Audit plan template

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Auditor contact Name: The auditee may need to

details query and negotiate issues
Address:
prior to accepting the audit
plan.
Telephone (w):
Telephone (m):

Auditee contact Contact person: You may need to clarify

details details with the auditee
Address:
before you proceed.

Telephone (w):
Telephone (m):

The location to be The location must be agreed

audited upon by both parties.

The scope of the  Standards, codes & legislation This includes a summary of
audit the areas to be audited and
 size of business
the references against which
 no of sites
the auditee will be assessed
 no of employees for compliance.
 industry:
 type of products
 processing technologies
 hours of operations
 technical expert required?
 team or solo audit?
 which languages spoken?

The scheduled time Both parties need to

and proposed understand and agree on the
duration of the audit, time and likely duration of
including desk audit, the desk audit, site audit and
site audit and
preparation of the report.
delivery of final
report. While the exact times cannot
be guaranteed there needs to
be some guideline estimate
understood between the

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 parties involved.

Date for receipt of The desk audit may be

desk audit arranged in advance of the
documentation and site audit and can be an
time frame for review important means of
of documentation
previewing and clarifying
issues prior to the site audit.

The preliminary An agenda will give the

agenda for the site auditee ability to manage
audit their daily work operations
while the audit proceeds.

Proposed date for Set a date for the expected

completion of follow close out of all audit
up actions findings.

Statements of The auditee needs to know

confidentiality, OHS that the auditor will respect
compliance and confidentiality, OHS
other business obligations and may agree to
criteria
other business related criteria
such as public liability and
professional liability.

Reasons for There can be events that

termination of audit warrant the audit to be
terminated, such as
unacceptable OHS risk or
personal threat to the auditor.
Both parties must be in
agreement on these issues
prior to the start of the audit.

Actions or recourse The auditee should be

in case of advised of the mechanisms
disagreement and actions that can be taken
when there is a dispute
regarding the findings of the
auditor.

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