CQI Diploma
U306 - Management System Audit
The CQI Diploma in Quality Management provides new and existing quality practitioners with the knowledge and skills to plan and manage an organisation's quality management function. The qualification does this by developing a comprehensive understanding of the role of quality and the quality function within the whole organisation.
Students who successfully complete the 9 Diploma Units and have the required work experience will be eligible to apply for the CQI full membership.
Potential job roles include: Quality Manager, Quality Assurance Manager,
Customer Service Manager, Operations Manager, Business Improvement
Manager, Business Systems Manager, Senior Quality Manager, Quality
Management Specialist/Consultant.
For information on how you can use these units in other CQI
qualifications, download the
CQI Qualifications and unit matrix.
THE PACKAGE
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The packages are stand alone private tuition packages which allows the delegate to work at their own pace through the preset training material.
The distance learning material is sent to you upon course registration. The packages include:
- Coursebook - containing tutorial notes and information
- Workbook - containing questions and answers
- Text Book - 'Management Systems Audit' by Vorley & Bushell
- Sample exam paper
- Tutorial support is provided by telephone, fax, e-mail or written correspondence as required. See QM&T Team
- Monthly Quality Newsletter with all the very latest QA news. Keeping you right up to date and informed on what is happening in the Quality Assurance field.
Unit 306 Syllabus:
Unit 306
Management Systems Audit
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Unit Aim: To understand the role of different types of auditing to ensure the integrity and capability of business management systems and be able to plan and conduct an effective internal quality audit.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
- Understand the purposes of 1st, 2nd and 3rd party auditing
- Understand the role of audit and its importance in an organisation’s management system
- Understand the content of standards for auditing practice
CQI assessment method: Exam
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Indicative content
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The auditing process
• Auditing as a business activity
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd party auditing
• Audit criteria as the basis for auditing
• The audit role in continual improvement
• Different approaches to auditing related to the size and scale of the organisation
• Roles and responsibilities in the audit process
• Audit findings and their contribution to managing business risks
Methods and techniques for auditing
• Interview
• The use of IT in the auditing process
• Different types of audit data
Auditing related standards
• The requirements of ISO19011,
• The purpose and intent of ISO17021, CMMI, and SPICE / ISO 15504
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