The seminar can be held online on the official International Business Academy platform. On completion of the training you will be given a link to the recording, which will be available for one month.
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Programme goal:
Training managers and specialists in the principles and methods of conducting a NON-FORMAL, risk-based internal audit of integrated management systems (IMS) in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 50001:2018 and ISO 19011:2018. The programme aims to build participants' practical skills in planning, conducting and analysing the results of internal audits that genuinely help to improve processes and reduce risks, rather than being reduced to a formal check.
Main areas:
— Increasing the effectiveness of internal audits — moving from formal checks to risk-based process analysis
— Reducing management risks — identifying weak points in business processes and developing corrective actions
— Optimising management systems — integrating the requirements of several standards within a single audit
— Supporting compliance with the requirements of certification bodies — reducing the number of nonconformities in external audits
— Improving the quality of management decisions — using internal audit data for strategic and operational management
Objectives:
— Examine the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 as applied to internal audits
— Master modern approaches to risk-based internal audit (ISO 19011:2018)
— Learn to draw up an annual internal audit Programme and an internal audit Plan taking risks into account
— Study methods of preparing for an audit: developing high-level and low-level questionnaires, using AI to automate the planning and analysis stages
— Master the skills of conducting an audit: opening and closing meetings, searching for objective evidence, recording nonconformities
— Learn to manage audit outcomes: preparing reports, analysis, prioritising nonconformities and corrective actions
— Consolidate the knowledge gained in practical cases, group work and interactive games
Skills developed:
— Planning and organising internal audits of the IMS
— Identifying and analysing risks when preparing and conducting internal audits
— Skills in working with ISO 19011 and modern tools (including AI) when drawing up the internal audit Programme and Plan
— The ability to formulate auditor questions and gather objective evidence
— Analysing and recording nonconformities, preparing reports
— Making decisions based on internal audit data — prioritising risks and corrective actions
— Effective communication with managers and process owners during the audit
Using artificial intelligence tools — mastering the skills of applying AI for analysing, planning and documenting processes; participants are given a ready-made prompt that they can use independently in their further work.
Criteria for participation in the programme:
Target audience and the value of participation for each group:
— Internal auditors and quality managers — developing practical skills in conducting risk-based internal audits and optimising their own work
— Environmental, occupational safety, energy and risk specialists — mastering approaches to integrated audits in different areas of management
— Heads of structural units (business process owners) — understanding the role of internal audit in managing risks and improving process performance
— Risk managers — using internal audit data as a source of information for the corporate risk register and risk management system
— Top managers and heads of sustainable development — understanding the value of internal audit for ESG reporting and strategic management of the company
Introduction
Getting acquainted / introduction / course overview / participants introduce themselves.
The history of standardisation and ISO.
Module 1 — a brief review of the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 as applied to internal audit
Section 4. Context and processes
Review of the requirements and situations for auditing section 4 of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.
— identifying the documented information for the internal audit of this section;
— analysis of cases within the internal audit of this section.
Section 5. Leadership, duties, responsibility and authority
Review of the requirements and situations for auditing section 5 of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.
— identifying the documented information for the internal audit of this section;
— analysis of cases within the internal audit of this section.
Section 6. Planning, risks and objectives
Review of the requirements and situations for auditing section 6 of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.
— identifying the documented information for the internal audit of this section;
— analysis of cases within the internal audit of this section.
Section 7. Support and resources
Review of the requirements and situations for auditing section 7 of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.
— identifying the documented information for the internal audit of this section;
— analysis of cases within the internal audit of this section.
Section 8. Operations
Review of the requirements and situations for auditing section 8 of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.
— identifying the documented information for the internal audit of this section;
— analysis of cases within the internal audit of this section.
Module 2 — review of the requirements of ISO 19011
What is new in the new version of ISO 19011:2018
Emphasis on risk-based auditing.
System 1, System 2 and the concept of «mental traps».
Types and objectives of audit
Audit scope and object.
Functions and responsibility of the person managing the audit programme.
The responsibility matrix by clause of the standards.
The audit life cycle: audit planning; conducting the audit; analysing the results; audit reports and corrective actions; improvement actions.
Planning internal audits
Risks in planning and conducting internal audits and ways of neutralising them.
Drawing up a risk-based internal audit programme.
The IMS internal audit plan.
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to draw up the internal audit Plan and define audit areas (demonstration of a ready-made AI prompt).
Preparing for the audit
Mental traps at the risk identification stage.
High-level and low-level questionnaires.
Conducting the audit
The opening meeting — best practices.
Searching for objective evidence. Analysing audit results.
Types and nature of nonconformities.
The closing meeting — best practices.
Managing the outcomes of internal audits
Audit reports and improvement actions.
Examples of preparing reports — best practices.
Interactive game «Cases on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 within internal audit»
Answers to questions
Course completion
