PECB Exam ISO-9001-Lead-Auditor Topic 1 Question 1 Discussion

You are conducting a Stage 1 audit at an organisation that services refrigeration equipment for a large customer base.

The scope of certification is "Provision of refrigeration equipment maintenance and repair services". You are interviewing

the Managing Director to learn more about the organisation and to explore how the requirements for policy, objectives,

and risks and opportunities in ISO 9001 are addressed.

The Managing Director explains that they only use sub-contract refrigeration engineers and do not have any full-time

refrigeration engineers, which helps to optimise overhead costs. The full-time staff employed are essentially a small team

of office staff who process customer enquiries, schedule jobs and process invoices.

The Managing Director adds that the ISO 9001 requirements for competence of personnel extends to both sub-contract

and full-time staff. He also states that the full-time staff are aware of the Quality Policy, objectives and plans to address

risk and opportunities.

You ask if the sub-contract engineers have been informed of the Quality Policy, objectives and plans to address risks and

opportunities, to which the Managing Director replies that this is not applicable as they only use sub-contractors who

operate ISO 9001 certificated quality management systems. The documented information provided to the auditor

confirms this.

Which clause in ISO 9001 is most likely not to have been fulfilled in this instance?