Preparation for Internal Audits
Who Should Attend?
All involved in implementing and maintaining product quality systems.
- Quality & Technical Personnel
- New Product Development Personnel
- Marketing Personnel
- Consultants
Benefits to your organisation
- Gain an in-depth and practical understanding internal auditing systems
- Formally develop and implement a practical documented system to comply with BRC, Salsa or other standard’s requirements
- Establish audit programs that add value and identify and manage business and process risk
- Train auditors how to provide meaningful feedback on the strengths, weaknesses and improvement opportunities in their organisation.
- Gain confidence in auditing and report writing
A. The benefits of effective internal audit programs
Candidates should be able to:
- Understand the role of internal audits in the maintenance and improvement of management
- systems
B. Establishing an audit program
Candidates should be able to:
- Understand audit scheduling
- Define the audit scope and identify the documents to be reviewed and information to be obtained
- Understand the preparation of checklists
- Understand who to select for interview.
- Understand where and when to audit
C. Conducting audits
Candidates should be able to:
- Understand effective evidence gathering techniques
- Understand communication skills
- Analyse and interpret information in order to determine conformance with requirements
- Link audit findings to establish root cause of non conformances.
- Understand how to develop a corrective action plan
- Write clear, actionable audit reports
D. Audit follow-up activities
Candidates should be able to:
- Plan a follow up audit
- Understand the methods to be used to obtain objective evidence that corrective action is effective
For further information please visit www.regionalfoodacademy.org - this course is typically held at the Regional Food Academy, however we can deliver it in a location of your choice.
Contact Us
Emma Welch
Short Course Officer
Email: Click here to contact Emma Welch
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815300
