One of the critical responsibilities of the Management Representative is the Audit Programme Manager, who is responsible for managing the quality system's internal (and external) auditing requirements. The activities here include:
These activities are outside the scope of a Lead Auditor Course where the focus is on training auditors to work with Certification Auditors (and ISO Guidance Documents rarely get a mention). Such bodies have their own auditing programmes and procedures (documented and approved as part of their accreditation), so this area is excluded from Lead Auditor Courses.
What about the needs of the Management Representative? Tough!
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Let's focus on ISO 9001:2015.
No two quality management systems are the same, more so now that ISO 9001:2015 doesn’t even include any mandatory documented procedures.
A Quality System's structure, content, implementation, and maintenance to meet ISO 9001:2015 requirements is beyond what a Lead Auditor Course could reasonably expect.
The typical implementation of a QMS is undertaken in three phases:
Maintenance of the system involves a periodic review and audit of the three Phases of the system (incorporated into the mandatory internal audits and the management review activity).
These ISO training Courses are purpose-designed to meet the specific requirements of the Management Representative.
We have developed two such courses with Auditor Certification:
that, in addition to Auditor Training and knowledge of the Standard, also includes Audit Programme Management and the implementation and maintenance of the Management System.
The other Courses...ISO 9001 Consultancy: How to be a QMS Consultant?
We have chosen ISO 21001 certification because, unlike IRCA and Exemplar badges (which, in our opinion, are commercially compromised), it is based on independent third-party assessment. It is a ‘university grade’ standard in use globally by schools, colleges, and universities to demonstrate their competence.