Purpose

To establish, implement and maintain a procedure to determine if the QEH&S Management System has been implemented and maintained according to requirements of the Standards, and for reporting audit results to management for review.

This procedure identifies internal audit scheduling/frequency (based QEH&S importance and results of previous audits), methods and responsibilities for conducting and reporting audit results.

Responsibility and Authority

The QEH&S Management Representative shall have the responsibility and authority to ensure conformance to the activities described in this procedure.

Procedure

1. The QEH&S Management Representative shall utilize qualified in-house personnel or contract with a qualified third party to perform management system audits. Qualified auditors shall hold a certificate of completion of an ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and R2 certification body auditor or internal auditor course(s).

2. The QEH&S Management Representative shall be responsible for coordinating the audit schedule with the external auditor.

3. All requirements of our QEH&S MS shall be audited at least once every 12 months.

4. An audit of systems and procedures shall be conducted by a qualified auditor(s) selected by the QEH&S Management Representative. Auditors shall not audit their own work.

5. Auditors gather objective evidence through the following techniques: interviewing employees, reviewing documents, reviewing records, and observing activities/processes.

6. Each internal audit shall have a plan. An Audit Plan can be written by a qualified third party auditor and approved by QEH&S Management Representative. Results shall be written up in a formal report.

7. The audit plan will include, at a minimum:

1. audit date, time and place,

2. auditee name,

3. auditors and their specific assignments,

4. scope-including identification of physical location, activities to be audited, documents to be audited such as logistics tracking and reporting format,

8. Nonconformities (NCs) and Opportunities for Improvements (OFIs) shall be noted and documented in the Audit Report. Corrective and Preventive actions shall be documented via the CAPA Process.

9. If any deficiencies are determined by the QEH&S Management Representative to be of such a nature that additional audits are required, those requirements will be audited more frequently as determined by the QEH&S Management Representative.

10. The QEH&S Management Representative shall be responsible for maintaining records of the Internal Audits.

11. The QEH&S Management Representative shall report the results of the audit at the next subsequent Management Review meeting or sooner if the audit results indicate any serious deficiencies.

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