Management Systems Auditor + Food Safety Management Systems (ISO 22000)

One bundle. Three competency units. Lead auditor capability for the whole food chain.

Behind every safe product on a supermarket shelf, every export certificate, and every retailer audit passed, there is someone who knew how to trace the food safety system from producer to plate and prove it works. That person could be you.

This bundle is complete ISO lead auditor training with a food safety specialisation. Food safety is one of the most heavily audited disciplines in the world: retailers audit suppliers, importers audit exporters, and certification underpins market access at every step of the chain. The Management Systems Auditor course builds your management system auditing foundation to ISO 19011:2026, with remote auditing methods from ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 integrated throughout. The Food Safety Management Systems Specialist course then takes you inside ISO 22000:2018 clause by clause, from organisational context and leadership through the operational heart of the standard, where hazard analysis and control live, to performance evaluation and improvement.

The bundle is open to everyone, and it suits compliance career development at any stage. No prior auditing or food industry experience is needed, whether you are starting fresh or formalising skills you already use in production, quality assurance, or technical roles.

The management system auditing methodology you build here also transfers across legislative and regulatory compliance contexts, food regulation included.

You will be issued with an Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment covering the relevant competency units as you successfully complete each course: AU26 and TL26 for Management Systems Auditor, and FS for the specialist course. When both courses are complete, you receive the MS Auditor + ISO 22000 Specialist Digital Credential, professional auditing credentials recognised across the food chain.

Who this bundle is for

Food safety auditing runs on people who understand that the paperwork and the production floor have to tell the same story. Some come up through QA and technical roles, others start in auditing and grow into the discipline. Both routes work here:

• Newcomers building an auditing career in one of the most consistently audited industries in the world
• QA, technical, and food safety professionals formalising the audit side of their role
• Internal auditors who want to add food safety management to their first-party audit scope
• Aspiring external and certification auditors building a food safety audit portfolio
• Supplier and second-party auditors evaluating food chain partners for retailers, brands, and importers
• Consultants advising clients on ISO 22000 conformance and food safety system maturity
• Teams and organisations building in-house food safety audit capability, with group enrolment available through ATOL corporate training
• Anyone building toward Exemplar Global Lead Auditor personnel certification with a food safety focus

What you'll be able to do after this bundle

Professional auditing credentials matter most when they map to what you can actually do. By the time you complete both courses, you will be able to:

• Plan, conduct, and lead management system audits using a consistent ISO 19011:2026 methodology
• Lead an audit team through every stage of an audit, from initiation and planning through to reporting and corrective action follow-up
• Interpret ISO 22000:2018 clause by clause, knowing what conformance looks like for a food safety management system
• Evaluate how an organisation identifies and controls food safety hazards through its operational planning
• Audit the interactive communication and traceability that hold a food chain together across suppliers and customers
• Audit effectively in on-site, remote, and hybrid environments using ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 methods
• Write audit findings and reports that are clear, accurate, fair, and useful to the organisation
• Demonstrate three Exemplar Global competency units and a Digital Credential to employers, clients, and certification bodies

What you'll learn

Two courses, one structured learning pathway. Each theme below builds on the one before it.

Auditing any management system with confidence

Before you can audit food safety effectively, you need to understand how auditing works. The Management Systems Auditor course builds that foundation using ISO 19011:2026 and ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 for remote auditing. You will learn the seven auditing principles, how to plan and manage an audit programme, collect and evaluate evidence, run opening and closing meetings, document findings, and lead a team through a complete audit from initiation to follow-up.

How a food safety management system holds together

ISO 22000:2018 shares the Harmonized Structure with other ISO management system standards, then adds what makes food different: interactive communication along the food chain, and a systematic approach to hazards. You will learn how the familiar management system elements apply to food safety, and why context, leadership, and support matter as much in a food business as the controls themselves.

Auditing the requirements of ISO 22000:2018

The specialist course works through the standard clause by clause, with the deepest time spent where food safety is won or lost: Clause 8 operations, covering operational planning, hazard analysis and control, traceability, and emergency preparedness, followed by performance evaluation and improvement. You will finish knowing what evidence to look for against each requirement and where food safety systems most often break down between the manual and the floor.

For the full module-by-module breakdown across both courses, see the Modules tab above.

Tools and resources included