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Internal Auditing Fundamentals

How to plan, perform and follow up internal audits of management systems: audit purpose, programmes and plans, gathering objective evidence, grading findings, and professional auditor conduct for industrial and energy organisations.

55m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons

What you'll learn

  • Explain why organisations audit themselves — checking conformity and effectiveness, not catching people out
  • Distinguish an audit programme from an audit plan and describe what each contains
  • Prepare for an audit by defining scope and criteria and building a working checklist
  • Conduct the audit flow from opening meeting through evidence gathering and evaluation to the closing meeting
  • Grade findings correctly as major nonconformity, minor nonconformity, or observation/opportunity for improvement
  • Follow up findings to verified closure while maintaining independent, factual and courteous auditor conduct

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.

1

Awareness

  • Why Organisations Audit Themselves
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Programme, Plan and the Language of Auditing
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Awareness Check: Audit Purpose and Terms
    Assessment
    7m
2

Knowledge

  • Preparing an Audit: Scope, Criteria and Checklists
    Knowledge
    3m
  • The Audit Flow: From Opening Meeting to Closing Meeting
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Preparation and the Audit Flow
    Assessment
    8m
3

Skill

  • Grading and Writing Findings
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Prepare and Perform a Mini-Audit
    Assignment
    3m
  • Skill Check: Findings Judgement
    Assessment
    8m
4

Mastery

  • Auditor Conduct, Follow-up and Closure
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Lead an Audit Through to Verified Closure
    Assignment
    3m
  • Mastery Check: Audit Leadership Judgement
    Assessment
    8m

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