Internal auditor training
ISO 19011:2026

Guidelines for auditing management systems.

This course covers the main scope of ISO 19011:2026 and applies its guidance to practical internal auditing. It is suitable for individual or integrated management systems; the relevant ISO standard and sector examples are agreed before delivery.

Training syllabus

• Audit principles: integrity, fair reporting, professional care, confidentiality, independence, evidence and risk.
• Managing an audit programme: objectives, responsibilities, resources, scheduling, risks and opportunities, monitoring and improvement.
• Starting an audit: objectives, scope, criteria, feasibility and contact with the people being audited.
• Preparing the audit: reviewing information, planning activities, selecting methods, assigning work and preparing questions.
• Conducting the audit: opening meetings, interviews, observation, reviewing records, sampling and evaluating evidence.
• Remote and digital methods: choosing suitable approaches, recognising technology limitations and protecting confidential information.
• Findings and conclusions: linking evidence to criteria, distinguishing nonconformities from other findings and explaining conclusions clearly.
• Reporting and completion: closing meetings, preparing and distributing a clear report, and handling audit records.
• Follow-up: reviewing correction and corrective action and checking effectiveness where this is within the agreed audit scope.
• Auditor competence: relevant behaviour, knowledge, skills, evaluation and continued development for auditors and audit teams.

Practice, not just theory

Exercises can cover audit planning, evidence sampling, interviewing, writing findings and follow-up. We agree delivery, duration and assessment arrangements to suit the team’s experience and the intended audit responsibilities.

ISO 19011 is guidance, not a certification scheme for this course or its attendees. Attendance alone does not establish auditor competence. This is internal auditor training, not an accredited lead auditor qualification.

Built around your work.

Tell us about your activities, the roles attending and the issues you want to address. We will recommend an appropriate training approach and confirm the arrangements in your quotation.