Information

• Certification Program Title
  Quality Auditor (TÜV) (accredited Personnel Certificate according to EOQ-Model)
• Admission Requirements

  Requirements for admission to the certification:

  • Quality Representative (TÜV) and Quality Manager (TÜV) certificates or equivalent accredited qualifications
  • Successfully completed examination as Quality Auditor (TÜV) (no longer than 18 months ago)
  • A completed qualification from a vocational school, a university or a university of applied sciences
  • 4 years of professional experience in a full time position, (with vocational school qualification (technician or master craftsman) 5 years full time are necessary) 2 years of which must be quality related
  • Participation in at least 4 complete quality audits ( as auditor) with at least 20 days for the inspection of documentation, audit planning, carrying out of audit and audit report, of which 10 audit days spent on site.
• Examination Components

  Evaluation of the submitted documentation by the accredited certification body.

• Required Competencies

  Certificate holders have proven practical experience in quality management and in carrying out quality audits. They can carry out internal and external audits and evaluate whether a management system fulfills the requirements of DIN EN ISO 9001.

• Recertification

  At the end of the 3 years (from examination date onwards) recertification is possible.

  Current requirements for recertification*:

  
  Quality Auditors must have

  • carried out at least 1 external QM-Audit of a length of no less than 2 days or per year or carried out a t least 3 external QM audits of a minimum length of 6 days on site in the 3 year certification period.

  or

  • carried out at least 2 internal QM audits per year of a minimum length of 2 days on site per audit, however in the 3 year period a minimum of 6 internal QM audits with a length of at least 12 audit days on site in total.

  and

  They must have also taken part in a minimum of 1 day training, in which changes in the topic of quality management and quality audit are covered.

  * Recertification criteria are those relevant at the time of recertification.

• Available in
  Deutschland