Online Training & Tools:
ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Training
The QMS Series is based on the requirements of the ISO 9001 international quality management system standard. This series provides students with course options ranging from a top management overview to skills necessary for Lead Auditors. We also offer automotive sector-specific modules for IATF 16949.
Why Online Training?
With traditional training models, you’d spend a week in poorly lit hotel conference room with coffee and hopefully a tray of cookies. But as business has evolved over the past several years, we have to be more flexible. Our online training courses give you the flexibility to learn on your terms.
Course Overview
This course can be broken up into three phases – overview, standard requirements for internal auditors and process owners, or a comprehensive lead auditor class. Our classes are interchangeable to allow for the simple adoption of various international standards and sector-specific requirements.
Module 1 – Introduction & gathering of expectations
Module 2 – Review of student’s pre-course self-assessment
Module 3 – Why are systems important?
Module 4 – Overview of the ISO 9000 family of standards
Module 5 – 7 Management Principles
Module 6 – Highlights of ISO 9000 & ISO 9004
Module 7 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 1-4
Module 8 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 4
Module 9 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 5-6
Module 10 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 5 & 6
Module 11 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 7
Module 12 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 7
Module 13 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 8 (part I)
Module 14 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 8 (part I)
Module 15 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 8 (part II)
Module 16 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 8 (part II)
Module 17 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 9-10
Module 18 - Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 9-10
Module 19 – ISO 19011 – The PDCA of managing an audit program
Module 20 – ISO 19011 – The PDCA of conducting an audit
Module 21 – Exercise: Team-based process mock audit
Module 22 – Reporting results & closing the audit cycle
Module 23 – Post-course self-assessment & course feedback
Module 24 – Final exam
AUTOMOTIVE QMS ADD-ONS
Module 25 – History of IATF 16949:2016 & clause 1-5
Module 26 – IATF 16949:2016 clause 6-7
Module 27 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clauses 1-7
Module 28 – IATF 16949:2016 clause 8 (part I)
Module 29 – IATF 16949:2016 clause 8 (part II)
Module 30 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 8
Module 31 – IATF 16949:2016 clause 9-10
Module 32 – Exercise: Audit scenarios for clause 9-10
Module 33 – OEM Customer-specific requirements
Module 34 – IATF Sanctioned Interpretations & FAQs
Module 35 – IATF Auditor Guide for IATF 16949 & Rules 5
Module 36 – Final exam
James R. Thompson
James is a management system & organizational excellence expert specializing in advanced manufacturing with over 25 years of experience serving domestic & international organizations. He is an Exemplar Global certified Master Management Consultant & QMS Lead Auditor as well as a certified LSS Greenbelt.
What to Expect
This ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Training is conducted in our Google Classroom. There you will have access to all the course material to go at your own pace as well as video lectures and access to the instructor to answer all of your questions. In addition, you will be part of our community of professionals to lean on for support and network with.
Modules
Each module is organized for you to have the material to read, videos to watch, and exercises to complete. It is designed to quickly learn the material and then put it into action in your organization.
Community
Some of the best lessons learned are when you are able to engage and discuss scenarios with your classmates. This is a discussion forum that allows you to network and ask questions with the whole group.
Supplemental Tools
We go beyond training for compliance and provide you with tools & templates that will help you easily implement the lessons into your organization.
Exemplar Global Certification
Our course material is Exemplar Global certified. Exemplar Global is an internationally recognized accreditation organization that represents excellence in Quality Management System training.
Investment
ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Online Training is $999
FAQs
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The live cohort will be 4-weeks starting August 1st. But you can go at your own pace if you choose.
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You will have lifetime access to the course material in your Google Classroom.
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In addition to the material, you have access to our Private Facebook Group to interact with your fellow classmates to discuss the lessons as well as network and see how other organizations handle similar situations.
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Yes. Once you’ve passed the final examination you will receive our certificate that includes your Exemplar Global certification.
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Yes, you can register for IATF 16949 here.
“Great course and instructor. Jim gets everyone’s thinking and had us engaged in the material. Highly enjoyed the team exercises and class discussions.”
Investment
ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Online Training is $999
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