About Course
Course Duration: 5 Days – 8 Hours/day
This is an IRCA certified training course under certificate 17082 and meets the training requirements for the Lead QMS Auditor grade or lower. This seminar covers the requirements of ISO 17025:2017 by quickly reviewing the standard as part of the discussions during the exercises only. Other topics include audit systems, the auditing process and audit instruments; the documentation process, conducting an audit, writing the audit report, and taking corrective action. Auditing case studies to develop skills for identifying nonconformities will be used. Techniques for leading audit teams will also be discussed.
Attendees who successfully pass the final exam and continual assessments will receive an IRCA certificate of successful completion. Certificates are only valid for three years from the last day of the course for the purposes of auditor certification by IRCA.
Course Outline
Day One
- Introduction and Welcome
- Chapter 1: Changes in ISO/ IEC 17025: 2017
- Chapter 2: Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Team Breakout Exercise 1: Definition of a Laboratory
- Graded Exercise 1: Understanding ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Chapter 3: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Requirements
- Team Breakout Exercise 2: Key Processes
- Graded Exercise 2: Audit Scenarios (Clauses 4-6)
Day Two
- Chapter 3: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Requirements (continued)
- Graded Exercise 3: Audit Scenarios (Clause 7)
- Graded Exercise 4: Management Responsibility (clause 8)
- Chapter 4: Process Approach to Auditing, Turtle Diagrams, and Audit Trails
- Chapter 5: Audit Guidance, Definitions, and Principles
- Chapter 6: The Audit Program
- Chapter 7: Audit Planning and Preparation
- Team Breakout Exercise 3: Writing Scope and Objective Statements
Day Three
- Chapter 7: Audit Planning and Preparation (continued)
- Team Breakout Exercise 4: Laboratory Document Review
- Team Breakout Exercise 5: Creating an Audit Plan
- Chapter 8: Conducting the Audit
- Team Breakout Exercise 6: Conducting the Audit
- Chapter 9: Writing Nonconformity Statements
- Team Breakout Exercise 7: Writing Nonconformity Statements
Day Four
- Chapter 10: Closing Meeting
- Chapter 11: Completing the Audit Report
- Chapter 12: Corrective Action and Closeout
- Team Breakout Exercise 8: Verification and Closeout
- Chapter 13: Leading Audit Teams
Day Five
- Mock Audit Exercise
- ISO/IEC 170125:2017 Final Exam
