Mastering Lead Auditor Skills
Duration: 40 Hours, Course Delivery – Online Virtual Live / Onsite Face to Face Delivery
Description
This comprehensive training course is designed to build a strong foundation in food safety auditing by introducing participants to essential regulatory and technical knowledge. It explores audit processes aligned with ISO 19011 and is suitable for those conducting regulatory, GFSI-recognised, or internal food safety audits. The course ensures participants are well-equipped to plan, carry out, report on, and document audits methodically and in full compliance with industry best practices.
Delivered by seasoned professionals with extensive hands-on experience in food safety auditing, this course is structured to support both emerging and practising auditors seeking to deepen their expertise and advance their professional development within the auditing field.
This course covers the following topics:
- Food Safety Principles, the Auditor’s Perspective
- Food Safety Management Systems & the ISO 22000 Series
- The Making of an Effective Food Safety Auditor
- Audit Categories and Auditor Certification
- Auditing Food Safety Management Systems
- The Food Safety Management System Audit
- Generating Sound Audit Findings Based on Objective Evidence
- Audit Reporting
On successful completion of this course, participants will understand:
- The regulatory environment in which auditors have to operate
- The process for achieving recognition as a food safety auditor
- The requirements of food safety Standards in general, and ISO 22000:2018 specifically
- The principles and practice of food safety auditing
Having successfully completed the course, you’ll be able to print off a certificate online.
This course is ideal for those who wish to become registered food safety auditors or who wish to thoroughly understand the external audit process to improve their company’s certification performance. It is also recommended for staff undertaking supplier audits.
It is recommended that participants should have at least four years’ experience in food manufacturing or equivalent, at least two years’ experience in quality assurance/ quality control function in the food industry. It is assumed that participants have sufficient skills and knowledge in HACCP. Alternatively participants should complete the course Principles and Applications of HACCP before enrolling in this course.
Please note that completion of this course does not guarantee that you will qualify to be registered as a food safety auditor.
By completing this lead food safety auditor course you will gain the knowledge and skills to competently lead food safety audits.
