The ISO 19011 standard represents a comprehensive guideline for the auditing of management systems. This guideline applies to every standard-based management system and is now available in the third revised edition, version ISO 19011:2018. The revised standard is adapted to the recent version of management system standards including the “high-level-structure” and an updated terminology. A substantial content-related modification is the addition of the risk based approach to the audit principles. Hence, opportunities and risks referring to the audit program as well as the entire audit process must be considered.
In this seminar, the content and improvements of the new standard are presented in a practice-oriented way in order to implement the new standard guidelines within the respective area.

Topics:

• Importance and application of the ISO 19011 as guideline for the auditing of all management systems
• Key innovations and significant changes of the updated standard ISO 19011:2018
• Audit principles – upgrade: risk-based approach
• Audit management and control – upgrade: opportunity and risk determination and assessment
• Audit implementation – upgrade: guidance for instructions and audit planning
• Competences and evaluation of auditors – upgrade: general competence specifications
• Instruction and exercises for practical implementation

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