posted 12 April 2001 10:17 AM              

Your company decides what the criteria will be.

A 5 day course is a fairly easy way to document the training, however you can come up with your own internal criteria if you want. Just make sure that you document your training and be prepared to support why you chose that particular method.
By the way, YOU decide whether or not they actually have to pass the exam. If attendance at the course is enough, just make sure you state it. (This is useful for people who are good at auditing, but may fail the exam for one reason or another)

Ask yourself what you consider important in that position, write it down and train to it.

Hope this helps.

posted 12 April 2001 07:19 PM               

If the internal audit evidence is in shambles, it doesn't matter if the lead internal auditor has a certificate!

In our experience it is usually the Management Representative that leads up internal audit. This being the case, there is alot of interface between the 3rd party auditor and the lead internal auditor/MR where the auditor determines if the internal auditor knows what he/she is talking about.

Training/experience evidenced through verbal exchange.

As Carl said, define your internal requirements and be prepared to back them up with evidence, and remember that evidence does not have to be a "document".