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INTE

R

N

A

L

A

UD

IT

PR

OCE

DUR

E

BOS-

P

RD-1202.90020

3

4.5.2 C

o

mm

unication durin

g

t

h

e

QM

S audit

T

he

Q

M

S

Aud

i

t

T

eam

should

confer

per

i

od

i

ca

ll

y

to

e

x

change

i

nformat

i

on

,

assess

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

progress

,

and

to

reass

i

gn wor

k

between

the

A

udit

T

ea

m m

e

m

bers

as

needed

.

D

ur

i

ng

the

aud

i

t

,

the

QM

S

A

udit

T

ea

m

Leader

should

per

i

od

i

ca

ll

y

commun

i

cate

the

progress

of

the

aud

i

t

and

any

concerns

to

the

A

uditee

.

Ev

i

dence

co

ll

ected

dur

i

ng

the

aud

i

t

that

suggests

an

i

mmed

i

ate

and

s

i

gn

i

f

i

cant

r

i

s

k (

e

.

g

.

safety

,

env

i

ronmenta

l

or

q

ua

li

ty

)

shall

be

reported w

i

thout

de

l

ay

to

the

A

uditee

.

Any

concern

about

an

i

ssue

outs

i

de

the

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

scope

shall

be

noted

and

reported

to

the

QM

S

A

udit

T

ea

m

Leader

,

for

poss

i

b

l

e

commun

i

cat

i

on

to

the

A

uditee

and

Q

ua

l

it

y

Re

p

resentati

v

e

.

W

here

the

ava

il

ab

l

e

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

ev

i

dence

i

nd

i

cates

that

the

aud

i

t

ob

j

ect

i

ves

are

unatta

i

nab

l

e

,

the

QM

S

A

udit

T

ea

m

Leader

should

report

the

reasons

to

the

A

uditee

and

to

the

Q

ua

l

it

y

Re

p

resentati

v

e,

to

determ

i

ne

appropr

i

ate

act

i

on

. S

uch

act

i

on

should

i

nc

l

ude

reconf

i

rmat

i

on

or

mod

i

f

i

cat

i

on

of

the

Audit Plan

,

changes

to

the

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

ob

j

ect

i

ves

or

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

scope

,

or

term

i

nat

i

on of

the

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

.

Any

need

for

changes

to

the

aud

i

t

scope wh

i

ch

can

become

apparent

as

on

-

s

i

te

aud

i

t

i

ng

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

progress

should

be

rev

i

ewed

w

i

th

and

approved

by

the

Q

ua

l

it

y

Re

p

resentati

v

e

(or

A

udit

M

ana

g

er)

,

and

,

as

appropr

i

ate

,

the

A

uditee

.

4.5.3

Ro

l

es and

res

p

onsibi

l

ities of

G

uides and

O

bser

v

ers

G

u

i

des

and

O

bservers may

accompany

the

QM

S

A

udit

T

ea

m

but

are

not

a

part

of

i

t

. T

hey

shall

not

i

nf

l

uence

or

i

nterfere w

i

th

the

conduct

of

the

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

.

W

hen

G

u

i

des

are

appo

i

nted

by

the

A

uditee

,

they

shall

ass

i

st

the

Q

M

S

Aud

i

t

T

eam

and

act

on

the

re

q

uest

of

the

QM

S

A

udit

T

ea

m

Leader

. T

he

i

r

respons

i

b

ili

t

i

es may

i

nc

l

ude

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng:

x

Estab

li

sh

i

ng

contacts

and

t

i

m

i

ng

for

i

nterv

i

ews

;

x

Arrang

i

ng

v

i

s

i

ts

to

spec

i

f

i

c

parts

of

the

s

i

te or

O

rgan

i

zat

i

on

;

x

Ensur

i

ng

that

ru

l

es

concern

i

ng

s

i

te

safety

and

secur

i

ty

procedures

are

k

nown

and

respected

by

the

A

udit

T

ea

m m

e

m

bers

;

x

Wi

tness

i

ng

the aud

i

t

on

beha

l

f

of

the

A

uditee

;

x

Prov

i

d

i

ng

c

l

ar

i

f

i

cat

i

on

or

ass

i

st

i

ng

i

n

co

ll

ect

i

ng

i

nformat

i

on

.

4.5.4 C

o

ll

ectin

g

and

v

erif

y

in

g

infor

m

ation

D

ur

i

ng

the

aud

i

t

, i

nformat

i

on

re

l

evant

to

the

Q

M

S

aud

i

t

ob

j

ect

i

ves

,

scope

and

cr

i

ter

i

a

, i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

i

nformat

i

on

re

l

at

i

ng

to

i

nterfaces

between

funct

i

ons

,

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

and

processes

shall

be

co

ll

ected

by

appropr

i

ate

samp

li

ng

and

shall

be

ver

i

f

i

ed

. O

n

l

y

i

nformat

i

on

that

i

s

ver

i

f

i

ab

l

e may be

Q

M

S

aud

i

t ev

i

dence

. Q

M

S

aud

i

t

ev

i

dence

shall

be

recorded

.

T

he

aud

i

t

ev

i

dence

i

s

based

on

samp

l

es

of

the

ava

il

ab

l

e

i

nformat

i

on

. T

herefore

there

i

s

an

e

l

ement

of

uncerta

i

nty

i

n

aud

i

t

i

ng

,

and

those

act

i

ng upon

the

aud

i

t

conc

l

us

i

ons

should

be aware of

th

i

s

uncerta

i

nty

.

Methods

to

co

ll

ect

i

nformat

i

on

i

nc

l

ude:

x

I

nterv

i

ew

;

x

O

bservat

i

on

of

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

;

and

,

x

R

ev

i

ew of

documents

.

T

he

sources

of

i

nformat

i

on

chosen may

i

nc

l

ude

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng:

x

I

nterv

i

ews w

i

th emp

l

oyees

and

other

persons

;

x

O

bservat

i

ons

of

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

and

the

surround

i

ng wor

k

env

i

ronment and

cond

i

t

i

ons

;

x

D

ocuments

,

such

as

po

li

cy

,

ob

j

ect

i

ves

,

p

l

ans

,

procedures

,

standards

, i

nstruct

i

ons

, li

cences

and

perm

i

ts

,

spec

i

f

i

cat

i

ons

,

draw

i

ngs

,

contracts

and

orders

;

x

R

ecords

,

such

as

i

nspect

i

on

records

,

m

i

nutes

of meet

i

ngs

,

aud

i

t

reports

,

records

of mon

i

tor

i

ng

programmes

and

the

resu

l

ts

of measurements

;

x

D

ata

summar

i

es

,

ana

l

yses

and

performance

i

nd

i

cators

;

x

I

nformat

i

on

on

the

A

uditee

’

s

samp

li

ng

programmes

and

on

procedures

for

the

contro

l

of

samp

li

ng

and

measurement processes

;

x

R

eports

from

other

sources

,

for

e

x

amp

l

e

,

customer

feedbac

k,

other

re

l

evant

i

nformat

i

on

from

e

x

terna

l

part

i

es

and

S

upp

li

er

rat

i

ngs

;

x

Computer

i

zed databases

and web

s

i

tes

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-1202.0001-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

2011-0

3

-2

3

.

Vers

i

on

date:

201

5

-12-10.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

Q

M

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Aud

i

t Manager

.

Approved

by:

BOS Q

H

S

E Manager

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS Q

ua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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