Plan and prepare an audit
Planning is four steps and nothing is saved until the last. Preparing fixes the team and the checklist version, so what the audit asks cannot change underneath it.
Plan an audit
Section titled “Plan an audit”Open Audits › Audits and select Plan an audit.
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Which audit. Audits due on the programme come first, marked when they are past their month or due date. Or choose one that is not on the programme and pick the reason from the list.
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Scope and objectives. Choose the areas (one or several) or a supplier, what the audit sets out to establish, and the checklist it asks. Checklists that cover the areas you chose are marked. Select Show what to consider to see, for that area: findings still open, findings in the last 12 months, fixes verified not effective, and when it was last audited.
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When. Pick the week of fieldwork. Each week shows how many other audits are already in fieldwork then. A suggested length comes from the size of the checklist.
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Check. Read it through and select Plan the audit.
The audit is now Planned.
Put the team together
Section titled “Put the team together”On the audit’s page, under The team:
| Role | Who |
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| Lead auditor | An auditor authorised to lead, for these areas. |
| Auditors | Authorised auditors. An auditor still in training joins as a trainee. |
| Observers | Anybody independent of the area. They record nothing. |
Wingcert refuses anybody who is not independent: nobody audits a department they belong to, or one above or beneath it, read from their record and every job they hold. For a supplier audit, nobody holding the supplier’s owner post may audit it.
Mark it prepared
Section titled “Mark it prepared”Under The plan, confirm the Scope, Checklist, Station and Fieldwork from date, then select Mark prepared.
Preparing fixes the checklist version the audit will ask. If somebody publishes a new version tomorrow, this audit is not affected.
| If you see | What it means |
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| Put a lead auditor on the team first. | Choose a lead under The team. |
| Pick the checklist the audit will ask from. | Choose a checklist under The plan. |
| Preparing an audit needs Create and schedule audits, or leading it. | Ask whoever plans audits, or the lead. |
Cancelling
Section titled “Cancelling”An audit can be cancelled while it is Planned or Prepared, by somebody holding Create and schedule audits. It stays on the register with your reason.
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