Lead Auditor Training On ISO:17025

This intensive, challenging and highly interactive and practical course is designed to develop delegates'''' auditing skills to conduct Quality Management System (QMS) audits against the ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, in order to:

• Promote the role of audits within the management system programme and the role of auditors in supporting laboratory compliance and competency improvements.
• Objectively assess compliance of laboratories to meet accreditation body requirements
• Contribute to the requirements to register as an DCS Lead Auditor.Our course is approved by ASCB(UK) and meets the training requirements for individuals seeking registration as a Lead Auditor under the DCS Auditor Registration Scheme.ISO 17025 Course Objectives
• Our course will equip delegates with an in-depth knowledge of the requirements and principles of QMS''''s and how ISO/IEC 17025 is incorporated into the overall quality system, providing laboratory/quality practitioners and systems auditors with the understanding and skills necessary to professionally audit a laboratory management system.

Key Skills / Learning Objectives

Through the combination of interactive tutorials, practical workshops, photo site tour, case studies and simulated laboratory audits, our course will enable the delegates to:

• Develop practical audit skills and apply the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 to the specific processes and needs of the company.
• Assess compliance of an organisation''''s testing and calibration laboratory practices to meet the company''''s own internal or external (e.g. Accreditation Body) requirements.
• Plan, develop and implement an internal audit process appropriate to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.
• Conduct audits to professional criteria with confidence, gathering objective evidence through observation, interviewing, document trails to provide factual audit reports that will facilitate improvements to the management system.
• Achieve the formal training requirements to allow progression to becoming an ASCB (UK) Registered Lead Auditor