Hi All,
As part of a job interview for the position of Management Auditor i have to do a presentation on: "What are the key aspect to consider when arranging an ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 Audit". Can anyone on this forum can help me to understand what this key aspects are, please.

Thanks for your help.

Hi All,
As part of a job interview for the position of Management Auditor i have to do a presentation on: "What are the key aspect to consider when arranging an ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 Audit". Can anyone on this forum can help me to understand what this key aspects are, please.

Thanks for your help.

Rosario,

A couple of questions, and please don't take these personal:

1. Are you capable of performing the function as Management Auditor?

2. How long have you been performing audits?


The reason I ask, because so many people want to accept a job/position, that sometimes they take the job/position and they drastically fail. Which is more critical then anything. You are better off not to accept the position then have a drastic failure at the attempt.

This may not be your particular situation and you may have a lot of Auditing experience.

But consider the questions and my comments.

By the way...I have moved this post to this forum since it specifically asking about interviews.

Hi,
Thanks for your interest, very appreciate.

I have been performing ISO 9001, 14001 and OHS 18001 for almost 5 years now, i never had problem performing ISO and OHSAS audits.

My problem is to understand what they thinking when they talk about "key Aspects".

Thanks
Regards

Rosario

Hi,
Thanks for your interest, very appreciate.

I have been performing ISO 9001, 14001 and OHS 18001 for almost 5 years now, i never had problem performing ISO and OHSAS audits.

My problem is to understand what they thinking when they talk about "key Aspects".

Thanks
Regards

Rosario

Welcome to the Cove, Rosario :D
What they mean (it appears) is that you should talk about the primary concerns and important issues regarding audit planning. What have you done in the past in this regard?

The use of the word "arrange" I would say that the key aspects of arranging audits, would be Importance and Previous results of audits. Added in: Also scheduling with the Management of the scheduled audit area.

Hi,
My tought is the same. Key aspects: Scope of the audit,audit objective, Results of previous audit. CAR open from the previous audits.

thanks

Hi,
My tought is the same. Key aspects: Scope of the audit,audit objective, Results of previous audit. CAR open from the previous audits.

thanks

plus some things like turnover rates, changes to products and processes, customer feedback that can be tied to the area, major changes in the QMS, even changes in the supporting functions such as IT, purchasing, etc. Don't ever forget that auditing needs to look at more than just past audits and results.

Hi,
My tought is the same. Key aspects: Scope of the audit,audit objective, Results of previous audit. CAR open from the previous audits.

thanks

Be careful not to disappear into the audit techno issues, try to keep it to issues that your management are interested in.

Scheduling of audits is a key aspect of getting management to support an audit program. Most management see audits as being pushed at them rather than participating in the planning. Steel lays out a lot of good reasons for management to support the audits - when something isn't running effectively, is new or changed - in other words; risk!