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QAP 170

Internal Quality Audits

a. PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure is to verify that the quality system continues to be effective
and that activities comply with planned arrangements.

b. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
This procedure applies to internal quality auditing activities which are undertaken
throughout the company.
c. DEFINITIONS

None
d. CROSS REFERENCE

 Quality manual, clause d.17
 Management review – QAP 010
 Customer complaints, corrective and preventive action – QAP 140.

e. RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPLICATION
The management representative and internal quality auditors are responsible for the
application of this procedure.
f. PROCESS

f.1 Audit Plan
f.1.1 The management representative shall establish an annual internal quality
audit plan and audits will be scheduled on the basis of the status and
importance of activities. Each department must be audited at least twice
a year. At least half of all sites running in any one year must be audited
and all sites must be audited at least once during the construction phase.
Bearing mind the aforementioned criteria the audit plan should avoid,
wherever possible, auditing the same project engineer twice in any one
year.
f.1.2 The audit plan shall be approved by the general manager, after which its
shall be disseminated to all other departments / functions concerned,
including internal auditors.
f.1.3 Unscheduled audits may be initiated by the management representative
in order to verify the effectiveness of corrective or preventive action. Where
there are organizational changes to the quality system the audit plan must
be updated and approved accordingly.

f.2 Audit Plan
f.2.1 The management representative shall assign the carrying out of internal
quality audits to internal auditors who are independent of the activity or of
those having direct responsibility for the activity being audited.

f.2.2 The auditor shall prepare and plan the audit which may include the use of
such tools as; check lists. Questionnaires, a matrix, etc. as appropriate.
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