MCT Beginning

1. Traps to be avoided by an auditor:

• Sharing advice or opinions
• Careful listening
• Keeping people waiting for you
• Discretion
• Reading the audit questionnaire spep by step
• Neglecting the work place at the expense of the documentation

2. The audit procedure contains, at minimum, instructions on how to:

• Plan the audits
• Conduct the audits
• Ensure auditor competence
• Assign the responsibility for managing the audit programme to a qualified person

3. The audit report often contains:

• Audit findings
• Auditor opinions
• Audit conclusions
• Auditor proposals
• Identified good practices

4. The implementation of the audit program requires:

• Its approval by top management
• Its communication to the concerned parties
• Audit plans to be followed
• Audit follow-up

5. The records related to the audits, among other things, contain the:

• Audit plan
• Audit report
• Audit procedure
• Evaluation of auditor competence
• Audit team members