Thanks, Andy.
The competency of the auditor who didn't receive a passing score on the IA training has not, to my knowledge, been questioned at all, ever, by the EA (the EA seems to think it is required that training be undergone, the effectiveness of which, as determined by the exam, apparently is irrelevant).
The reason for my question regarding checklists was because your form used it as one of the points for determining competency. I didn't see a requirement or didn't interpret it that way. I think part of my problem is that I am in area between a real understanding of a quality management system, the ISO9K2K standards, and a value adding system of management. Unfortunately, many of us come to ISO 9k2k expecting a 'cookbook' with a complete listing of ingredients and steps to acheive an effective and functional system and in many cases there are offered 'cookbooks' of a one size fits all sort. I have run into the realism that there is nothing to spare us the agony and pain of developing our own system that works for us including determining our requirements for IA, in this case, as well as methods for determining competency and pushing back, to the extent neccesary, against the EA. Thanks again.