Internal Auditing

Internal auditing can be an effective way to improve a company’s food safety and quality system. The key to an effective internal auditing system is to identify general compliance to an external or internal standard, but to also verify effectiveness of procedure, program or system that is being audited.

Our course provides attendees with the knowledge necessary to be an effective internal auditor by utilizing auditing best practices as defined by resources such as the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The course instructor will also provide attendees with plenty of “real life” examples of auditing best practices and techniques within the food industry through class discussions and exercises performed throughout the training.

Training topics include the following:

• Defining audit types (product, process, system)

• Auditor qualifications

• Personal attributes of a good internal auditor

• Preparing for an audit

• Identifying audit trails

• Closing meeting

• Audit report

• Follow up and corrective actions

• Audit exercises

This course satisfies internal auditor training requirements for third party audits such as BRC, SQF, FSSC 22000, AIB, etc.