This course is about effective auditing and understanding how management systems work. Participants learn practical skills from experienced audit and management systems practitioners. The content while challenging is delivered in a relaxed, personal manner. Whether you are seeking review skills, knowledge to sustain a management system, or certification as an auditor, attendance at this course is a must.

The four-day program provides learning outcomes and assessment to meet RABQSA International’s knowledge competencies for QMS auditor certification and the training requirements for IRCA QMS auditor certification.

Learning Outcomes:

• Apply ISO190011 audit steps to verify a management system is operating effectively and efficiently
• Understand the ISO9001 QMS standard and how it can be interpreted to implement or improve a management system
• Understand the application of auditing to processes and integrated systems criteria
• Understand how to perform audits acceptable to auditor certification criteria

Course Approvals:

This course provides a learning and assessment pathway to the following RABQSA International competency units:

RABQSA-AU: Management systems auditing
RABQSA-QM: Auditing quality management systems
RABQSA-TL: Leading management system audit teams

Participant’s assessed as competent in both AU and QM, units will meet RABQSA knowledge competency requirements to register at QMS auditor level. Participant’s also assessed competent in the TL unit will meet knowledge competency requirements for QMS Lead Auditor level. There are however further requirements to register with RABQSA or IRCA as Auditors/Lead Auditors.

Participants assessed competent in both AU and either QM, EM, OH or FS units will meet knowledge competency requirements necessary to register at auditor level with RABQSA International relevant auditor certification schemes. Participants additionally assessed as competent in the TL unit will also meet the knowledge requirements to register at the Lead Auditor level. There are however further requirements to register as auditors/ lead auditors with both RABQSA International (Australasia/USA) and the IRCA their (UK) equivalent.

This training course and certificate of attainment is recognised by IRCA as meeting the requirement for auditor certification to
Competence units AU+TL+QM = ISO9000: 2000 Series Auditor/ Lead Auditor

Content:

• Introduction to audit concepts
• Review of ISO9001
• Key steps to auditing
• Corporate governance
• Continual improvement
• Process auditing explained
• Human factors in audits
• QMS certification audits

In-House Options:

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Course Duration and Fees:

Duration:	4 days
Fees:	$1980 inc GST
Includes:	Extensive course notes, copy of standard, lunch and refreshments

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This is not an average auditing course. Designed specifically for personnel responsible for conducting internal audits of their management systems, this program teaches more than compliance auditing. During the program emphasis is placed on the practice of auditing for effectiveness and improvement in management processes.

The program is delivered on a public basis using case studies and activities. Many clients prefer to have the program delivered in-house using live audits of the organisations own systems. An in-house course is also a cost effective option for multiple participants from the same organisation.

Learning Outcomes:

• Apply effective audit techniques to the auditee’s Management System
• Verify the effectiveness and efficiency of audited systems
• Understand the people attributes necessary to conduct effective and efficient audits
• Understand the intent and audit application of ISO9001

Course Approvals:

This course provides a learning and assessment pathway to the following RABQSA International competency unit:

RABQSA-AU: Management systems auditing

Participants assessed as competent will meet the RABQSA International requirements and be issued a certificate of attainment for this competency unit.

Content:

• Auditing for effectiveness and improvement
• Quality & management system overview
• Introduction to auditing
• Steps of the audit process: planning, on-site, reporting, follow-up
• Gauging the effectiveness of the management system
• Questioning techniques
• Human factors in the audit process
• Avoiding common pitfalls
• Audit application of ISO9001

In-House Options:

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Course Duration and Fees:

Duration:	2 days
Fees:	$825 inc GST
Includes:	Extensive course notes, copy of standard, lunch and refreshments

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Looking to implement a Quality Management System? If so, this course is for you. In order to maximise the individuality of our clients management systems, and to maintain confidentiality, this program is delivered on an in-house basis only.

An effectively designed and implemented Quality Management System can deliver real benefits for an organisation. All too often however, developed systems fail to deliver these benefits and become burdensome for an organisation. Above all, this course leads participant organisations down the pathway to practicality and effectiveness.

