API Q1 Internal Auditor 2.0

Offered via Instructor-Led (4 days)

Build API Q1 expertise and practical internal auditing skills in one integrated course.

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Build the knowledge and practical skills to implement and internally audit API Specification Q1, 10th Edition. Participants work clause by clause through the standard, connect requirements to petroleum and natural gas industry operations, and then apply auditing techniques based on ISO 19011:2026 to plan audits, follow evidence, interview personnel, evaluate conformity and effectiveness, and report defensible findings.

API Q1 Internal Auditor 2.0

Offered via Instructor-Led (4 days)

Build API Q1 expertise and practical internal auditing skills in one integrated course.

Description

Organizations need more than knowledge of API Q1 requirements. They need personnel who can translate those requirements into effective processes and independently evaluate whether the QMS is working.

This course combines API Q1 implementation with practical internal auditing techniques. Participants first examine how API Specification Q1, 10th Edition, applies across leadership, resources, product realization, risk, suppliers, measurement, corrective action, and improvement. They then use a continuing industry case study and realistic audit exercises to turn those requirements into audit criteria, evidence trails, interviews, findings, and meaningful reports.

Built on Mireaux’s proven experience implementing and auditing API quality management systems, this course covers:

What API Q1 requires
How to implement the requirements practically
How to evaluate conformity and effectiveness through internal audits

Guided by ISO 19011:2026, the auditing portion develops the skills needed to plan and conduct process-based audits, maintain objectivity, collect and evaluate objective evidence, write defensible nonconformities, communicate conclusions, and follow up on corrective actions.

The result is both an API Q1 implementation roadmap and a practical foundation for auditing a petroleum and natural gas industry QMS.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain the intent of API Specification Q1, 10th Edition, and how its requirements work together as a quality management system.
Translate API Q1 requirements into practical processes, responsibilities, controls, documented information, and records.
Apply risk-based thinking and product-realization controls to protect product conformity and customer requirements.
Apply ISO 19011:2026 auditing principles to plan a risk-based internal audit program and prepare audit plans, agendas, checklists, and audit trails using API Q1 criteria.
Conduct opening meetings, interviews, evidence collection, and closing meetings professionally.
Evaluate objective evidence and write clear, defensible findings and nonconformities.
Prepare concise audit reports and evaluate follow-up evidence for effective closure.
Use implementation and audit results to prioritize corrective action, management review, and continual improvement.

Prerequisites

Participants should have work experience in quality, operations, engineering, manufacturing, inspection, supply chain, or management, with a working familiarity with quality management system concepts. Prior internal auditing experience is helpful but not required. Those new to QMS concepts should complete an introductory quality or document control course first.

Teaching Methods

Instructor-Led

4 days

$1,795

Summary Agenda

The course follows this sequence:

Day 1 – QMS Foundation

General Appreciation of Standards
4.1.1 Quality Management System – General
4.1.2 Quality Policy
4.1.3 Quality Objectives
4.1.4 Planning the Quality Management System
4.1.5 Communication
4.2.1 Management Responsibility – General
4.2.2 Responsibility and Authority
4.2.3 Management Representative
4.3.1 Resources and Knowledge
4.3.2.1 Personnel Competence
4.3.2.2 Training
4.3.3 Work Environment
4.4.1 Documentation Requirements – General
4.4.2 Procedures

Day 2 – Product Realization

4.4.3 Control of Internal Documents
4.4.4 Control and Use of External Documents
4.5 Control of Records
5.1 Contract Review
5.2 Planning
5.3 Risk Assessment
5.4 Design
5.5.1 Purchasing Control – Procedure
5.5.2 Purchasing Information
5.5.3 Verification of Purchased Products, Components, or Activities
5.6.1 Control of Product Realization – General
5.6.2 Quality Plan
5.6.3 Process Control Documents
5.6.4 Validation of Processes
5.6.5 Identification and Traceability

Day 3 – Performance and Improvement

5.6.6 Inspection and Test Status
5.6.7 Externally Owned Property
5.6.8 Preservation of Product
5.6.9 Inspection, Testing, and Verification
5.6.10 Preventive Maintenance
5.7 Product Release
5.8 Testing, Measuring, Monitoring, and Detection Equipment
5.9 Control of Nonconforming Product
5.10 Management of Change
6.1 Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement – General
6.2.1 Customer Satisfaction
6.2.2 Internal Audit
6.3 Analysis of Data
6.4.1 Improvement – General
6.4.2 Corrective Action
6.5 Management Review

Day 4 – Internal Auditing Techniques

ISO 19011:2026 Audit Fundamentals and Principles
Internal Audit Program
Auditor Competence, Objectivity, and Independence
Audit Planning and Audit Agendas
Checklists and Audit Trails
Opening Meetings
Interviews and Objective Evidence
Evaluating and Documenting Audit Findings
Writing Nonconformities
Closing Meetings and Internal Audit Reports
Audit Follow-Up

Successful Completion

Successful completion requires review of required materials, completion of assigned activities and workshops, and a passing score on all applicable knowledge checks or course tests.

Instructor-led participants must also participate in class activities and practical audit exercises.
Self-paced participants must complete the assigned modules, activities, and assessments.

Class Daily Schedule

Instructor-led classes typically follow this schedule, unless otherwise stated on the specific class:

Class Length

4 days

Lunch

~12:00 CST (Duration 30 minutes).

Typical Start and End Times

Day	From	To
1	08:30 CST	16:30 CST
2	08:30 CST	16:30 CST
3	08:30 CST	16:30 CST
4	08:30 CST	16:30 CST

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NOTE: Payments made by Bank Wire Transfer, ACH, or PO will require an additional processing fee in the amount of USD $25, that will be included on your invoice.

Registration Transfer Policy

Registrations can be transferred to other participants or to other courses provided by Mireaux Management Solutions 30 days prior to the course start date.

Registration Transfers must be submitted in writing to [email protected].
There will be a 15% administrative fee applied to each registration transfer.
Payment for any difference in price, including the 15% administrative fee, will be required at the time of transfer to other courses of equal or greater value of the original paid amount.
Registration Transfers to a course of lesser value are allowed but are not eligible for refunds.
Registration Transfers are not allowed within 30 days of the course start date.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be submitted in writing to [email protected] 30 days prior to the course start date in order to receive a refund, minus a 15% administrative fee. Cancellations are not allowed within 30 days of the course start date.