Course purpose

Provide assigned personnel with a repeatable, compliant method to prepare, conduct, document, route, and follow up internal audits without unsupported findings, missed scope, weak evidence, or uncontrolled corrective actions.

Learning objectives

• Differentiate scheduled internal audits, random hangar/area audits, scanned-record audits, maintenance-provider file audits, and management-review inputs.

• Use the correct local audit form and current reference set before starting fieldwork or records review.

• Collect objective evidence, sample records deliberately, and distinguish acceptable results, immediate corrections, NCR conditions, and non-applicable items with documented basis.

• Route audit outputs, protect confidentiality, and retain records through the approved local path.

Regulatory and program references

• 14 CFR Part 145.211(c)(1)(ix) quality-system self-evaluation requirements.

• Local QCM Section 12 internal self-evaluation and surveillance controls, including audit results as management-review inputs and evaluation-record retention.

• QCM-OP-01 Random Hangar and Area Audit and APM-013 form instructions for cover sheet, random hangar checklist, scanned-record audit, and maintenance-provider file audit.

• AS9100 competence, awareness, documented information, internal audit, and corrective-action controls as flowed into local procedures.