ISO 42001 Artificial Intelligence Management System Lead Auditor Training
Lead third-party audits of AI management systems
3
Lessons
~2h
Study time
30
Exam questions
Earns a QR-verifiable Certificate of Training
Overview
About this course
This lead auditor course prepares experienced auditors to plan, lead and report certification audits of an AI management system against ISO/IEC 42001, in line with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1.
It covers audit team leadership, stage 1 and stage 2 certification audits, audit strategy for organisations with many AI systems, and the judgement required to grade findings consistently.
Objectives
- Lead an audit team through a full certification audit cycle
- Conduct stage 1 readiness and stage 2 implementation audits
- Build an audit plan and strategy proportionate to AI risk and impact
- Direct evidence collection across technical and governance functions
- Reach and defend consistent grading decisions
- Manage opening and closing meetings, conflict and audit reporting
- Evaluate corrective action and make certification recommendations
Course outline
- ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 requirements for audit leadership
- Competence, impartiality and audit team composition for AI audits
- Stage 1: documentation review, scope confirmation and readiness
- Stage 2: implementation, effectiveness and sampling across AI systems
- Auditing high-impact AI systems and automated decision-making
- Auditing the AI lifecycle from objective to decommissioning
- Auditing third-party models, foundation models and AI supply chains
- Interviewing technical specialists and senior management
- Nonconformity grading, calibration and defending decisions
- Audit reporting, corrective action review and certification recommendation
- Surveillance, recertification and scope changes
- Practical audit exercises and role play
Who should attend
- Experienced auditors extending scope to AI
- Lead auditors of ISO 27001 or ISO 9001
- Certification body auditors
- Senior compliance and risk professionals
- Consultants preparing organisations for certification
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to lead a certification audit of an AI management system, direct an audit team, grade findings consistently, and make a defensible certification recommendation.
Practise the audit before you do it for real
Reading a clause and auditing against it are different skills. Enrol on this course and you also get 6 months of AuditVerse, our interactive practice platform — you work through ISO audit scenarios, decide what to sample, and see how a finding holds up when it is challenged.
Sign in with the same email address and password you use here. Access runs for 6 months from the day you enrol, and there is nothing to buy or activate.
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Score 70% or better on the final exam and Skedmia issues your Certificate of Training with a unique certificate number. Every certificate carries a QR code that resolves to our public register, so an employer or auditor can confirm it is genuine without contacting anyone.
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Syllabus
Course content
2 modules · 3 lessons · ~2h
01Module 1 — Leading the audit2 lessons
- Team leadership and audit strategyPreview30 min
- Stage 1 and stage 230 min
02Module 2 — Judgement and reporting1 lesson
- Grading, defending and recommending30 min
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