Description

For internal auditors assigned to audit internal test and/or calibration laboratories, this one-day course is designed to provide participants with a foundational understanding of auditing compliance to the ISO/IEC 17025 Standard. The course includes a simulated audit of internal test and calibration laboratories, so participants can develop and refine their newly acquired knowledge and skills.

Length: 1 day
Prerequisites: Completion of "Understanding ISO/IEC 17025"
CEUs: 0.75

Benefits

• Gain experience in application of auditing techniques to laboratory settings using the ISO/IEC 17025 Standard.
• Review and understand ideas that are applicable to identification of audit trails, reporting findings, and documenting audit information.
• Learn basic auditing concepts that are universal to all types of auditing.
• Gain experience with using auditing skills.
• Optimize understanding and retention with the Plexus Learning Model:

- Multiple learning channels through lecture, coaching, group activities, innovative learning exercises.
- Hands-on insights. Lecturing is minimized so learning is maximized!
- Learn by doing. Connect the lessons learned to your real world by using your current circumstances as examples for activities.

Highlights

• Participants will gain hands on experience with auditing the application and implementation of ISO/IEC 17025 in calibration and testing laboratory settings.
• Participants will learn about the requirements for laboratory competence through activities.
• Participants will learn the vocabulary associated with laboratory competence and control and how to use this vocabulary in auditing situations.
• Participants will work directly with auditing the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 using case study material from actual laboratory settings.

Who Should Attend

• Managers and supervisors of internal test laboratories and internal calibration laboratories
• Those responsible for purchase and control of services for external test laboratories and external calibration laboratories
• Members of internal auditing teams who may be assigned auditing of internal laboratories

Instructors

Plexus Master Trainers. In addition to facilitating Internal Auditing to ISO/IEC 17025 training, Plexus Master Trainers train and evaluate:

• ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949:2002, ISO 14001:2004 and AS9100 trainers
• ISO/TS 16949 certification body/registrar auditors and supplier auditors

Plexus also customizes training for organizations worldwide.

Agenda

• Audit applications of key concepts of compliance contained in the standard
• Planning the audit-preparation, performance, reporting and closure phases
• Performing the audit--recognizing the audit trail
• Concluding the audit
• Application activities so that auditors can integrate their audit actions with their new auditing knowledge

Course Availability

This course is offered at AIAG and as an in-house course at your company. When delivered at your location, this course gives your team a great start toward compliance of your internal test and calibration laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025.