PT 236 ISO 9001:2026 Internal Auditor Training Course

Yes, this is an IRCA Certified Training Course under Course ID 18113. The course is aligned to IRCA learning requirements for ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor training. It also supports learners who are seeking IRCA Internal QMS Auditor registration by meeting the training requirement.

This course is suitable for professionals who need to carry out first-party internal audits within a Quality Management System, known as QMS, based on ISO 9001:2015. It is also suitable for people who will audit a process, activity, department, or function, rather than carrying out a full certification-style audit. Learners should already understand the basics of ISO 9001:2015, or should have completed Fundamentals training before attending.

Yes, before registering for this course, you must be familiar with ISO 9001:2015 requirements, or you should have completed ISO 9001:2015 Fundamentals training. This is stated as an IRCA prerequisite for attending the course.

This course is the right level if you want to build competence to run internal audits of processes or functions within a QMS. It is designed as an advanced Internal Auditor course and goes beyond many standard or competitor internal auditor courses. You should already have familiarity with ISO 9001:2015, or have completed Fundamentals training, before attending.

To participate in a virtual live class, you will need a computer or laptop, a stable internet connection, and audio capability. All virtual learners will receive their joining link and access details before the training begins. For the best learning experience, we recommend joining from a quiet location where you can participate fully in the session.

The course is highly learner-centred and interactive, with minimal or no slides, following a “No Death by PowerPoint” approach. It includes real-life scenario activities across key audit stages, including on-site activities and meetings. The course is delivered by current consultants and practising auditors with real audit experience.

This two-day Internal Auditor course does not include a final written or online certification exam. Instead, the learning consultant carries out regular assessments throughout the class by evaluating learner participation, performance, and application during exercises and activities. Full attendance is required, and successful course completion is based on attendance together with satisfactory in-class assessment outcomes.

After completing the course, you will be able to audit a process, activity, department, or function within a QMS against ISO 9001:2026. You will also be able to plan and carry out internal audits using the audit lifecycle and appropriate audit objectives. In addition, you will be able to gather and verify evidence using wider audit methods, rather than relying only on interviews, and report findings effectively.

You will receive access to the relevant standards, together with supporting templates and learning materials. The course provides practical documents and examples to help strengthen your understanding of the audit process. Learners are also supported throughout the training in developing key outputs, such as an audit plan and other relevant audit documents. All materials are designed to help you apply the learning in a clear and practical way.

This course is positioned as an Advanced Internal Auditor course, with additional topics covered in more depth than many competitor courses. It places a strong focus on process effectiveness and on integrating QMS thinking with business processes to support better decisions. The course also develops competence using wider audit methods, including interviews, document review, and analysis of process data, product data, and operational records.

At Kelmac Group, our course covers the key requirements of ISO 9001:2026, internal audit planning, audit techniques, gathering objective evidence, identifying findings, reporting results, and follow-up audit activities.

Our ISO 9001:2026 internal audit training teaches you how to initiate, prepare an audit plan, determine the audit scope, identify audit risks and opportunities, gather audit evidence, evaluate conformity, record findings and audit classification, complete audit reporting and post audit activities follow-up.

At Kelmac Group, we teach auditors to base nonconformities on objective evidence and applicable requirements. Findings should clearly state the requirement, verifiable audit evidence and applicable audit criteria.

An internal audit is conducted by or on behalf of the organisation on their own QMS, while an external audit is an audit performed on a customer or supplier vendor by an independent internal or external auditor/audit team based upon agreed audit criteria typically focused on the product/service specification; master quality agreement; and potentially ISO 9001:2026 requirement. A certification audit is carried out by a IAC accredited certification body or registrar to assess the organization’s eligibility for ISO 9001 certification based upon ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 requirements.

We recommend developing the audit checklist around the organization’s business processes, standard operating procedures or work instruction and other documented information, risks and controls. It should support the audit covering the business process characteristics/ parameters; investigations to be undertaken; audit evidence collected; audit methods used to collect the audit evidence; audit findings; audit finding classification and rationale.