Not sure as to your exact requirement, do you want an audit protocol to audit against? The last internal audit I did was against a BSC 5 star criteria where the criteria was broken down into sections and then audited against. How you carry out the audit really depends on the size of your company and the complexity of it. In my last company I audited a department e.g. Engineering, Logistics, Operations etc against a clause or two of the criteria e.g. training, accident reporting etc This worked for us but was spread over the year and the schedule was very fluid to say the least. Hope this helps Take Care

Thank-you both for your replies. To add context, I work for a very large organisation with a separate safety departmentand audit function. "Fletcher", thank-you for your response and I hope I am about to explain my rationale; "f" "...using auditors based solely on IIA is fraught with danger..." I, the remainder of the safety department and everyone else with any safety knowledge agrees with this point and the rest of your response. Unfortunately, I have some accountanty type people, who cam eto the conclusion that auditing is auditing and all types can fit into the same pigeon hole in order to 'rationalise' the process. The whole purpose for me asking the question is to try and gather evidence (something auditors love) that nobody else on the planet does this as it doesn't make sense, so why do we. I have spent nigh on three years trying to convince my management of the plain facts, but we are not really any further on. Even if they do accept the matter in principle, they can't openly admit so as they would then owe myself and my colleague quite a bit of money for placing us in the wrong job role as the result of a reorganisation (I'm sure a few of you have been there). Thankfully, I belong to a good Trades Union, who have shown their benefit. Talks are currently ongoing. Thanks for your help.