When an audit is due, according to the audit schedule, it is the Quality Manager’s responsibility to select who will conduct the audit. If the audit is a large audit taking more than a day a team may need to be selected, the Quality Manager selecting the lead auditor.

The Quality Manager must brief the auditor/audit team, advising on the scope of the audit i.e. what is to be audited (which activities, test methods) in which area of the organisation, against what criteria (standard, quality manual, procedures)

The auditor should contact the auditee to brief them on the upcoming audit, advising them of the scope, time and expected duration.