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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Assess quality audit scope and objectives
   • Identify standards that impact on the environment in which audit operates
   • Determine and agree on audit objectives and scope with auditee and other required stakeholders
   • Identify risks within scope of quality audit
2. Communicate with auditee
   • Consult with auditee and determine relevant information
   • Prepare audit notifications according to organisational protocols
   • Confirm proposed audit methods and techniques to be applied with auditee
   • Outline audit processes and establish sequence of audit activities, and the role of the audit team and auditee
3. Prepare resources for quality audit
   • Identify resources required to perform the quality audit
   • Select audit team members on the basis of relevant expertise
   • Identify resources required with auditee
4. Develop and submit quality audit plan
   • Develop quality audit plan according to established scope and objectives
   • Assign roles and responsibilities to audit team members
   • Assign timing, schedules and responsibilities for implementation of the audit plan
   • Document and submit audit plan to auditee for approval, where required
   • Inform audit team members of their responsibilities, audit objectives and scope
   • Communicate audit plan and schedules to all audit team members
   • Discuss and clarify audit methods and techniques with audit team members
5. Review auditee documentation
   • Determine auditee’s previous quality audits as relevant and establish impact on the conduct of the current audit
   • Source organisational documentation from auditee, and check adequacy of documentation provided
   • Review documents, and determine and source any further documentation required
6. Prepare audit documentation
   • Develop checklist according to audit scope and objectives
   • Create entry and exit meeting agendas according to organisational templates

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

produce documented audit plans for auditees on at least two different occasions, including:

scope and objectives of the audit

proposed audit methods and techniques to be used

required resources and audit plan

allocation of individual audit team member responsibilities.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

use terminology relating to quality auditing in communications.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

auditing codes of practice and ethics

auditing methods and techniques, including audit plans and value adding activities

requirements of auditing regulations and standards

current audit practices

quality auditing principles, techniques and systems

requirements of organisational and audit style manual protocols for written communications

key features of technology required for quality auditing activities described in performance evidence.

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