Internal Auditor Qualifications
Internal quality management system auditors shall be qualified per 4.39.1 or 4.39.2
below.
4.39.1 Be trained and evaluated in the following areas:
• The Technical Specification ISO/TS 16949
Are you, this is not ISO 9001
• Related core tools (e.g.
APQP, SPC, MSA,
FMEA, PPAP)
Have you this training?
• Applicable customer-specific requirements, and
It would appear not in Fords requirement's?
• The automotive process approach to auditing.
Can you demonstrate these trainings? RAB certified lead auditor to ISO 9001:2008 QMS does not fulfill the requirements
And, as part of the training, participates in practice sessions
equivalent to one audit day in:
• Case study audits, and/or
• Auditing role plays/simulations, and/or
• On-site audits.
Core tools and customer specifics can be taught by company or
industry recognized experts/specialists.
4.39.2 Or, have conducted at least 5 internal ISO/TS 16949 internal audits
during the prior 24 months under the supervision of an auditor trained as
specified in 4.39.1 . The audits will need to have covered all
requirements of the technical specification and all processes directly
impacting Ford part quality at least once over the 5 or more audits.
Can you demonstrate this, if it is only audit logs I am sure you can reconstruct these.
Internal Auditor Trainer Qualifications
4.39.3 The training listed in 4.39.1 above shall be conducted by trainer(s) who have themselves successfully met the requirements of 4.39.1 or 4.39.2.
4.39.4 Process and Product audits may be conducted by appropriate process specialists from the affected areas without full quality management
auditor training.