Auditor registration process

Completing a course and becoming an auditor are two different things. Here is the whole path, in order.

Before you start

A training certificate only proves you took the course. Auditor qualification is assessed separately — education, work experience and audit experience.
🔴 You must complete auditor registration within three years of the certificate’s issue date. After that the certificate lapses and the course must be retaken.

The whole process on one page

Training and qualification are handled by different bodies. The colours show which.

🟡 HRD Centre (training)🔵 Certification body🟢 What you receive
Training (HRD Centre)ISO 19011 (common) → standard course
Pass 70+ (one resit)
Training certificate

🔴 From here you have three years to finish registration

After three years the certificate lapses and the course must be retaken.

Build eligibility — choose just one of the three

① Witnessed training

Auditor 20 MD observed
Lead 35 MD (incl. 15 MD as team leader)

No fee · takes time

② Verification

Replaces the 20 MD observation in ①

One verified mock audit
Same for lead auditor

₩330,000 · fast

③ Experience recognition

One-day special course
Lead auditor not available

₩550,000 · fast

If you register via ③, your first audit is witnessed on site by a verification auditor.

The three routes rejoin

Here you choose where your qualification comes from

GPC (personnel certification body)

ITS is a GPC-approved training organisation; GPC issues the qualification.

Upkeep — charged every year

Please ask GPC for the amount

ITS Certification Body

Apply for qualification at ₩220,000 per standard.

Upkeep — ₩220,000 once every three years

Either way, ITS approval is applied for separately (see below).

Apply for certification₩220,000 per standard · reviewed
Auditor certificate
Apply for ITS approvalWhether your qualification is from GPC or ITS · choose IAF scope codes
IAF scope codes approvedValid 3 years · no separate certificate is issued

🔍 On-site witnessing — everyone

  • · When you are assigned to your first audit, you are witnessed on site for each standard.
  • · With a combined QEOH audit, three standards can be witnessed at once.
  • · After that, everyone is witnessed again every three years.

Once renewed, another three years — the cycle repeats

Questions about auditor qualification

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