Quality Systems Lead Auditor
QS-9000

ANSI/RAB Registered

This 36-hour course presents an in-depth analysis of the audit process, and the ISO 9000 and QS-9000 standards for quality systems and applications. Performance-based training techniques include workshops, exercises, and auditing with hands-on applications of the standards and auditing techniques presented in the lectures. Daily assignments supplement lecture and text material and provide a common sense approach to auditing. Five (5) audits will be conducted during the course. Participants are expected to pass a two-hour, open book, written examination to satisfy the ANSI/RAB requirements to become a certified auditor. Class size limited to 20 students. This course is owned and presented by Applied Quality Systems, Inc., with course arrangements by AETS. Successful participants receive an ANSI-RAB certificate.

Course Outline:

Day 1

  • Terminology and Definitions
  • Background, History and Rationale of Quality Assurance
  • Introduction to ISO Family of Documents
  • Analysis of the Contents of QS-9000
  • Audit of the Active Manufacturing (Audit 1)

Day 4

  • Audit of Active Mfg. Dept and System Auditing (Audit 5)
  • Corrective Action Initiation and Closure
  • Refining Audit Interview and Note-taking Skills

Day 2

  • Quality System Requirements
  • Analyzing Findings
  • Audit of Active Mfg. to QS-9000 and Manual (Audit 2)
  • RAB and US Registration System
  • Auditor Qualifications
  • Roles and Responsibilities of Auditors
  • Creation of Effective Audit Checklists

Day 5

  • Review and Examination

Day 3

  • Audit of Active Mfg. Document Audits (Audit 3)
  • Auditing Tips for the Professional Auditor
  • Audit of Active Mfg.--Department Audit (Audit 4)
  • Compiling Audit Findings
  • Documentation in the Quality System
  • Planning and Conducting Effective Audits
  • Refining Interview and Note-taking Skills
  • Applicability of the Elements to Company Situations
  • Prevention vs. Detection

Who Should Attend:

Those responsible for the planning and scheduling an audit program for QS-9000. and those who must perform audits to QS-9000 quality assurance managers, quality assurance professionals, QS-9000 project managers, QS-9000 Project Team Members or anyone desiring an in depth understanding of the QS-9000 auditing process.

 

"ASQ Certification: ASQ Certified Quality Engineers, Reliability Engineers, and Quality Auditors may earn re-certification credit(s) for attending this program, providing it is covered under one area of the body of knowledge in which you are seeking re-certification or is job enhancement." AETS will provide a certificate for 5.0 re-certification units. Applied Quality Systems, Inc. offers this open enrollment course to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or physical handicap.

AETS 3/01 (Ed Hornback 888-521-0998 or Judith McGinnis 800-291-5192) QSLA