Course Schedule

Certified Internal Auditor in laboratories (CIAL-ISO/IEC 17025-RAB-QSA)

Internal auditing is fundamental to any quality improvement initiative. Many laboratories have adopted the ISO 17025 Quality Management System standard. A fundamental element of all Quality Management System standards is the measurement of system & process performance using a process based approach. The method for determining this is to conduct internal audits. Trained auditors must carry out these audits.

This five-day course focuses on auditing for real quality improvement as well as compliance. The course provides detailed training in developing the skills necessary to be an effective internal auditor using many fun exercises including preparing for, performing and reporting of a real audit.

  • Review ISO 17025:2017 requirements for internal audits
  • Describe ISO 19011:2011 guidance on audit process
  • Apply auditing guidelines to ISO 17025:2017
  • Initiate and prepare audit activities
  • Conduct audit activities
  • Prepare and distribute the audit report
  • Improve your organization’s quality assurance systems and quality control
  • Gain the skills to assess an organization’s capability to manage its quality system for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
  • Be able to confirm or recognize the technical competence of laboratories
  • Achieve ISO 17025:2017 compliance by challenging all members in an organization to think differently
  • Introduction to Quality Systems
  • Purpose of Internal Audits
  • The Audit Process
  • Selecting the Audit Team & Audit Behaviour
  • Auditor Behaviours: Assumptions, Effective Listening, Dealing with Conflict
  • Tools Available to Auditors
  • Audit Preparation
  • Audit Preparation
  • Practical onsite audit

Staff who are charged with the responsibility to develop and maintain a laboratory QMS
All lab QMS auditors who wish to acquire an internationally recognized auditor status
Those who wish to explore career opportunities in management system auditing


Prerequisite:-

CQI IRCA recommends that students are expected to have the following prior knowledge:

  • Management systems: the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle
  • Quality management: the concepts of quality management and the relationship between quality management and customer satisfaction; commonly used quality management terms and definitions in ISO 9000
  • The requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025, which may be gained by completing a CQI IRCA-certified QMS Foundation training course or equivalent


Certificate:-

After completing the session and passing each session examination from (CQI IRCA,UK) the Participant can appear for final exam. Once the final exam is cleared then it is considered a end of course. The training certificate is ready on our LMS and Participant can print it or save the training certificate. It is also available for verification by entering the name and certificate number.