Can auditing be taken as training?

[NITIN]

I work for a 5000+employee hotel chain where we have over 200 internal auditors.We have recently started "process audits"whereby teams of 2 or more auditors take up core processes not pertaining to thier area of work and conduct audits.
My question is-as this is a learning experience,can this time devoted by the auditors for auditing be taken as training ?(as they are learning new processes which could help them in thier field of work).

[Randy]

Yes, just as coming here can be a type of training.

If information is conveyed and knowledge is gained, training (or learning) has taken place.

[db]

On-the Job Training (OJT) is a perfectly acceptable method of training. Often referred to as SOJT (Supervised or Structured On-the Job Training), trainees learn their jobs by performing their jobs.