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ISO 17025 Lead Auditor training Course offered by TNV enables you to develop the required expertise to perform an efficient Testing and Calibration Laboratories audit using recognized audit principles, procedures and techniques. Reference Standard ISO 17025 & ISO 19011 Standard

Who Should Attend ISO 17025 Lead Auditors Training?

*) Anyone willing to be Auditors or seek to perform and lead Testing And Calibration Laboratories certification audits (commonly called Testing And Calibration Laboratories Audit for the Auditing Agencies). *) Managers or consultants seeking to learn/practice an ISO 17025 audit process *) Individuals responsible for maintaining conformance with ISO 17025 requirements *) Expert/Professional in Testing And Calibration Laboratories

Why ISO 17025 Lead Auditor Training ?

This 40 Hours of training course enables you to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and carry out internal or external audits as per the Accreditation Requirements & process. Although, Auditing have different roles and this course enables you to participate in the ISO 17025 Audit in the capacity of Lead Auditor, Auditor, Audit Team member, which is, of course, based on your practical experience. As a qualified Lead auditor, you will grasp audit techniques and become competent to manage an audit program, audit team, communication with customers, and conflict resolution like identification, raising, reviewing, closure of the findings, which is usually called Non-Conformities.

Training Objective

*) Understand the operations of an Testing And Calibration Laboratories based on ISO 17025 *) Recognize the correlation between ISO 17025 and other standards and regulatory frameworks. *) Understand an auditor’s role required for planning, leading and audit team, Preparation of the Report, Raising findings and follow-up on a management system audit which is based on the requirement of ISO 17025

Pre-requisite for the ISO 17025 Lead auditor Training

All delegates should have reasonably good understanding and knowledge on ISO 17025 principles & concepts and basic requirements of ISO 17025 audit process. TNV recommends students to read the applicable standards like ISO 17025 as well as ISO 19011-2018 for having the basic understanding of auditing techniques prior to attending this course. Knowledge of English and use of the online training tool like use of video telephony is essential.

Exam Preparation Guide

Once you acquire the requisite expertise to perform this audit as defined in the curriculum of the TNV, you need to appear in the exam. You must obtain 70% marks to apply for a “Exemplar Global One year Graduate” or “Certified ISO 17025 Lead Auditor”. Once you acquire a Qualified Lead Auditor Certificate approved by Exemplar Global, you will demonstrate that you have the capabilities and competencies to audit organizations based on best practices. *) Audit planning *) Audit interview *) Managing an audit program *) Drafting audit reports *) Drafting non-conformity reports *) Drafting audit working documents *) Documentation review *) On-site Audit *) Follow-up on non-conformities *) Leading an audit team

Personal Certification

If you are participating in Certified Training Program under TPECS, you will get a Lead auditor Certification which Exemplar Global approves, and if you are applying under the RTP programme, you shall get a Certificate of Training in addition to this, you will be eligible to An Exemplar Global Graduate Certificate without any additional charge, whereas if you are applying for TPECS, you need to pay additional fees as applicable to Exemplar Global while registering under the graduate program. Every participant who successfully attends the training and passes the exam shall have access to the Alumni page of the TNV and shall have access to the study material as developed from time to time.

E-Learning – Online Learning

Due to Covid 19, working and education methods are drastically transformed, and now virtual working and training is considered a safe working method. Therefore, TNV offers an E-Learning option to the participants, which is audio-visual learning and provides flexible learning for the participants. Exemplar Global has approved our course after reviewing content to meet their competencies units for the personal certification. This course offers requisite reading and study material that comply with the requirement of ISO 17025 for online learning.

Global Recognition

Training offered by the TNV is certified by Exemplar Global. Exemplar Global is a Globally Recognized Certification body offer Personal Certification and Certification of Training Provider. Courses offered by TNV approved by Exemplar Global under TPECS / RTP). Every participant who attend the training and pass the exam get a Training Certification from the TNV with an Exemplar Global mark. Any candidates who pass the Lead Auditor Course as developed by TNV are eligible to be enrolled as Lead Auditor with any Certification body subject to fulfilment of other requirements like Educational Certificate and Experience. Core requirement is to attain a Lead Auditor Certificate from any training agencies duly approved by any recognized agencies and TNV fulfilling that requirement.

Course Duration

5 Days – 40 hours

Course Agenda

a) Agenda-01: Introduction to the ISO 17025 b) Agenda -02: Audit principles, preparation, and initiation of an audit c) Agenda -03: On-site audit activities d) Agenda -04: Closing the audit e) Agenda -05: Certification Exam

How to start career of ISO 17025 Auditor?

As a ISO 17025 Auditor, you need to have some Laboratory Management sector experience to get assignment of audit in capacity of auditor. In case you are fresher and do not have industry experience, it’s advisable to complete minimum 20 audit assignment as team member of the audit team. Once you complete the 20 man-days, you may apply for the position of the auditor with the certification body. For low-risk technical area, sometimes certification body (ies) allows fresher based on successful completion of the evaluation carried out by Certification body. As an Auditor you must not hesitate to empanel with several certification body. If Certification body are satisfied with your performance, they may allow you to face witness audit and this shall add value to your career of the auditing.

How much ISO 17025 Auditor Make ?

The Lower salary for ISO 17025 Auditor is approximately 4000 per days in India whereas in United Kingdom, United State of America, Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Canada, Australia, Germany, Netherland, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Singapore, Russia, France, and similar countries this is around USD 300 to 700 Per Man-Day. Salaries estimates are based on salaries paid by industries to Auditor employees as empanelled auditor with the different Certification bodies. In the year of 2020; Highest salary for an Experienced Auditor in India was around 15,000 per day and if we count 200 working days. The highest salary for a Auditor in India is ?30 Lac per year.

What Will I Learn ?

*) Understand the basics of the auditing process *) Initiate, conduct and manage an audit and as well as prepare an effective audit report with necessary improvements *) Learn the requirements of ISO 17025 *) Improve the auditing knowledge and skills *) Also, they can support the organization for the effective implementation of the laboratory management system

Material Includes

a) Training Videos, b) Training Audios, c) Presentation Slides, d) Exercise, e) Case Study, f) Mock Test, g) Student Manual Copy h) ISO 17025 Manual i) ISO 17025 Procedures j) ISO 17025 Policies & Objectives k) ISO 17025 Forms and Formats