Before and during the course FAQs

We run this dedicated course to suit your organisation’s requirements at a time and venue of your choice. This gives you the opportunity to train all those who are interested in the role of remote auditing at one time on a single day. It is not available as a public course.

The Auditor Migration training course is certified by the CQI and IRCA, the body representing quality professionals, and satisfies the requirements for those who wish to maintain their IRCA OH&SMS auditor registration.

Delegates receive a certificate completion to provide evidence of their enhanced auditing skills.

The course is also equivalent to 14 hours CPD.

Yes, we will send you a certificate of attendance after the course. You can use this certificate as evidence of your new skills by adding it to your CV and LinkedIn profile, and sharing with colleagues around your organisation.

The course is equivalent to 14 hours CPD.

The Production Part Approval Process is used particularly though not exclusively within the aerospace and automotive industries to ensure that the parts suppliers manufacture are consistent.

If you are working within an organisation that manufactures and supplies parts, PPAP sets out a full set of process elements that will help you ensure the consistency your customers demand. It can also benefit your organisation by minimising errors and waste in processes, to deliver the quality required with greater efficiency.

PPAP skills are part of the wider APQP framework.

No, this course includes our Introduction to ISO 9001:2015 training course, which describes and explains the latest version of the standard, so you will gather all the knowledge you need during training.

Yes, to get the most out of this training course you do need to know about the requirements of ISO 9001 and the principles of quality management. If you do not have that knowledge yet, then you can achieve an understanding by first attending our Introduction to ISO 9001:2015 training course.

Many delegates have found this a useful approach, and we offer a discount of £100 to anyone who books both of these courses together.

If you are not sure whether your level of knowledge is adequate, or you would like to take advantage of the discount, please contact us and we can help.

You may be sent pre-course work with your joining instructions. This will help you understand how much knowledge you already have. It does not need to be sent back to us before the course, but you will be using it at the start of the course as the basis for group discussion.

The price of our dedicated training depends on the chosen course and location. Dedicated training generally delivers lower cost per delegate than scheduled public courses when you train 4 or more employees.

Cost savings are also made in relation to travel expenses and accommodation fees when training is undertaken at your venue, for example your offices, or online within our Virtual Classroom.

Your next step in quality systems in medical laboratories could be to train as an internal auditor. This would give you the skills to test your quality system against the requirements of ISO 15189, helping your organisation to improve on an ongoing basis. Our 2-day ISO 15189 Internal Auditor training course will teach you how to prepare, perform and follow up an internal audit.

If you are interested in the wider concept of quality systems within laboratories, you may like to take a look at our programme of training for ISO 17025, which range from introduction through to auditing and implementation.

After the training a simple course review questionnaire will be emailed to you – usually when the certificates are issued. We find that we get the best insights once delegates have had time to reflect on the experience. We read all feedback and act on it to improve our training offering.

You can read reviews for all our courses on the website.  Here you will find comments such as:

• ‘Rather than coming away from a training course feeling like I simply “ticked the box”, I came away enthused to continue training in this area and with a foundation mindset to use in conjunction with the course materials.’
• ‘I could apply what I learnt straight away the next day at work, and it proved to be very beneficial.’
• ‘Thanks to you and the tutors for all your help and guidance in getting me through the ISO9001 Lead Auditors course/exam. I cannot thank Bywater enough, as the help and guidance received has been second to none, and I will certainly be promoting you guys in any way that I can.’