Food Safe’s Advanced Auditing NZQA Unit Standard 8086 Course is suitable for auditors, QA officers, team leaders, supervisors, managers, and staff interested in further developing their skills.
Course Cost: $990 +GST
About Advanced Auditing Course – NZQA Unit Standard 8086
Course Duration: 1 day
Unit & Credits: NZQA Unit 8086. Credits = 4. Level 4
Delivery: LIVE Online via Zoom (on-site on demand)
Training by: Qualified ISO 22000 & 9001 Lead Food Safety Auditor
Provider Quality Assurance: NZQA-registered PTE
We train and assess this unit, which sits as a permanent record on the NZQA website against learners’ record of learning. Please note: not all providers do both.
Unit Standard 8086 Course Content
- 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.
Note: If you are not currently working at a food company, please contact our office before booking.
NZQA Unit Standard 8086 – A snapshot
Suitable for
- Auditors, Certification & RMP, FCP, NP Compliance Auditors & Quality Inspectors.
- 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 Lead Auditing Course programme 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 Food Safety Conferences and brings 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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