Introduction
This course is designed for groups of individuals requiring basic knowledge and skills necessary to do internal audits within a company that uses ISO/FSSC 22000 as management system standard.
Suitable for those individuals who have little or no experience in auditing or have attended previous training as an internal auditor for another management standard.
The course caters for individuals who wish to develop their auditing skills and techniques and enhance their knowledge of food safety management principles, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, the ISO 22002 series (ISO 22002 – 100 concerns prerequisites on food safety for the food, feed and packaging supply chain; ISO 22002-1 concerns prerequisites on food safety for food manufacturers) and the FSSC 22000 version 7 additional requirements.
Who should attend?
Public events
- Individuals from the food chain looking to develop auditing technique.
- Individuals who want to learn about how to use ISO 22000, the ISO 22002 series and the FSSC 22000 version 7 scheme during internal audits.
- You will have experience of working in the food chain, and basic knowledge of prerequisite programs and HACCP.
Client profile
- Individuals wanting to develop themselves.
- Organisations with people they want to develop to become internal auditor.
- Organisations with a changing pool of auditors.
In-company events will be most suitable for companies who have five or more participants.
Required prior knowledge:
- Experience of working in the food supply chain
- Basic understanding of prerequisite programs and HACCP
- To understand the basics of how organisations manage food safety
What will you learn?
- the basic principles of the internal auditing process
- the contribution audits make to the effectiveness and improvement of an FSMS
- the roles and responsibilities of an internal auditor
- to prepare for audit and generate relevant questions
- to gather objective evidence through interviewing and reviewing documentation
- how to relate your audit findings to applicable requirements
- to report your findings accurately
What do you need to prepare?
Before starting this course, learners are encouraged to take an introductory course to Food Safety Management Systems and ISO/FSSC 22000. For a successful completion, we recommend the following previous knowledge:
- knowledge of ISO/FSSC 22000 (ideally gained from attending LRQA’s 1-day Introduction to FSMS based in ISO 22000:2018 and FSSC 22000 v6 or a later version)
- experience of working in the food supply chain
- basic understanding of prerequisite programs and HACCP
- to understand the basics of how organisations manage food safety
Course content
Personal course preparation activities
- Pre-coursework: 2 eLearning modules with quizzes and reference materials.
Group course program items
- Auditing basics
- FSMS and risk-based auditing
- Audit cycle, programme and plan
- Auditor skills and behaviour
- LRQA 6-stage interview model
- Generating questions
- Interview preparation
- Live interviews
- Audit reporting including NC reporting
- Correction and corrective action
- Actual reporting and report presentation
- Empowerment
An exam is not applicable.
Course certification
Learners who actively participate during the entire program will be issued with a Certificate of Completion.
Course length
Pre-course work with eLearning: 3 – 6 hours.
We have two modalities available for this course:
- Classroom training: two days – 9.00 to 17.00 hours
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Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT): two days – 9.00 to 15.30 hours
Note: Participants of the classroom sessions will have less preparations and have more possibilities to practice during the course.
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