Auditor Training

WIRE offers training for social auditors, both for basic auditing and for Continuous Professional Development (CPD). All training courses have been developed to address social auditing challenges such as subjectivity, time management, representative sampling, and methods of deception that auditors often encounter.

WIRE courses focus on specific auditor competencies and skills for both new and experienced auditors. Besides upskilling, WIRE training is built on rekindling auditor passion and belonging to the profession, working within scheme or customer specific requirements and criteria to make a difference to workers’ rights and their lives.

WIRE’s training programmes teach participants how to sequence thinking, to use their experience and professional knowledge and form habits to observe, analyse and question.

Trainers and Training Philosophy

WIRE trainers are selected based on the following criteria:

• Experience in industry,
• Past roles as mentors and thought leaders,
• Experience of managing social audit programmes for Brands and Schemes,
• Their work with NGO’s and civil society and;
• Auditor training experience.
• Ethics & Integrity in Social Auditing

They are chosen for their values and ideologies, a part of everyday practice that encourages social reform for a better society. Trainers are adept in adult learning theories that cultivate ways of thinking using a developmental approach.

Training Courses

The table below indicates the courses currently available. Courses are aimed at enhancing auditor skills and competencies. CPD credit is available to APSCA Members for APSCA recognised courses as shown in the table below. Scheme-specific courses and courses on additional topics can be generated or tailored as required. Please contact  for further information and course schedules.

Auditing Competence and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) – Enhancing auditing skills to build on experience

Ref	Course	Delivery	Duration
GEN-COM-005	Conducting Worker Interviews	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-MS-007	Writing & Managing Non-Conformities	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-COM-009	Data Collection & Analysis	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-COM-011	Gender Sensitive Auditing – An Introduction	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-COM-012	Wages & Benefits – Wage Computation & Living Wages	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-COM-016	Triangulation Using a Holistic Approach	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-MS-017	Grievance Mechanisms & Social Dialogue	Online	8 hrs (1 day)
GEN-COM-025	Ethics & Integrity in Social Auditing   Click to Register	Online	2 – 4 hrs (self-paced)

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