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ISO 9001 Quality Management Awareness

Free ISO 9001:2015 quality management awareness training with a completion certificate.

Last updated: June 2026

Understand the world's most-used quality management standard — the purpose of a QMS, the seven quality management principles, the process approach, PDCA, risk-based thinking, the high-level structure (Annex SL), clauses 4–10, documented information, internal audit, management review and how performance is measured. The course is organized into 7 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is free awareness-level training designed for anyone who needs a practical, working understanding of the topic.

What you'll learn

  • What is ISO 9001 and a QMS?
  • The seven quality management principles
  • Process approach, PDCA & risk-based thinking
  • Annex SL & the key clauses (4–10)
  • Documented information, support & operation
  • Performance evaluation: internal audit & management review
  • Nonconformity, corrective action & continual improvement

Learning objectives

  • Explain what a QMS is and the business case for adopting ISO 9001:2015
  • State and apply the seven quality management principles (ISO 9000:2015)
  • Describe the process approach, the PDCA cycle and risk-based thinking
  • Recognise the Annex SL high-level structure and map clauses 4–10 to PDCA
  • Identify what "documented information" must be maintained vs retained
  • Distinguish a correction from a corrective action and run the 10.2 process
  • Outline the internal audit and management review requirements (clause 9)
  • Calculate on-time delivery and other objective quality KPIs