Witness audit panic - When our registrar is audited during their audit of us

Helmut Jilling

Auditor / Consultant
#21
Teri said:
Well I thought I was over the nervousness of being audited by our registrar,,,, I was wrong.:mg:

Brief history: Our company of 750 people, successfully went from QS to TS 2years ago.
Late last year we "added" another division, they will be going through a TS registration audit in mid-September. Today I received an e-mail from my registrar that this will be a witness audit. Now I am nervous again. Can anyone provide me with their experiences of a witness audit vs. non-witness?

I did do a search on this, couldn't find anything.

:thanks:
I am a 3rd party auditor who has been "witnessed" about 6 times over the last 8 years. The witness auditor is not interested in how well your organization does in your audit. His interest is in how your auditor performs during your audit, whetehr you do well, or not. The only difference is, your auditor will be very careful and "on his toes." Other than that, there should be no impact. I have always got along fine with my witness auditos, though there is little or no discussion about the audit itself.
 
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