001 Environmental management systems – Specifications with guidance for use
  • NZS 4801 Occupational health and safety management systems – Specifications with guidance for use
  • NZS ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

Competent trainers
Your trainers are experienced auditors from Telarc SAI Limited. They provide a wealth of knowledge and the skill-set to help you become a confident auditor.

Locations and dates

Auckland

25-26 February
29-30 April
1-2 July
16-17 September
1-2 December

Wellington

2-3 June

Christchurch

17-18 June

Duration & Price
Two day course
$1045 + gst
Book one month in advance to receive the early bird price of $875 + gst

Course fees include:
• Tuition
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea (depending on course times)
• All course notes and take-home reference materials.

> Enrolment form


Management Systems Auditing

Suitable for RABQSA International qualifications

This two day course provides participants with the core competencies to audit
management systems of all types based on the approach outlined in the ISO 19011 standard.

Upon successful completion of this course participants will have gained the following knowledge and skills and be able to:

  • Establish audit objectives, scope and criteria
  • Schedule audits and develop site audit plans and audit guidance tools
  • Organise and direct audit team members
  • Gather objective evidence using interviewing, observation and sampling techniques
  • Analyse and interpret information to determine conformance with requirements
  • Report audit findings, prepare audit reports and undertake follow-up.

Prerequisites
It would be advantageous to have knowledge of management systems and standards.

Suitable for:

  • Those currently involved in any form of management systems implementation
  • Those carrying out audits and looking to gain formal recognition of their knowledge and experience
  • Those with expertise in areas such as environmental, quality or safety management.

Introduction to ANDSAM Training
RABQSA International ANDSAM Training RABQSA International
The New Zealand Quality College offers this course in partnership with ANDSAM Training, which provides training and assessment services specialising in the development, implementation and auditing of management systems. ANDSAM Training is approved by RABQSA International (RABQSA No. 013408).

Relevant RABQSA Competency Units
The training has been structured to address the elements of competency required under the RABQSA International competency units:

  • RABQSA-EM Auditing Environmental Management Systems
  • RABQSA-AU Auditing Management Systems
  • RABQSA-TL Leading Management System Audit Teams.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Certificate of Attainment.

Activities and Assessment
All training features assessment activities comprising a mix of practical exercises, cases studies and written knowledge based assignments.

NB. If you believe that you have already acquired some or all of the competencies through training, work or life experience, you can apply to ANDSAM Training for Recognition of Current Competence (RCC).

Auditor Recognition Options
Participants may combine this course with either the NZQC Implementing Quality Management Systems course to become a Provisional Quality Auditor, or with the NZQC Implementing Environmental Management Systems course to become a Provisional Environmental Auditor under the RABQSA auditor certification scheme.

Presenters
The team of trainers is led by Andrew Schofield and Robert Crowe, who have been consulting and auditing for over 20 years in organisations from small businesses to large multinationals throughout Australasia, South East Asia, the United Kingdom and Europe.

This course is frequently run in conjunction with Quality Management Systems Implementation and Environmental Management Systems Implementation to create a five-day course during which you gain a full understanding of implementing and auditing management systems.

See course calendar for dates and locations.

Locations and dates

Auckland

11-12 March
6-7 May
20-21 May
5-6 August
4-5 November
25-26 November

Duration & Price
Two day course
$1095 + GST
Book one month in advance to receive the early bird price of $925 + gst

Course fees include:
• Tuition
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea (depending on course times)
• All course notes and take-home reference materials.

> Enrolment form


Cancellations and transfers
If you wish to cancel your attendance, please email or write to us. You will be refunded your money in full if the cancellation is received 14 days or more before the course starts. If you cancel less than 14 days from the start of the course, you will be refunded 50% of the fee you have paid. If you cancel on the day the course commences, or any time thereafter, no fee refunded will be made. Substitutions are acceptable at any time.
Where possible, you may transfer your booking to another course. A 10% transfer fee may be incurred for transfers received less than 14 days from the start of the course. Transfers made on the day a course commences, or any time thereafter, will be treated as cancellations and will require payment of a new fee.

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