AS9100D Internal Auditor

About this course

What you will be able to do

• Explain the requirements of AS9100D clause by clause, distinguishing the aerospace additions from the ISO 9001:2015 base.
• Plan a process-based internal audit programme using performance data, risk and previous results.
• Audit operational processes for conformity and effectiveness using the 9101 process effectiveness scale.
• Audit first article inspection, configuration management, traceability, counterfeit prevention, FOD and special process controls on real records.
• Audit external provider control, including flow-down of clause 8.4.3 requirements and delegated verification.
• Gather and record objective evidence through document review, interview and observation.
• Write nonconformity statements that cite the requirement and the evidence, and classify them.
• Evaluate root cause analysis, including human factors, and verify the effectiveness of corrective action.

Course outline

1. 1

   AS9100D overview for auditors

   What an internal auditor needs to know about the standard, the certification scheme and the way certification body auditors work, so that internal audits add value and prepare the organization.

   About 45 minutes, then a module quiz

2. 2

   Requirements in depth: clauses 4 to 7

   Clause-by-clause coverage of context, leadership, planning and support, with the aerospace additions and what an internal auditor samples for each.

   About 60 minutes, then a module quiz

3. 3

   Requirements in depth: clauses 8 to 10 and the aerospace additions

   The operational clauses where most aerospace additions sit, plus performance evaluation and improvement, each with what an auditor samples and the tip that finds the gap.

   About 90 minutes, then a module quiz

4. 4

   Auditing fundamentals

   What an audit is, the principles that make it credible, and what AS9100D requires of internal audit at clause 9.2.

   About 40 minutes, then a module quiz

5. 5

   The audit process

   Planning, preparing, conducting and closing an audit of a quality management system, step by step, with the evidence-gathering techniques auditors rely on.

   About 55 minutes, then a module quiz

6. 6

   Auditing AS9100D in practice

   Process-based auditing the 9101 way, applied internally: first article records, counterfeit controls, configuration management, FOD, special processes, external providers, product safety and the findings that come up again and again.

   About 70 minutes, then a module quiz

7. 7

   Nonconformities and root cause

   How to recognise, grade and write a nonconformity, and how to judge whether the corrective action under AS9100D clause 10.2 has dealt with the cause.

   About 45 minutes, then a module quiz

8. 8

   Audit reporting and follow-up

   Writing a report people act on, verifying corrective action, closing findings, and turning audit results into input for management review at clause 9.3.

   About 35 minutes, then a module quiz

9. Final examination and certificate

   30 questions drawn from the course bank. Score 75% or higher to receive your Certificate of Completion.