In the context of a third-party certification audit, match the roles with the following responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Conduct the audit to the assigned area.= Auditors
Assist the auditors in identifying personnel to participate in the audit.= Guide
Assign each team member’s responsibility for the audit.= Audit team leader
Respond to questions and provide evidence to the auditor.= Auditee
According to ISO 19011:2018, clause 3, the definitions of the roles are as follows1:
Auditors: persons with the competence to conduct an audit
Guide: person appointed by the auditee to assist the audit team
Auditee: organization being audited
Audit team leader: member of an audit team appointed to manage the audit or an audit team
Therefore, the roles can be matched to the responsibilities based on these definitions and the description of the audit process in clause 6 of the standard1.
[References: ISO 19011:2018(en), Guidelines for auditing management systems, , , ]