ISO Auditing

Many people enroll in ISO Auditor Training worldwide.
When Covid 19 became a fact of life for everyone in the world, classroom courses disappeared and were replaced by the video conferencing. After Covid, remote auditing became a norm and has become a cost effective alternative for companies and a time savings for auditors.

Of important note is that the majority of people who become an ISO Lead Auditor never embark on the course of becoming a full time auditor. There are a number of reasons for this:

Firstly, being a good auditor requires practice, perseverance and constant application. ISO auditing cannot be a part time job unless the auditor is a retiree. Even then, the auditor needs to keep current in his/her qualifications.

Secondly, when you are a highly qualified ISO auditor you are typically in high demand and hence very busy. What this means is that you will have a very rigid schedule of audits which can quite often be back to back or week to week. A typical audit can last anywhere from 1 to 5 days depending on the requirements. This means that a typical auditor will always be travelling and living in a hotel and eating at restaurants all the time. Now for some people this sounds like a lot of fun but I can assure you it’s not for the faint of heart. Travelling for work is totally different than travelling while on vacation. If you travel for a long time, it makes for a lonely existence. Most people typically don’t fare well over a long term “living out of a suitcase”.

Thirdly, ISO auditing is hard work. If you take it seriously it’s mentally tiring. Auditing an organization is serious business. The reputation of the Certifying body is in jeopardy if the ISO auditor is not competent. Moreover the livelihood of an organization is at stake if an auditor does not exercise good common sense or discretion while auditing. This is because some companies are required to have ISO 9001:2015 certification in good standing in order to continue doing business with their customers. This not only means current business but future business. Many customers do not allow a company to bid on new business if they’re not ISO 9001:2015 certified. In fact, governments around the world are starting to make it mandatory that a company be ISO certified before they are even allowed to bid on a government project. Even large companies won’t allow a prospective supplier to bid on work if they are not showing a minimum of ISO 9001 certification.

ISO Auditing is a very serious and respectable profession. ISO Certification Consultants Inc. is one such professional organization.
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