Learn how to approach ISO 9001:2008 registration from the professional lead auditor's point of view and focus on key audit skills that enhance auditing capability. This intensive workshop covers key aspects of leading an audit team for your firm, another firm, or vendors/suppliers.

• Auditors of a company's quality management system
• Management Reps and Quality Managers of companies undergoing a third-party audit
• Individuals pursuing RABQSA QMS auditor certification

Students will learn to:

• Apply ISO 9001:2008 to a set of situations
• Find information about RABQSA programs
• Identify objective evidence
• Identify and document nonconformities
• Develop an audit plan and checklist
• Review an agenda for an opening meeting
• Use interviewing skills and take notes
• Evaluate objective evidence for conformance
• Identify which requirement of ISO 9001:2008 applies to a given set of findings
• Use closing meeting techniques
• Present audit findings clearly and objectively
• Prepare an audit report
• Monitor corrective action

• Evaluate a quality system for conformance
• Learn audit methods and techniques
• Report findings and follow up the audit
• Conduct opening and closing meetings
• Record and report nonconformities
• Examine quality system documentation
• Complete practical and written exams

Attendees will each receive the following materials:

• Copy of the ISO 9001:2008 standards **
• Executive Introduction to ISO 9001:2008 (online access)
• Student notebook

** ISO 9001:2008 standard is mailed to registrants 8 days prior to the course start date, and they must bring it with them to class.

Student Requirements

• Bring ISO standard (will be mailed to you -- see above)
• Executive Introduction to ISO 9001:2008
  - You must complete this online pre-course with a score of 100% before the first day of class.
  - Once completed, print either the Certificate of Completion or all knowledge checks at 100% and bring it with you to class.

Pre-course must be completed in one sitting in order to print the certificate. If you cannot complete the pre-course in one sitting, you may print each knowledge check when you score 100%.

Either your compiled knowledge checks or the certificate will serve as evidence that you completed the pre-course; please bring this evidence with you on the first day of the class.

If you have already completed the pre-course “Executive Introduction to ISO 9001:2008,” please send an email to Angie.Gilleland@innovate.gatech.edu and provide the date you completed the course. Upon verification of completion, you will not need to repeat this pre-course.

Participants must successfully complete the online course, Executive Introduction to ISO 9001:2008, as part of the competency requirement for QM. You must finish this course before attending the ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditor Training workshop. Students are automatically registered for the prerequisite course at no extra cost.

• You must complete this online pre-course with a score of 100% before the first day of class.
• The online pre-course must be completed in one sitting in order to print the certificate. If you cannot complete the pre-course in one sitting, you may print each knowledge check when you score 100%.
• Either your printed knowledge checks or the completion certificate will serve as evidence of completing the pre-course; please bring this evidence with you on the first day of the class.

IMPORTANT
Access instructions for the online pre-course will be include in your confirmation letter, which will be emailed to you within 3-5 business days after your register for this course.

• Ade Shitta-Bay
• Craig Cochran
• Dennis Kelly
• Elliot Price

This course is certified by RABQSA International and covers the knowledge examination part of the competencies for AU, QM, and TL. Learners who demonstrate competency are nominated to RABQSA International for Provisional Certification. Learners deemed Not Yet Competent have opportunities to retrain and be re-examined.