Ex 8 - ISO/TS 16949:2002 AUDITOR TRANSITION COURSE

Overview

This TWO DAY course is designed for existing auditors (ISO 9001:1994 or QS-9000) to provide an understanding of the ISO/TS 16949:2002 requirements and how to undertake a process audit of an organization against them.

Key Session Topics

ISO/TS 16949:2002 requirements.
Relationship with QS-9000 and VDA 6.1.
The International Automotive Task Force (IATF) approach to third party registration and the Scheme rules.
How ISO/TS 16949 may be used by the organization for internal improvements.
How to undertake an audit of a process based system and create checklists.
The differences between system, process and product audits.
The identification and importance of the core tools to auditors.

Benefits

Develop an in-depth understanding of ISO/TS 16949, which auditors can use to base their judgements on compliance to the requirements.
The ability to conduct internal audits to ISO/TS 16949 to meet both the Standard and customer specific requirements such as Ford.

Who Should Attend

Quality managers
Management representatives
Internal auditors
Vendor/supplier auditors

The course assumes a basic level of auditor experience to either ISO 9001:1994 or QS-9000 for all students attending the course.

Course Techniques

An introduction to the subject is given through tutorials and interactive workshop sessions. Specific time is allocated to allow attendees to raise questions relating to their own organizations for discussion in open forum.

Follow-Up

The course is designed for presentation in-company where specific company issues can be addressed. Attendees’ subsequent in-house audits can be supervised to give practical on-site training and feedback.