About the ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
The ISO 9001 Lead Auditor programme prepares you to audit a quality management system (QMS) against ISO 9001. Delivered fully self-paced and online, it takes you from QMS fundamentals to planning and leading a complete audit using the principles of ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1.
You’ll learn to evaluate whether an organisation meets ISO 9001, gather and weigh evidence, grade nonconformities and report findings that drive improvement — the skills needed for first-, second- and third-party audits.
Course Information
What You Will Learn
Course Curriculum
- Quality management principles and the process approach
- Structure and requirements of ISO 9001
- Risk-based thinking
- The certification landscape
- Fundamental audit concepts
- Risk-based audit thinking
- Initiating the audit and defining scope
- Reviewing documentation and planning
- Opening meeting
- Collecting evidence through interviews and sampling
- Evaluating processes and controls
- Drafting audit findings
- Grading nonconformities
- Audit conclusions, report and closing meeting
- Follow-up and corrective action
- Managing an audit programme
- The seven competency domains
- Revision and exam technique
- Booking and sitting the PECB exam
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All You Need to Know
This programme suits internal and external auditors, quality managers and consultants, and compliance professionals who audit or oversee a QMS.
A fundamental understanding of ISO 9001 and of audit principles is recommended before enrolling.
The programme prepares you for the PECB Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor exam, which assesses seven competency domains for planning, leading and reporting a QMS audit. Completing the training earns 31 CPD credits.
What Our Learners Say
Great value for the depth of content. The ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training covered ISO 9001 certification thoroughly, and the exam voucher being included made budgeting for it simple.
I compared a few providers before choosing Profice for my ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification, and I'm glad I did. The materials on ISO 9001 certification were current and the support team answered every question quickly.
I'd been putting off ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification for a while, but the self-paced format made it manageable alongside a full-time job. Learning to tighten up our quality management processes felt achievable within a few weeks.
Solid, well-organized training. The path to tighten up our quality management processes was clearly explained, and the practice materials before the exam made a real difference to my confidence.
What stood out about this ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training was how practical it was — real case studies, not just theory. I walked away confident about ISO 9001 certification and ready to apply it immediately.
Career Opportunities After This Training
Quality lead auditors plan and conduct independent audits of a Quality Management System against ISO 9001, verifying conformity and driving improvement.
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Compliance and quality managers own the certification cycle and internal audit programme, keeping the QMS aligned with ISO 9001 requirements.
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Certification body auditors carry out third-party ISO 9001 assessments on behalf of accredited certification bodies, across a wide range of industries.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A PECB credential proving you can plan, conduct and lead audits of a quality management system (QMS) against ISO 9001, using the ISO 19011 auditing guidelines.
Auditors, quality management managers and consultants who assess or certify quality management system implementations.
The exam is an essay-type, open-book paper of roughly 3 hours. You need the passing score set by PECB (generally around 70%). After passing you receive a 'Certificate of Exam Success', and the full certification is issued once you also meet PECB's professional-experience requirements.
The Lead Implementer learns to build, deploy and manage the quality management system (QMS), while the Lead Auditor learns to independently audit one against ISO 9001. Implementers work on the 'build' side; auditors on the 'assess' side. Many professionals earn both over time.
Yes — the exam voucher is included in the course package. Speak to a Profice advisor to confirm current pricing and what each package includes.