# Auditing Techniques for Aviation > Practical aviation audit judgement: scope, evidence, interviews, findings and verified corrective action, with certificate. - Course code: AUDIT-TECH - Price: 65.00 EUR per seat - Classroom equivalent: 16 hours - Pass mark: 75% - HTML syllabus: https://mxcourse.net/courses/AUDIT-TECH Practical aviation audit judgement: scope, independence, evidence, sampling, interviews, findings and verified corrective action. Twenty sections include 60 ungraded scenario decisions with feedback. A separate final examination samples 12 questions from a 24-question bank; pass mark 75%. Original fictional examples develop decisions without essays, uploads or workbook submissions. The course certificate records completion and assessment, not an accredited auditor qualification, IAQG authentication or operational authorisation. Equivalent classroom hours are planning estimates, not measured study time or mandated training minima. This online aviation training course is designed for controlled seat assignment, recorded trainee progress, final assessment, and certificate issue after passing. Course revision 2, reviewed 2026-09-10. References support the training scope; operational use requires current applicable rules and the organisation’s accepted procedures. ## Syllabus 20 modules, completed in order. 1. Welcome and how this course works - Keywords: scope, structure, assessment - Objective: Distinguish course completion from auditor competence and use the ungraded practice and sampled final assessment appropriately. 2. Why we audit - Keywords: purpose of audit, assurance, improvement, confidence - Objective: Compare production activity with independent assurance and select an evidence-led response to a control weakness. 3. The regulatory landscape - Keywords: ISO 19011, ICAO Annex 19, Doc 9859, Part-CAMO, Part-145 - Objective: Establish applicable audit criteria and distinguish regulation, guidance, exposition commitments and the separate reporting and findings routes. 4. Management systems, SMS and compliance monitoring - Keywords: management system, SMS, compliance monitoring, assurance - Objective: Coordinate compliance findings and safety risk assessment while keeping operational ownership and independent monitoring clear. 5. Types of audit and key terminology - Keywords: internal/external audit, first/second/third party, terminology - Objective: Distinguish first-, second- and third-party relationships and select vertical or horizontal evidence trails. 6. Audit principles and independence - Keywords: integrity, objectivity, independence, evidence-based, confidentiality - Objective: Identify conflicts of interest, protect sensitive evidence and preserve objective reporting under pressure. 7. The audit lifecycle - Keywords: programme, planning, conduct, reporting, follow-up - Objective: Distinguish an accepted action plan from implementation and effectiveness, and connect follow-up to programme learning. 8. Risk-based auditing versus tick-box compliance - Keywords: risk-based audit, sampling effort, tick-box, prioritisation - Objective: Prioritise audit effort using consequence, exposure, change and control evidence while preserving required coverage. 9. Planning: objectives, scope and criteria - Keywords: objectives, scope, criteria, references - Objective: Define an answerable objective, bounded scope and applicable criteria, and manage an emerging scope change. 10. Preparation and the audit plan - Keywords: audit plan, logistics, document review, schedule - Objective: Plan access to the people, shifts and records needed to test a control and report remaining evidence limitations. 11. Checklists and audit questions - Keywords: checklist, open questions, prompts, coverage - Objective: Turn a checklist requirement into a live evidence test and account for coverage displaced by a new audit trail. 12. Sampling and its limitations - Keywords: sampling, representativeness, confidence, limitations - Objective: Select a sample that tests relevant conditions and explain what a judgemental sample can and cannot support. 13. Gathering and testing audit evidence - Keywords: evidence, corroboration, sufficiency, objective evidence - Objective: Reconcile conflicting evidence and establish the status applicable at the time of the sampled activity. 14. Technique: effective interviewing - Keywords: interviewing, open questions, listening, rapport - Objective: Use open interviewing, focused clarification and corroboration without leading the account or promising absolute confidentiality. 15. Technique: observation and tracing a process - Keywords: observation, process tracing, walkthrough, forward/back tracing - Objective: Trace item identity across physical work and records and escalate unresolved operational exposure through authorised routes. 16. Conducting the audit: opening, closing and conduct - Keywords: opening meeting, conduct, closing meeting, professionalism - Objective: Handle new evidence and disputed findings at closing using the applicable classification and response process. 17. Findings and non-conformities - Keywords: non-conformity, finding statement, grading, requirement - Objective: Connect a specific requirement, observed shortfall and traceable evidence without asserting unverified cause or intent. 18. The audit report - Keywords: audit report, structure, clarity, conclusions - Objective: Report findings and sample limitations in a form that supports management decisions and controlled evidence access. 19. Root cause analysis and corrective action - Keywords: root cause, corrective action, containment, RCA tools - Objective: Distinguish correction, containment and corrective action and test whether a proposed remedy changes the supported mechanism. 20. Follow-up, closure and continual improvement - Keywords: verification, closure, effectiveness, continual improvement - Objective: Judge effectiveness against representative exposure and control evidence, with read-across and reopening triggers. ## Final assessment - Format: 12 multiple-choice questions drawn from the course question bank, with the options shuffled each attempt. - Pass mark: 75%. - Certificate: issued automatically on passing, according to Generic audit methodology informed by ISO 19011 public scope and EASA continuing-airworthiness management-system guidance (CAMO.A.200 and 145.A.200); apply current requirements and organisational procedures.. ## Classroom training equivalent Approximately 16 hours of classroom-equivalent study, case analysis and review. This is an instructional planning estimate, not measured online attendance or a regulatory minimum. ## Related training topics - [Aviation auditing and quality training](https://mxcourse.net/training/aviation-auditing-quality-training.md) - [Aviation SMS online course](https://mxcourse.net/training/sms-training.md) ## Related courses - [Root Cause Analysis — 5-Why and Fishbone](https://mxcourse.net/courses/RCA.md): Evidence-led root cause analysis for aviation safety and quality: define a problem, test fishbone and 5-Why hypotheses, consider human and organisational factors, select actions and verify effectiveness. Fourteen sections include 42 ungraded scenario decisions with feedback. A separate final examination samples 12 questions from a 24-question bank; pass mark 75%. - [Safety & Human Factors Training — Continuing Airworthiness Management & Maintenance](https://mxcourse.net/courses/SAFETY-HF.md): Practical safety and human-factors judgement for continuing-airworthiness management and maintenance: hazards, risk, performance limits, communication, procedures, fair reporting and effective controls. Twenty sections include 60 ungraded scenario decisions and a separate 12-question sampled final examination at 75%. ## Guides - [Training records that survive an aviation audit](https://mxcourse.net/guides/organisational-training-records.md) ## Common questions ### Is this an ISO 19011 lead-auditor licence? No. It is aviation audit-method training informed by ISO 19011 principles and EASA management-system expectations. ### How long is this course? The published classroom-equivalent estimate is 16 hours. Self-paced completion time varies. The figure is a planning estimate, not measured attendance. ### Do I get a certificate? Yes. After every module is complete, a 12-question examination must be passed at 75%. A named certificate is then issued automatically and can be checked on the public certificate checker.