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ISO Auditing

Many people enroll in ISO Auditor Training worldwide. With CoVid 19 here, classroom courses have disappeared and have been replaced by the video conferencing era. Of important note is that the majority of people who become an ISO Lead Auditor never embark on the course of becoming a full time auditor. There are a number of reasons for this; Firstly, being a good auditor requires practise, perserverance and constant application. ISO auditing cannot be a part time job unless the auditor is a retiree. Even then, the auditor needs to keep current in his/her qualifications. Secondly, when you are a highly qualified ISO auditor you are typically in high demand and hence very busy. What this means is that you will have a very rigid schedule of audits which can quite often be back to back or week to week. A typical audit can last anywhere from 1 to 5 days depending on the requirements. This means that a typical auditor will always be traveling and living in a hotel and eating at restaurants al...

ISO Audit Training

ISO Audit Training is performed by a number of companies worldwide. Over the years, training has become an additional business line to Certification auditing, certifying and consulting business's.Training has become the logical adjunct. The quality of ISO Audit Training is predicated on some basic facts. Firstly, this type of training is done in a classroom setting at a pre-designated offsite location. The advantage of this type of training is: a) the student is away from work or home and therefore does not have the typical distractions,  b) person to person mentoring and training is improved which can overcome speech and language barriers.  c) improved synergy through the interactions of class participants as everyone comes to the class with different levels of knowledge and experience. This type of networking is advantageous to participants on a a number of levels. Secondly, ISO Audit Training is only as good as the training literature and knowledge and experience of the lec...

Inside the mind of an ISO Auditor

 Having your organization audited can be daunting, stressful and a generally anxious event. Whether this is your first audit or you've been part of many audits before, it's still not something which generates excitement.(At least not the kind we look forward too) Here's some helpful tips to help you negotiate your next audit. Firstly, there's no guarantee of a flawless audit where the ISO auditor finds no non-conformances. It's not uncommon that he/she will find at least one or more minor non-conformances or one or more major non-conformances. In fact it's typically normal that an organization has non-conformances after an audit. Preparation is key: The more prepared you are the better. An internal pre-audit should be performed many weeks before the audit date. This can be done with your own staff or you can contact a third party certification group such as ISO Certification Consultants Inc . In any case, its advisable to assess your readiness by honestly answe...