Certified training: Yes or No?  The choice is up to you.

Now, you can choose.  In 13+ years of providing certified lead auditor training courses, we’ve changed our courses dramatically to match the changing needs of our customers and the improved versions of ISO Management Systems. Twenty five years after ISO9000 system was first introduced and 15 years after the first version of the ISO14001 standard, a lot of people want lead auditor training but do not intend on changing careers to become a professional auditor. Customers have been asking ‘ why do I have to pay the extra money for a certified training course if I don’t intend to pay the annual dues to join the organization and become a certified auditor?’.  Good question.

The choice is up to you, now.  We offer the same side-by-side schedules in cities all over the USA. The training is exactly the same whether you register for the certified version of the course or the QAI version.  You will receive the same competency evaluation processes.  You will receive an attendance certificate. You can earn a certificate of successful competency completion to demonstrate that you have passed a competency evaluation by QAI. 

What is the difference? The cost: the certified version costs a little more.  If you want the price of your training to include third-party certification then all you have to do is pay the extra charge. If you want lead auditor training, need a competency evaluation, but don’t intend to pay annual dues to join a certification bureau then save yourself a couple dollars by registering for our non-certified version. 

As for the service that QAI will provide to you at the session that you choose, the training is exactly the same: same schedules, same cities, same instructor, same materials, same great workbook and the same classroom.  The dollar decision choice is up to you.  We’ll provide the same great training either way.

About the course:

Since 1999, QAI has taught tens of thousands of people to be effective auditors, audit team members, and audit team leaders.  Our successful pass-fail rate of over 98% proves that point.   

In 2006, QAI paved the way for a Lead Auditor training class that matches the normal working hours that adults are accustomed to working.  And, instead of cramming in an outdated style of brain dump training that is based purely on the results of a 2-hour examination on day five, in the QAI competency based Lead Auditor training session you’ll get four days of 8a-5p instruction that includes hands on activities and practice, with multi-media and high tech video training techniques that make your training enjoyable, learnable, fast, challenging and, therefore, fun with results that are measurable. 

Competency based training includes multiple examination activities that take place several times each day. You’ll receive feedback and guidance in each examination activity.  The feedback and guidance are to help make certain that you not only understand the material but are able to apply it in your job.  These multiple examinations help us to assure that students understand and are grasping material. It enables our expert instructors to assess the learning and instruction that has occurred to that point, provide guidance to help the student understand any gaps that may not have been closed to that point.  Re-assessing and re-guiding from an instructor with real world experiences helps to improve your confidence in your abilities, help you to apply the newly learned information, and helps to make you a competence person.

This training course includes a competency based training evaluation designed by QAI.  Forget about the 'boot camp' days of Lead Auditor training  that are still commonly available on the marketplace because you'll leave this newly designed training course everyday by 5pm.  Plus, you’ll have the peace of mind of knowing your final pass-fail results during the class.  You don’t have to wait for days or weeks to find out if you passed. 

Competency based training is different: let us show you, and your students, how competency based training is different, better, and provides the opportunity to create more experienced, effective and competent auditors.

With energetic, enthusiastic, and experienced internationally certified auditors as our instructors you'll get more than just a pretty face at all QAI training sessions. Designed from scratch as a competency based training session, you can forget about the 'boot camp' days of lead auditor training: this class runs 8a-5p each day.  No long nights with mounds of homework.  Come see how competency based training is different.

In this QAI Lead Auditor course, you get real-world, professional know-how partnered with outstanding training materials.  A handsome, durable, and professionally prepared student book will display smartly and unmistakably and will serve you nicely in your reference section for years to come. Finally, you get the support of an ISO9001 registered training company. 

With multiple, progressive learning approaches including hands-on practice auditing, our EMS Lead Auditor training course prepare graduates to become proficient and professional EMS auditors. 

The course includes a complete and thorough review of the ISO14001 standard including a look back at the history of environmental movements that have led to the current standardized approach of the ISO14001 system. 

The workshop includes a special section for identifying Environmental Aspects and ranking and identifying their potential impact. We’ll describe what is required, what to include, how to maintain them, what auditors will look for, and what your internal auditors should look for.  This session includes a practical recommendation for a means to easily facilitate and accomplish this process using well industry tools.

Lecture topics will include implementation and documentation strategies and methods. Workshop activities are designed to strengthen your ability to assess a complete EMS system and its conformance to the standard.

Group case studies with mock auditing reinforce the learning process and help to familiarize students with process auditing. The course is designed around an actual case study of a facility and its’ Environmental Management System. Students end the course conducting an assessment of the case study facility and making a recommendation on registration. 

Under the new competency requirements program, we administer examinations throughout the course so that you get feedback right away and throughout the course about how well you are doing.   When you leave this course you will already know if you have passed the course: no more waiting for results of a final examination like the old boot camp days of Lead Auditor training. 

If you're in line to take a lead auditor training class, you're really going to like the new competency based training format used by QAI in all of our Lead Auditor training courses.  This format helps ensure that the entire class is progressing, understanding, and comprehending the material using competency based skills testing at various points throughout the class.  We've taught thousands of persons using this format.  Students like this format because they know if they have passed when they leave the class not weeks later.  Instructors like this format because they get feedback along the way about well they are doing in transferring critical knowledge.  It is a blend that works for everyone.


Course hours: 8a-5p daily

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