Internal audit checklists for other standards
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What are the main objectives of an internal audit?
Whether you're undergoing an internal audit or external audit for certification to management system standards like ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 or improving your management system's internal audit regime, the internal audit checklists will add structure and consistency to your internal audit process.
The audit checklists improve efficiency and ensures that nonconformities and areas for improvement are identified promptly. It is an essential tool for achieving continuous improvement, regulatory compliance, and preparing for both internal and external audits.
Enhance your business's auditing capabilities with audit checklists that simplify the capture of management system performance data. The format of the audit checklist encourages the auditor to document objective evidence based on your business's processes, the characteristics of each process, and the requirements of the audit standard.
The internal audit checklists provide a clear structure for auditors, helping them focus on the most critical aspects of the business, which makes the audit process more efficient. Choose from a range of individual and integrated internal audit checklists based on the requirements defined by the following standards: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, and the 2024 climate change amendments.
Supporting continuous improvement
Internal audits are essential for identifying opportunities for improvement in processes, products, or services. The checklist helps auditors focus on areas where performance can be enhanced. Regular audits using our internal checklist will help drive your organization toward continuous improvement, enhancing the overall quality and performance, reducing waste, and optimizing resources.
What are the internal audit requirements?
The internal audit requirements arise from Subclauses 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 of standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, or ISO 45001 and their associated subparagraphs, which provide a clear framework for conducting internal audits. The audit checklists comprise tables of the certifiable (‘shall’) requirements, phrased as a question, from Section 4.0 to Section 10.0 of each standard.
By developing the ISO 9001 internal audit checklists to align with the concepts, guidelines, and terminology given in ISO 19011:2018 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems, the internal audit checklists deliver clear, concise, and well-documented content that reduces the risk of nonconformities.
How do you do process audits?
Effective process auditing requires the auditor to identify and record audit trails that will make a difference to the business. Once your management system has matured, businesses should develop a process approach to their internal auditing programme in order to verify that individual management system processes are performing and producing outputs in accordance with the planned outcomes.
Use the process audit template, which replicates the turtle diagram from the internal audit procedure, to encourage the auditors to review the inputs, outputs, risks, controls, activities, equipment, materials, personnel, and methods of measurement for all processes, activities, and shifts.
How do you conduct an internal audit?
The internal audit checklist is just one of the many tools available from the auditor’s toolbox that help ensure your audits address the necessary requirements. Completing the internal audit checklists and questionnaires encourages involvement and auditee participation whilst ensuring transparent conduct.
The process audit does not assess all aspects of the management system at once. Instead, it relies on sampling the applicable requirements and reviewing operating procedures, work instructions, contracts, policies, plans, organization charts, flow charts, etc., including the linkages among these documents to determine effectiveness.
Individual internal audit checklists
The fully editable internal audit checklists comprise the certifiable requirements from each respective management system standard, phrased as questions, to help you ensure that each clause is addressed.
Individual Internal Audit Checklists |
OAC1.1 ISO 9001:2015 QMS |
OAC1.2 ISO 14001:2015 EMS |
OAC1.3 ISO 45001:2018 OHS |
OAC1.4 IATF 16949:2016 QMS |
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OAC1.1 ISO 9001:2015 QMS |
OAC1.2 ISO 14001:2015 EMS |
OAC1.3 ISO 45001:2018 OHS |
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Individual internal audit checklist combos
Use the internal audit checklists to undertake clause-by-clause audits in preparation for implementation, gap analysis, or certification. Store the audit results and track information for the audit trail.
Individual Internal Audit Checklist Combos |
OAC2.1 ISO QMS & EMS |
OAC2.2 ISO QMS & OHS |
OAC2.3 ISO EMS & OHS |
OAC2.4 QMS, EMS & OHS |
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Integrated internal audit checklists
Avoid duplicating work, cut costs and save time! Without compromising the intent of the individual standards, the integrated internal audit checklists capture and deploy the diverse requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
Integrated Internal Audit Checklists |
OAC3.1 Integrated QMS & EMS |
OAC3.2 Integrated QMS & OHS |
OAC3.3 Integrated EMS & OHS |
OAC3.4 Integrated QMS, EMS & OHS |
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Internal audit checklist formatting and compatibility
The editable internal audit checklists are supplied in .xlsx format. They are compatible with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat for Windows or MAC and are compatible with SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365, and all proprietary digital storage solutions. The templates are supplied as .zip files for fast download (3.9 to 5.2Mb)| extracted .docx and .pdf file sizes are between 4.5 and 6.0Mb.
How do I prepare an ISO audit checklist?
We’ve all heard the term ‘audit criteria’ but what exactly does it mean? As defined in ISO 19011:2018, audit criteria are used as ‘a reference against which conformity is determined’. It goes on to say that ‘The criteria may include one or more of the following:
- Policies, processes, and procedures;
- Performance criteria including objectives, statutory and regulatory requirements, management system requirements;
- Information regarding the context and the risks and opportunities as determined by the auditee (including relevant external/internal interested parties’ requirements);
- Business sector codes of conduct or other planned arrangements.
Basically, all documented information that helps you to prove the consistency and compliance of your quality management system should be part of the scope for each individual audit. If you are auditing to verify that the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 are implemented, then the standard itself becomes the audit criteria.
If you are going to audit your quality management system documentation as per ISO 9001:2015, the audit criteria become ISO 9001:2015, and relevant quality management system documentation such as the quality manual, procedures, work instructions, standard operating procedures, and forms, etc.
If you are going to conduct a product audit against a production control plan, the audit criteria will be the control plan itself, or relevant parts of it. The same applies when auditing an operator to see whether they follow the Work Instruction, the audit criteria is the Work Instruction for that process and any applicable criteria.
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