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Excel revises its auditing courses - 24th October 2011
ISO 19011:2011 - Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems, is expected to be released in October 2011. Excel has been busy revising its auditing courses to reflect the changes in the draft standard in anticipation of its formal release in the autumn.
In its briefing note to IRCA Certified Auditors and IRCA Approved Training Organisations, of which Excel is one, IRCA suggests that given there has been a number of new management system standards published over the last 10 years, there is now "a need to consider a broader scope of management system auditing as well as providing guidance that is more generic."
"We believe the guidance in ISO 19011:2011 captures many of the good practices we already implement as a training provider for management system auditing", states Tim Alcock, Excel Managing Partner and lead tutor for a number of Excel's auditing courses. "Although some organisations may see the changes in the guidance somewhat daunting, the standard can provide an opportunity for organisations to re-assess their own practices and identify opportunities for improvement."
In the business environment today, many organisations incorporate multiple disciplines into their management system, such as quality, environmental, health and safety and information security. The revisions to ISO 19011 have taken this into account, expanding aspects of good practice and introducing new principles of auditing to reflect current thinking and the complexities of auditing multiple disciplines.
IRCA's briefing note for ISO 19011:2011 states that:
"The main body of ISO 19011:2011 sets out good practice for Managing an Audit Programme and Performing an Audit. These sections provide detailed guidance; intended to be used flexibly according to the size, level of maturity of an organization's management system, the nature and complexity of the organization to be audited."
Tim explains that, "Although there have been some significant changes made to the revised standard, the overall approach to managing an audit programme and planning and conducting audits is synonymous with our current approach."
ISO 19011:2011 is also consistent with requirements of the related independent standard, ISO 17021:2011 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems.
Further reading: IRCA Briefing note: ISO/FDIS 19011:2011 - Guidelines for auditing management systems
Excel Partnership launches its exciting new website - 24th October 2011
Excel Partnership is a leading provider of training, consultancy and business improvement, specialising in the requirements of international management standards. Excel brings you integrated and creative management system training solutions with auditor training programmes accredited by IRCA (UK) and IEMA (UK).
With experienced and competent tutors who have worked extensively across a wide range of industry and commerce, our training courses illustrate and reinforce learning through real life examples, challenge static thinking and encourage people to steer businesses forward.
Excel Partnership delivers a world of experience which is unsurpassed, with innovative approaches to deliver our expertise across Europe and in over 50 countries worldwide. Our proven success in the way we meet the needs of our customers’ businesses, whether small, large or multinational companies, is reinforced by the testimonials we receive. Customers often look to Excel Partnership as their training partner of choice because of our long-standing reputation to deliver excellence.
“To live up to the expectations of our existing customers and capture the interest of potential customers, this one-stop-website offers a complete range of information about Excel’s training and consultancy in management systems and business improvement services.”, Geoff Doole, Managing Partner of Excel Partnership, explains. “Though it was easy to navigate, we felt we needed to liven up the look and feel of our website to reflect the way we deliver our training – energetic and fun with a long-lasting impact on our customers.”
The new excel-world.co.uk enables our customers to:
- Find the training that’s right for them at their fingertips – Excel Partnership offers a full range of management system courses including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 27001, ISO 17025.
- Navigate through our site using our new colour-coded symbols for easy reference.
- See how our in-house training can benefit them as a cost-effective training solution with the advantage of applying learning to specific company issues.
- Use our new, easy rolling calendar for our public courses and our on-line booking function to plan training in advance.
- View all our courses at a glance and then access more detailed information so they can make the right choices for their learning needs.
“Whether our customers are looking to book onto one of our public training courses or need a more in-depth discussion about their in-house requirements, our new website directs people to where they need to be,” says Samantha Hannay who has managed the development of the new website. “Excel will never underestimate the value of talking to real people and our website includes a number of ways customers can contact us – we’ll always have a member of the Excel team available for our customers to speak to in person.”
