Independent ISO audits help your organization see what is working, what is missing, and what needs correction before certification, surveillance, supplier approval, or management review pressure becomes urgent. AGS provides ISO auditing services for organizations that need clear evidence, structured findings, and practical corrective-action direction. Our audits review your management system against the selected ISO standard, audit scope, documents, records, processes, and objective evidence.
Choose the audit based on your current problem. A company preparing for certification needs a different audit from a company checking suppliers or maintaining an existing certificate.
You do not know what ISO requirements are missing
You need to check your own system before an external audit
You need to evaluate a vendor or contractor
You want to check readiness before certification
You are ready for formal certification assessment
You already hold certification and need ongoing review
You need continuous audit and system maintenance support
ISO auditing services evaluate whether a management system, process, site, supplier, or certification scope conforms to selected ISO audit criteria.
An ISO audit reviews documents, records, interviews, observations, sampled evidence, and actual implementation. The result is not just a checklist. A proper audit gives your team clear findings, nonconformities where applicable, and corrective-action direction. ISO 19011 provides guidance for auditing management systems, including audit principles, audit programme management, conducting management-system audits, and evaluating auditor competence.
A good audit is structured. It is not a random document check.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Define audit objective and scope | The standard, site, department, process, supplier, or certification objective is confirmed. |
| 2. Prepare the audit plan | Audit dates, responsible people, departments, documents, and audit method are agreed. |
| 3. Review documents and records | Policies, procedures, prior findings, records, and evidence are reviewed. |
| 4. Conduct interviews and site review | Auditors speak with process owners and observe how work is performed. |
| 5. Sample evidence | Representative records, activities, or processes are selected for verification. |
| 6. Report findings | Findings, nonconformities, observations, and improvement areas are documented. |
| 7. Support corrective-action direction | The organization receives direction on what must be corrected, verified, or prepared next. |
Tell us your standard, location, number of participants, language preference, and training objective. AGS will recommend a course path for your team.
AGS uses structured audit techniques to collect evidence and assess conformity. The AGS audit document directly lists checklist, interviews, observation, document review, and sampling as audit techniques.
AGS can support audits across major management system standards and sector-specific frameworks, depending on scope, audit objective, and service route.
No. NEBOSH courses and ISO training courses are related to professional competence, but they are not the same category. NEBOSH states that its qualifications are health, safety, and environmental qualifications delivered through accredited Learning Partners.
The value of an audit is in the clarity of the output. Your team should know what passed, what failed, what is uncertain, and what needs action.
Summary of scope, criteria, reviewed areas, and findings
Areas where the system meets audit criteria
Requirements that are not met and need correction
Issues, risks, or improvement opportunities
Practical next steps to close gaps
Your position before certification, surveillance, or follow-up audit
Choose the audit based on your objective. Use gap analysis if you need to find missing requirements, internal audit if you need to check your own system, supplier audit if you need to evaluate vendors, pre-assessment if you need readiness review, certification audit if you are entering formal certification, and surveillance audit if you already hold certification.
No. An ISO audit evaluates conformity against audit criteria. ISO certification is a separate third-party certification process. ISO itself does not perform certification or issue certificates.
Documents depend on the standard, scope, and audit type. Common records include policies, procedures, objectives, internal audit reports, management review records, risk assessments, corrective actions, training records, supplier records, and monitoring records.
Nonconformities are documented in the audit report. Your organization then needs corrective actions, evidence of closure, and follow-up where required.
Yes. Supplier audit is part of the AGS audit service inventory. The AGS audit document says supplier audits include supplier selection, observational analysis, initial audits of new suppliers, planning, scheduling, and supplier audit frequency.
Yes. AGS’s outsourced ISO system maintenance service includes internal audits, corrective and preventive actions, management review preparation, and monitoring of improvement objectives.
The exact frequency depends on the certification programme, standard, certification body, scope, and audit plan. The AGS audit document notes that surveillance audits may be annual or biannual depending on certification demands.
No. An ISO audit can improve readiness and identify gaps, but certification depends on the formal certification process, audit findings, certification body decision, scope, and applicable requirements.
Request an ISO audit assessment from AGS to identify gaps, verify conformity, prepare for certification, review suppliers, or maintain your ISO system with clearer audit evidence and corrective-action direction.
