ISO 42001 Lead Auditor

• This course is relevant to internal auditors, management-system auditors, AI governance professionals, risk and compliance teams, consultants and people preparing to contribute to AIMS assurance. It is particularly useful when your task is to evaluate arrangements and evidence rather than design the management system from the beginning.

• Establish what the organisation is trying to govern, which activities fall within scope and which requirements apply. Distinguish a documented intention from evidence that the management system operates.
• Define objectives and criteria, consider relevant risks, organise the audit team and plan a proportionate sample. Prepare questions that connect the requirements to real processes rather than simply asking whether a policy exists.
• Use document review, interviews and other appropriate evidence to test the arrangements. Follow important gaps and inconsistencies, record the evidence considered and avoid conclusions that go beyond the sample.
• Explain findings in a way that identifies the applicable requirement and supporting evidence. Understand closing activities, corrective-action follow-up and the management of an audit programme.

• You should have a fundamental understanding of ISO 42001 and AI concepts. Foundation can help you build that knowledge, but a Foundation certificate is not automatically a compulsory first step. Previous ISO 27001 or other management-system audit experience is useful; it does not remove the need to understand AI-specific risks, impacts and evidence.

Official course and examination package

• Official PECB materials and 12 months of self-paced access
• The partner-course package includes the first PECB exam attempt, one free retake, the certification application fee and first-year maintenance where applicable. PECB's current rules set the conditions and timing. For Self-Study and eLearning, plan around the applicable 12-month cycle from purchase rather than assuming the deadline restarts after an unsuccessful attempt.