Learning Outcomes:

• Maximise the involvement of key stakeholders
• Ensure that corporate governance and quality performance improvement issues
are captured in the QMS
• Avoid common design and implementation pitfalls
• Drive the implementation project through a well-developed implementation strategy
• Obtain top management commitment and involvement through the development
and reporting of effectiveness measures

Course Approvals:

This course provides a learning and assessment pathway to the following RABQSA International competency unit:

RABQSA-QM: Auditing quality management systems

Participants assessed as competent will meet the RABQSA International requirements and be issued a certificate of attainment for this competency unit.

Content:

• Introduction to quality management systems and ISO9001
• Quality overview
• Detailed review of ISO 9001 and application to the host organisation
• Typical objective evidence for each requirement of ISO9001
• ISO 9001 & other criteria – a comparison
• Formulating a practical QMS implementation strategy
• Techniques for overcoming pitfalls and challenges
• Developing a quality culture
• QMS certification – the pro’s and con’s

In-House Options:

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Course Duration and Fees:

Duration:	2 days
Fees:	Contact us for a proposal
Includes:	Extensive course notes

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RABQSA Competency Standards define a specification of performance, detailing the skills, knowledge and attitudes, required to operate effectively. Assessment demonstrates that applicants achieve the level of competence required. The key competencies required by RABQSA for management system auditors are aligned to the requirements of ISO19011- “Guidelines on quality and/or environmental management systems auditing”.

As a RABQSA certified Training Provider, the Systems 3 Group can provide assessment in a number of defined auditor competencies and, as appropriate, recommend competent graduates to RABQSA for recognition at Provisional Auditor grade. Participant’s assessed as competent in both AU and QM, units will meet RABQSA knowledge competency requirements to register at QMS auditor level.

This competency unit is a guide for any person auditing quality management systems and is a requirement for all auditors seeking Quality auditor certification with RABQSA.

The elements of competency for this unit are:

i. Apply Quality Management Principles in the context of ISO 9001:2000
ii. Relate the quality management system to the organisational products, including services and operational processes.

This program provides an assessment pathway to the following RABQSA International competency units:

RABQSA-QM: Auditing quality management systems
Applicants assessed as competent will meet the RABQSA International requirements and be issued a certificate of attainment for this competency unit.

Applicants assessed as competent in both AU and QM, units will meet RABQSA knowledge competency requirements to register at QMS auditor level. Participant’s also assessed competent in the TL unit will meet knowledge competency requirements for QMS Lead Auditor level. There are however further requirements to register with RABQSA or IRCA as Auditors/Lead Auditors.

 

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Designed specifically for the laboratory environment, this course is about effective auditing of laboratory systems. In a relaxed environment, participants will learn practical skills from experienced audit skills from experienced audit and management systems practitioners.

The four day program will enable your team to implement auditing systems to ensure compliance and identify system improvements.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand Laboratory Quality Management Systems based on industry benchmarks and standards
• Interpret and apply ISO 19011 audit steps and monitoring to ensure you’re on track with the most efficient system possible
• Interpret the ISO Laboratory standard ISO17025 (QMS)
• Understand Laboratory Technical requirements and the application of cause analysis to non conformances

Course Approvals:

Participants assessed competent in both AU and either QM, EM, OH or FS units will meet knowledge competency requirements necessary to register at auditor level with RABQSA International relevant auditor certification schemes. Participants additionally assessed as competent in the TL unit will also meet the knowledge requirements to register at the Lead Auditor level. There are however further requirements to register as auditors/ lead auditors with both RABQSA International (Australasia/USA) and the IRCA their (UK) equivalent.

IRCA (IRCA661) has determined that, for the purposes of conformance with the IRCA/602 QMS auditor certification criteria, that ISO17025 is considered an acceptable alternative to the ISO9001: 2000 Standard.

This training course and certificate of attainment is recognised by IRCA as meeting the requirement for auditor certification to
Competence units AU+TL+QM = ISO9000: 2000 Series Auditor/ Lead Auditor

In-House Options:

For in-house options, click here.

Course Duration and Fees:

Duration:	4 days
Fees:	Please contact us for a proposal
Includes:	Extensive course notes, copy of standard, lunch and refreshments

Click here to download the synopsis of this course