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PECB Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

Personal ISO/IEC 17024 certification recognizing competence to audit quality management systems based on ISO 9001, awarded after examination or approved equivalence and validation of Lead Auditor professional requirements.

Licensing authority: PECB Group Pte. Ltd.

Initial by examination
PECB Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor exam
Application
Apply through myPECB after passing; PECB validates requirements before award. The training-package cycle includes first attempt, one free retake, certification application and first-year AMF, within 12 months of instructor-led completion or self-study/eLearning purchase. Certificate application has the same stated twelve-month timing. Reopening a closed case requires written request and fee under then-current conditions.
Audit Experience
Audit activities totaling 300 hours, validated by PECB. The handbook lists planning audits, managing an audit program, reports and working documents, documented-information review/management, on-site audits, following up nonconformities and leading an audit team as valid audit activities.
Ethics
Signing the PECB Code of Ethics.
Exam
Pass the named PECB Lead Auditor exam or an equivalent accepted by PECB. Equivalence from recognized accredited certification bodies requires PECB evaluation; no additional named alternative examination is specified. This open equivalence condition does not create a fabricated exam or no_exam branch.
Maintenance
Personal certifications are valid for three years, subject to CPD and annual maintenance fees. This individual term and package/application deadlines are not exam-version retirement dates.
Professional Experience
Five years of professional experience, including two years of work experience in quality management.
References
Two professional references who worked with the applicant and can validate expertise and work history; subordinates and relatives cannot serve.
Scheduling
Selected form is English online multiple-choice. Booking requires a published session with available seats in myPECB. Sessions are published bi-weekly; no particular seat throughout 2026-11-25 through 2027-02-28 is guaranteed. Partner-arranged paper delivery is the same exam, not a separate requirement.
Training
No specific training is mandatory for this certification exam. The optional course expects fundamental ISO 9001 QMS understanding and comprehensive audit-principles knowledge. Direct booking without training includes one attempt and no official training materials; a certification fee applies after passing.

PECB Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor exam

Provider
PECB Group Pte. Ltd.
Format
English multiple-choice, open-book; online via PECB Exams with remote invigilation. Three options and one keyed correct response per question. Partner-arranged paper delivery is another mode of the same exam.
Exam questions
Total questions: 80.
Time limit
3 hours
Passing score
70%
Examination outline
  • Fundamental principles and concepts of a quality management system (12.5%)
  • Quality management system requirements (13.75%)
  • Fundamental audit concepts and principles (12.5%)
  • Preparing an ISO 9001 audit (12.5%)
  • Conducting an ISO 9001 audit (22.5%)
  • Closing an ISO 9001 audit (13.75%)
  • Managing an ISO 9001 audit program (12.5%)
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