Audit techniques

The audit team members are selected for their experience, knowledge, training, familiarity with the procei i and auditing techniques, practices, and procedures. The size of the team denends... 

Auditing techniques vary somewhat, but we discuss here three useful steps that can be used as a guide. 

Auditing methods can validate data. Audit techniques are commonly used to validate data entries into a metrics system. Such techniques may include reviewing the data and asking some selected questions, such as ... 

C. Visvanathan (Asian Institute of Technology in Klongluang Pathumthani, Thailand), who contributed the chapter on Industrial Waste Auditing, writes, As new opportunities to reuse and recycle industrial waste are explored, complete prohling of waste is essential. The lirst step to exploring such an opportunity is to undertake comprehensive waste auditing. This chapter discusses industrial waste audit techniques in an easy, simple, step-by-step approach that can even be understood by those who are new to the subject."... 

Air Infiltration Measurement - A building energy auditing technique used to determine and/or locate air leaks in a building shell or envelope. 

A second point needs to be made about the scope of this chapter the role of checklists. As will be seen, checldists have assumed importance as techniques for conducting human factors audits. They can also be used alone as evaluation devices, in applications as diverse as VDT workplaces (Ctikir et al. 1980), and risk factor assessment (Keyserfing et al. 1992). Hence, the structure tuid use of checklists will be covered in some detail independently of their use as an auditing technique. 

One consideration on audit technique design and use is the extent of computer involvement. Computers are now inexpensive, portable, and powerful and can thus be used to assist data collection. 

One of the auditors (from the auditing company) was knowledgeable in audit techniques (paragraph o.5). 

Health and safety representatives who have received specific accident investigation training could be used to assist in accident and near-miss incident investigations. Since they will be conducting both formal and informal inspections, a training session in auditing techniques will help them to audit safety standards in their own areas. 

Guldenmunda, F. Hale, A. Goossens, L. Betten, J. Duijm, N.l. 2006 The development of an audit technique to assess the quality of safety barrier management , Haz Afaterial VoX. 130, pp. 234-241. 

Reviewing documentation is a standard safety conformance appraisal (audit) technique. It is important to understand whether hazards are tracked to completion and if the tracking system is effective. In addition, it can be used to determine the quality of specific activities—for example, activity-based safety, behavior-based safety, self-inspections, or routine hazard analyses. 

Benchmarks and performance standards Management system auditing techniques... 

It is imperative that we train people on proper auditing techniques, elements to look for, the importance of using good communication skiUs, and ways to always make audits a positive experience. We must never assume that because a person is a long-time employee, he or she automaticaUy knows what to do and how to do it. We must ensure that everyone is properly trained. 

Checking documentation is a standard audit technique. It is particularly useful for understanding whether the tracking of hazards to correction is effective. It can also be used to determine the quality of certain activities, such as self-inspections or routine hazard analysis. 

Under more attentive conditions, the average error rate is closer to two errors per hour (the rate observed in civil aviation over a series of more than 3,000 flights these results were obtained from the Line Oriented Safety Audit (LOSA) type of large-scale online audit techniques [19, 20]). 

The selection of an effective audit team members is critical to the success of the program. Audit individuals should have adequate experience, knowledge and training with auditing techniques, practices and procedures. 

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