ISO 19443:2018. Training of internal auditors

The ISO 19443:2018 standard was published in June 2018. It constitutes a set of additional requirements to the 2015 version of the ISO 9001 standard for organizations in the supply chain of the nuclear energy sector supplying products or services important to nuclear safety. In addition to the seven quality management principles already described in ISO 9001:2015, the new ISO19443 standard places particular emphasis on three complementary principles which are: - safety culture, - the identification of items and activities important for nuclear safety and - the graded approach to the application of the requirements. As such, this standard becomes an essential tool for the internal audit teams of these same organizations who must assess both compliance with these additional principles and the requirements of the standard as well as progress in terms of the maturity of the monitoring system of the quality management of their organizations.

Duration: 1 day

Objectives :
• Familiarize internal auditors with the requirements of the ISO19443 standard including both those of the ISO 9001: 2015 standard and the additional nuclear requirements applicable for items and activities important for nuclear safety;
• Understand the specific concepts of nuclear safety culture, a graded approach to the requirements of their quality management system and the methodological approach intended to determine what are, within their organization, the articles and IPSN activity.
• Know the good practices, the vocabulary and the additional elements provided by document ISO/TR 4450 - edition 2020-05: Guide for the application of ISO 19443: 2018.
• Highlight the requirements of the ISO19443 standard which require special attention during internal audits of their organization and propose a standard audit plan.

Public et Requirements :
• Anyone involved in organizations providing products or services important for nuclear safety and in charge - in the short or medium term - of internal audit assignments within their organizations or external audits within the organization of subsidiaries and sub-subsidiaries of their company
• Knowledge of quality management and, if possible, of the nuclear energy secto,
• Communicate in French or English depending on the language of training.

Trainer skills / Educational, technical and supervisory resources:
• Training in English or French by a nuclear safety specialist, ISO9001 qualified and with a solid knowledge of the ISO19443:2018 standard
• Training materials (electronic) provided to participants (after the training) and projection of slides on screen,
• Theoretical presentations illustrated by the presentation of solutions or practical cases,
• Maximum of 12 participants per training session.

Assessment methods / Documents issued if the assessment is successful:
• Evaluation of the training by the trainees through a Bureau Veritas quality document,
• Assessment of the acquisition of knowledge by the trainees (multiple choice quiz),
• Granting of a Bureau Veritas training follow-up certificate.

Program (non-exhaustive):
• The requirements of the ISO19443 standard;
• The specific notions of nuclear safety culture, graded approach and methodological approach;
• Best practices, vocabulary and additional elements provided by document ISO/TR 4450 - edition 2020-05: Guide for the application of ISO 19443:2018;
• Highlighting the requirements of the ISO19443 standard which require special attention during internal audits of the organization;
• Proposition of a standard audit plan.