Food Safe’s Advanced Auditing Course is suitable for Ministry For Primary Industries (MPI) Verifiers, EHOs, Lead Auditors, Healthcare Auditors, QA officers, team leaders, supervisors, managers, and staff interested in further developing their skills and includes Unit Standards 8084, 8085, 8086.
Course Cost: POA
About our Advanced Lead Auditor Training Course
The Advanced Auditor Training Course offered by Food Safe includes the following NZQA Unit Standards Options:
- Unit 8084: Audit quality management systems for compliance with quality standards. NZQA Level 6; Credits 14
- Unit 8085: Demonstrate knowledge of quality and its management in business contexts. NZQA Level 3; Credits 4.
- 8086: Demonstrate knowledge required for quality auditing. NZQA Level 4; Credit 4.
NZQA Credits: 22
Advanced Auditing Training Course Content
Unit 8084: Audit quality management systems for compliance with quality standards. NZQA Level 6; Credits 14
- Preparation for quality audits:
- Audit plan, agreed scope, impacts from previous audit outcomes, and working documents.
- Technical aspects of the audit are carried out to enable an effective audit:
- Opening meetings, recognition of variances and variations, recording opportunities for improvement, management of contingencies, safeguarding the audit’s integrity & closing meetings.
- Interpersonal aspects of the audit:
- Collaboration, communication, and negotiation with all stakeholders
- Audit requirements are completed:
- Reporting, negotiating, facilitating & verifying corrective actions.
Unit 8085: Demonstrate knowledge of quality and its management in business contexts. NZQA Level 3; Credits 4.
- Fundamentals of quality and its management:
- Including the degree of excellence, principles, and concepts.
- Supply chain relationships in quality:
- Support, meeting customer requirements, delegation, and sharing of authority and responsibility.
- Quality management systems:
- Systematic approach, documentation of procedures, standards, specifications, review & audit, measurement & evaluation.
- Models of Quality Management Systems:
- ISO standards (ISO 9001:2018, ISO 22000, ISO 14000, ISO 17020/5)
- Customized additional options include: RMP, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, SQF, Global Gap & WSE
- Total Quality Management (TQM),
- New Zealand Business Excellence Awards (NZBEA) criteria.
- ISO standards (ISO 9001:2018, ISO 22000, ISO 14000, ISO 17020/5)
Unit 8086: Demonstrate knowledge required for quality auditing. NZQA Level 4; Credits 4.
- Purpose and benefits of Quality Auditing:
- Statutory requirements, identification of risks, identification of areas for improvement, establishment and improvement of safe work practices and environment.
- Steps of the quality auditing process:
- Scope, criteria, and risk analysis; document review; planning; opening meeting; conduct an audit; closing meeting; reporting, follow up on corrective actions, and close out.
- Quality auditing techniques, roles, and types:
- Confirmation of planned outcomes, product, service, and process performance.
- Contingencies affecting validity & risk minimization.
- Auditor behavior & achievement:
- Requirements of the relevant code of ethics and auditor registration.
Advanced Auditing Course Snapshot
Suitable for
- 3rd Party Auditors: Ministry For Primary Industries (MPI) Verifiers, EHOs, Lead Auditors, Healthcare Auditors, Certification & RMP, FCP, NP Compliance Auditors & Quality Inspectors. As per MPI Animals Products Notice APN Production, Supply and Processing Notice 2022
- 2nd Party Auditors: Quality and Technical Managers, Supply Chain Auditors, QA officers, team leaders & supervisors.
- 1st Party Auditors: Internal Auditors, Supply Chain Verifiers, QA officers, team leaders & supervisors, Students, learners & people looking to build their skills, CV & career prospects with recognized NZQA qualifications.
About your trainer
The Advanced Auditing Course is delivered by Food Safe’s Managing Director, Lead-trainer & Food Safety Expert, Keith Michael who holds:
- A Masters Degree in Operations Management
- Technical Food Processing, Food Safety, and Audit Competencies
- Dairy Manufacturing: Technical & Specialised Operations
- Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (IOD), New Zealand
Keith has presented papers at the Food Safety Conferences in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and bring this cross-sector learning into training.
Keith has many years of experience as a company director where he has assisted companies with Food Safety Compliance, Risk Audit, and closing of gaps identified with smart purpose-built competency training.
View Keith’s profile on LinkedIn.

About Food Safe
Food Safe Ltd is Accredited by the New Zealand Government + is a Category 1 NZQA-Registered PTE. Training complies with the Food Safety Bylaws and Verifier Audits right across New Zealand.
Our food safety training is trusted by both well known New Zealand and Global food companies and heaps of small teams too!
Food Safe’s advisory committee includes leading university microbiology experts, operations, quality and compliance managers, and governance experts. For even more information about Food Safe and the companies we work with, click here
Why Choose us for your Training?
- Complements compliance requirements
- Is simplified and visual, and supportive of implementing learning back on-job
- Is delivered by a trained ISO 9001 & 22000 lead auditor
- Is delivered by a trainer with first-hand knowledge and experience in high compliance operations where Food Safe also operates, such as the dairy sector

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HOW IT WORKS
Advanced Auditor Training – NZQA Unit Standards
Unit Standard 8084 – Conduct a quality audit for compliance with quality standards
Unit Standard 8085 – Demonstrate knowledge of quality and its management in business contexts
Unit Standard 8086 – Demonstrate knowledge required for quality auditing
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