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Professional Certificate · Master's level · CPP-03
Management System Audit Methodology
For: Internal auditors, quality, safety or environment coordinators, and site managers who are required to audit or to be audited.
Learning outcomes
- Establish an audit programme following the guidelines of the ISO 19011:2026 standard.
- Prepare an internal or supplier audit: audit plan, checklists, sampling.
- Conduct an audit interview and gather traceable evidence.
Programme over 4 weeks
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Principles of auditing; types of audit: internal, supplier, certification; combined audits against several standards. |
| Week 2 | Managing an audit programme; competence and evaluation of auditors, according to the ISO 19011:2026 standard. |
| Week 3 | Techniques: checklists, interviews, observation, sampling, traceability of evidence; remote auditing. |
| Week 4 | Professional simulation: audit plan for a process and a simulated audit interview, in a classroom or a virtual classroom. |
Assessment
Marked professional simulation, assessed against a rubric (70%): audit plan and simulated audit interview; online knowledge-check quiz (30%).
The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.
Optional: Audit Report and Action Follow-up
An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-03C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.
- Writing factual findings and the audit report; classifying nonconformities.
- Following up corrective actions and verifying their effectiveness; auditor ethics (independence, impartiality, confidentiality).
At your own pace: the self-paced pathway
In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.
Estimate how long my pathway will take
- Duration
- about 4 weeks
- Estimated end
- 4 weeks after you start
- Examination
- Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
- Payment
- In a single payment
An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.
Admission
Experience of a quality, safety or environmental initiative assessed on application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.
The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Master's degree in Quality, Health, Safety and Environment, within a period set by the certificate regulations.