Become an AS9100 Internal Auditor
Build the Internal Audit Capability Your Aerospace Organization Deserves with this PROBITAS Authentication Certified Training: Virtual & Instructor-Led
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Why This Course Matters?
RevIn the aviation, space, and defense industries, every process counts. An effective internal audit system is essential to ensuring product safety, airworthiness, and reliability.
QMII’s AS9100 Internal Auditor Training equips participants to conduct process and risk-based internal audits that align with both ISO 9001 and AS9100 Rev.D requirements.
You’ll gain practical skills to evaluate conformity, effectiveness, and improvement opportunities within your Aerospace Quality Management System (AQMS). Rooted in QMII’s People → Processes → System approach, this training helps you ensure that your organization’s system not only meets standards but also adds measurable value to operations.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the structure and requirements of AS9100 Rev D and its integration with ISO 9001.
- Plan and perform first-party (internal) and second-party (supplier) audits effectively.
- Apply process-based and risk-based thinking in all stages of auditing.
- Identify nonconformities and opportunities for improvement with evidence-based evaluation.
- Write objective, actionable audit findings and communicate them confidently.
- Understand aerospace-specific requirements for product safety, configuration management, and counterfeit part prevention.
- Contribute to continual improvement within the organization’s AQMS.
Who Needs This Course?
For Quality & Operations Professionals
- Quality Managers and Engineers responsible for maintaining AS9100D certification.
- Internal Auditors and QMS Coordinators seeking formal auditing credentials.
- Supply Chain and Procurement Managers auditing supplier quality systems.
- Operations and Production Leaders who need to verify compliance at process level.
- New team members in organizations certified or preparing for AS9100.
This training ensures you can perform meaningful, value-adding internal audits.
Skills You’ll Acquire
Effective Audit Execution
- Learn how to plan, conduct, and report internal audits aligned with the principles of ISO 19011.
- Apply interviewing, sampling, and observation techniques to assess conformity.
- Recognize process performance indicators and assess system effectiveness.
System Insight and Risk Awareness
- Audit for risk, quality, and configuration control effectiveness— not just documentation.
- Assess the effectiveness of management reviews, corrective actions, and leadership involvement.
- Build confidence to communicate findings to top management constructively.
Course Schedule
- Lecture: Intro to Management Systems
- Lecture: AS9100
- Exam: AS9100 Self Study
- Workshop: Clauses 2015 Workshop
- Lecture: Auditing Management Systems.
- Lecture: Audit Planning and Preparation.
- Workshop: Review System Docs and Prep Audit Schedule for AS9100
- Workshop: Review Processes and Prep Checklist
- Lecture: Performing the Lead Audit Investigation
- Workshop: Verifying Facts
- Lecture: Concluding the Audit
- Workshop: Determining NC
- Workshop: Writing Nonconformity Statements
- Workshop: Interviewing Auditees
- Workshop: Closing Meeting Prep
- Workshop: Reporting the Audit and class wrap up.
- Exam: AS9100 Internal Auditor
Course Format & Agenda
- 3-day instructor-led course, available virtually or onsite.
- PROBITAS Authentication Certified.
- Includes interactive workshops, real-world aerospace scenarios, and a final assessment.
- Designed for immediate workplace application.
Certification & Recognition
This class is certified by Probitas Authentication. Successful graduates have satisfied the knowledge requirements for performing AS9100 Aerospace Quality Management System (AQMS) Internal Audits.
Frequently Asked Questions
AS9100 applies to aviation, space, and defense organizations broadly, while AS9110 is specifically for MRO organizations.
The course is typically a 3 to 5-day instructor-led program, depending on the certification level.
Yes. The Certificate of Attainment is recognized by PROBITAS Authentication.
Industry awareness is helpful but not required. The course covers aerospace QMS requirements comprehensively.
Yes. QMII offers customized onsite delivery for AS9100 and AS9110 training programs globally.