5-DAY Auditor/Lead Auditor Course Timetable

Course Tutor: Mike Stone

 

IRCA CERTIFIED
AUDITOR/LEAD AUDITOR COURSE
PROGRAMME

The course will start at 9.15am on the first day and then at 8.30am thereafter.
The first day’s training will close at 5.45pm and the next three days at 6pm.
The fifth day will finish early with a two-hour examination.

It is recommended that delegates spend time each evening reviewing the day’s lecture material.

Day One

09.15 - 09.45 Registration/Refreshments
09.45 - 10.15 Introduction of Participants; Course Aims and Objectives and Expectations
10.15 - 10.30 Certification
10.30 - 10.45 Refreshments
10.45 - 11.00 IRCA Auditor Qualifications/Requirements
11.00 - 11.30 Origins and Aims of Quality Management
11.30 - 12.00 Introduction to ISO 9000 and Quality Systems
12.00 - 12.30 Exposition of ISO 9001 (Part 1)
12.30 - 13.00 Syndicate Exercise 1 Preparation (Icebreaker)
13.00 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 14.15 Syndicate Exercise 1 Plenary Review
14.15 - 15.00 Exposition of ISO 9001 (Part 2)
15.00 - 15.15 Refreshments
15.15 - 16.00 Syndicate Exercise 2 Preparation (Clauses in ISO 9001 to 7.3)
16.00 - 16.45 Syndicate Exercise 2 Plenary Review
16.45 - 17.45 Exposition of ISO 9001 (Part 3)

Day Two

08.30 - 09.15 Syndicate Exercise 3 Preparation (Clauses in ISO 9001 7.4 to 8.5)
09.15 - 09.45 Syndicate Exercise 3 Plenary Review
09:45 - 10:15 Syndicate Exercise 4 Preparation (Relating clauses of ISO 9001 to a business/organisation)
10.15 - 10.30 Refreshments
10:30 - 11:00 Syndicate Exercise 4 Feedback
11.00 - 11.30 Introduction to Quality Audit
11.30 - 12.00 Quality System Documentation
12.00 - 13.00 Syndicate Exercise 5 Preparation - Part 1 (Document Review)
13.00 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 14.30 Syndicate Exercise 5 Plenary Review
14.30 - 15.00 Planning the Audit
15.00 - 15.30 Checklists
15.30 - 15.45 Refreshments
15.45 - 16.30 Syndicate Exercise 6 Preparation (Checklists)
16.30 - 17.00 Syndicate Exercise 6 Plenary Review
17.00 - 17.30 Opening Meeting
17.30 - 18.00 The Audit Process Part 1

AUDITOR/LEAD AUDITOR COURSE
PROGRAMME

Day Three

08.30 - 09.00 The Audit Process Part 2
09.00 - 11.00 Syndicate Exercise 7 Preparation (Audit Scenarios)
[10.30 - 10.45 Refreshments during preparation]
11.00 - 13.00 Syndicate Exercise 7 Plenary Review
13.00 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 14:30 Syndicate 8 Preparation (Process Audit Check)
14.30 - 15.00 Syndicate 8 Plenary Review
15.00 - 15.15 Refreshments
15.15 - 16.45 Syndicate Exercise 9 Preparation (Auditing)
16.45 - 18.00 Syndicate Exercise 9 Plenary Review

Day Four

08.30 - 09.00 Recording Deficiencies
09.00 - 09.45 Syndicate Exercise 10 Preparation (Writing Deficiencies)
09.45 - 10.30 Syndicate Exercise 10 Plenary Review
10.30 - 10.45 Refreshments
10.45 - 11.15 Closing Meeting
11.15 - 12.00 Audit Reporting, Corrective Action and Follow-up
12.00 - 13.00 Syndicate Exercise 11 Preparation (Corrective Action)
13.00 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 14.30 Syndicate Exercise 11 Plenary Review
14.30 - 15.00 Internal Quality Audits
15.00 - 16.00 Syndicate Exercise 12 Preparation (Closing Meeting)
[15.30 - 15.45 Refreshments during preparation]
16.00 - 16.45 Syndicate Exercise 12 Plenary Review
16.45 - 18.00 Specimen Examination Review

Day Five

08.30 - 09.00 Syndicate Exercise 13 Preparation (Checklists)
09.00 - 09.30 Syndicate Exercise 13 Plenary Review
09.30 - 10.00 Syndicate Exercise 14 Preparation (Management Principles)
10.00 - 10.30 Syndicate Exercise 14 Plenary Review
10.30 - 10.55 Refreshments
10:55 - 11:00 Examination Briefing
11.00 - 13.00 Examination
13.00 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 14.00 Course Review and Departure

The examination may extend to two and a half hours for delegates whose mother tongue is not English.