Tham khảo tài liệu 'automotive quality systems handbook episode 3', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Third party assessment 67 The trade associations will also process applications for IATF recognition and for auditor qualification. A central database of auditors will be maintained so that auditor competency can be monitored. Auditor qualification and re-qualification results complaints and movements will be stored so that the validity of auditor certificates can be ascertained. Third party auditors Most certification body auditors who are currently performing audits against one or more of the national automotive quality system requirements QS-9000 VDA 6 AVSQ or EAQF will qualify. To qualify auditors need to Have an education acceptable to the IATF Have minimum work experience acceptable to IATF that includes at least three years full-time appropriate practical experience in the automotive or associated industry including two years dedicated to quality assurance activities completed in the last six years Have performed at least eight first or second party audits in the automotive sector in the last three years at a minimum of 24 audit days and led at least two of these audits Be qualified according to ISO 10011 part 2 Successfully complete the IATF-sanctioned Auditor Qualification Course Existing automotive auditors must have performed at least 15 third party audits to one of the four automotive quality system requirements in the last three years at a minimum of 45 audit days with two of these as a lead auditor. In order to take the IATF-sanctioned Auditor Qualification Course the auditor has to be Sponsored by an IATF-contracted certification body An auditor nominated by an IATF member body Experience in the automotive industry is obviously open to interpretation. This does not mean that only auditors who have worked in GM Ford BMW etc. will be eligible. Auditors with Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers to the OEMs will also be eligible as will those who have worked for industries that produce products or materials used by the automotive industry. Therefore if an auditor
