IRCA Quality Management Systems Certification Scheme
The IRCA Quality Management Systems (QMS) Certification Scheme is for auditors working with ISO 9001:2015.
Who the scheme is for
- Quality management system auditors, such as those employed by third-party certification bodies/registrars or by purchasing organisations (second-party auditors)
- Quality management practitioners, such as quality management consultants, quality managers and third-party certification managers
- Employees conducting quality management system audits within their own organisations (internal audits).
Requirements
As a quality management systems auditor you will need to demonstrate that you:
- Have knowledge of basic quality management principles
- Understand the quality management tools and techniques applied in organisations which enable you to assess a quality management system, and generate audit findings and conclusions
- Understand an organisation’s operational activities and interactions, and their relationship with product quality.
The scheme is based on ISO 9001: 2015 Quality management systems – Requirements.
We accept some QMS standards as alternatives to ISO 9001. If you are auditing to a standard other than ISO 9001, download the document below to see if it is an acceptable alternative.
If you are auditing to a standard which is not on this list but you think ought to be, please contact us at applications@quality.org .
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