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[Sankara narayanan]

I passed the QMS lead auditor course conducted by SGS Ghana in Oct'06. They have issue a certificate too saying that certificate is valid for three years.

How does the certificate help me in pursuing a career in the field of auditing? Do I have to get registered with IRCA? Even though I have 20 years experience in the field of manufacturing, auding field has fascinated me. I was the MR for QMS in my previous company and now the Food Safety Leader in the present company.

Can any one help with some inputs?

Sankara Narayanan

[jamesgibb]

Sankara,

Regarding the expiry date on the certificate this is if you want to achieve IRCA auditor certification.

you can check the audit criteria at the IRCA website http://www.irca.org/...cation_1_1.html

Depending upon your experience and the number of second (supplier) and third party (Certification) audits that you have carried out you can achieve a level of auditing certification.

if you haven't yet carried out any audits you can begin to develop your auditing experience by working with certification bodies I know that 1 organisation offers potential auditors the opportunity to build up IRCA auditing experience http://www.ferribyma....com/index.html

I hope this helps you

James

[Sankara narayanan]

Dear James,

if you haven't yet carried out any audits you can begin to develop your auditing experience by working with certification bodies I know that 1 organisation offers potential auditors the opportunity to build up IRCA auditing experience http://www.ferribyma....com/index.html

I tried this link and sent queries to them , but mails are not going through at all.

Again as a novice, how do I start? Any body can help?

Best regards,

A Sankara Narayanan

[Simon]

Dear James,

if you haven't yet carried out any audits you can begin to develop your auditing experience by working with certification bodies I know that 1 organisation offers potential auditors the opportunity to build up IRCA auditing experience http://www.ferribyma....com/index.html

I tried this link and sent queries to them , but mails are not going through at all.

Again as a novice, how do I start? Any body can help?

Best regards,

A Sankara Narayanan

Anyone help Sankara with this one?

[Charles.C]

Dear Sankara,

It's not my profession but the first answer to yr question which comes to mind is to consult SGS since this seems like a perfect option for them to get more business which usually would not be ignored (although perhaps this route represents a conflict of interest )

Below is only a suggestion, I realise it represents a rather low-level option in view of yr current competence / experience -

I can see that this could be a sort of "Catch 22 scenario" which I presume is the reason for this option (pg3, step1). (this is googled, you shd check current validity if interested). -

http://www.irca.org/...ads/IRCA167.pdf.

The further practical implementation of this choice is for example discussed here -

http://forum.irca.or...asp?$sid=&id=23

Rgds / Charles.C

Edited by Charles.C, 22 March 2007 - 05:49 AM.

[Sankara narayanan]

Dear Charles,

Thank you very much for the suggestions. The attachments seem to be helpful( am going through them).

Best regards,

A Sankara Narayanan