Professionalism auditor qualifications

ASME uses quality system auditors experienced in the above-listed fields who have been certified to the international auditor qualification standard ISO 10011-2. Registration decision and policy making are conducted within the firamework of the ASME codes, standards, accreditation, and certification committee structure. The use of volunteers from industry and government provides for a high quality program that is administered in a fair, impartial, and professional manner. 

If safety and health audits are to be perceived as having value, the auditors must have the professional qualifications to make them. Safety professionals conducting audits need to consider how well they are prepared for the situation at hand and how best to approach the management personnel in the organization to be audited. Similarly, if persons external to an organization are engaged to make safety audits, the safety professionals hiring them should examine their credentials carefully. 

The paper also contains an extensive listing under the heading Specific Knowledge and Skills of Occupational Health and Safety Management System Auditors. The excepts here are to serve safety professionals in making a preliminary review of their own capabilities as auditors and in assessing the qualifications of auditors external to their organizations whom they may hire. 

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