ISO 9001:2026 Transition Training

About this course

ISO 9001:2026 was published on 16 September 2026. Prepare your established ISO 9001:2015 quality management system, including the 2024 climate amendment, for transition to the final 2026 edition. This course helps experienced quality managers and internal auditors translate the relevant changes into practical action.

Explore the confirmed emphasis on leadership, quality culture and ethical behaviour; the connection between quality policy and strategy; separate consideration of risks and opportunities; and awareness in everyday work. Follow fictional New Zealand business cases through organisational context, planned changes, documented information, process control, internal audit and improvement. Make decisions, compare detailed feedback and practise collecting evidence.

The 12 interactive lessons include colourful presentation slides, illustrated walkthroughs, detailed case studies, practical examples, decision activities and a marked knowledge check in every lesson. Allow approximately 2–3 hours for reading, activities, lesson checks and the final exam. Your progress is saved in your individual student account so you can return and continue.

Use the final workshop to build a gap assessment, allocate responsibilities, prioritise actions, plan internal audits and prepare for your certification body's transition arrangements. Use an authorised copy of the final standard for your own clause comparison and confirm the applicable transition timetable with your certification body. Course completion does not change your organisation's certification status.

The final exam contains 30 questions. You need at least 24 correct answers (80%) to pass after completing all lesson checks. A successful learner receives an Access Food course-completion certificate using the existing student and certificate system.

The fee is NZ$60 plus GST: NZ$9 GST, NZ$69 total per learner. Paid enrolment uses the existing secure online checkout.

Who this course is for

• Quality managers responsible for an established ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
• Internal auditors who already understand ISO 9001:2015 and want to update their audit planning and evidence gathering.
• Process owners, management representatives and business leaders supporting an organisation's transition work.

Learning outcomes

• Explain the relevant changes in the final ISO 9001:2026 edition and distinguish requirements from optional implementation methods.
• Compare the changes with an existing ISO 9001:2015 system, including the 2024 climate amendment.
• Assess leadership, quality culture, ethical behaviour, quality policy and awareness in realistic workplace scenarios.
• Evaluate risks and opportunities as distinct decisions and choose proportionate actions.
• Build a prioritised gap assessment with owners, evidence and review dates.
• Plan internal audit questions and sample evidence for the relevant changes.
• Evaluate readiness through internal audit, management review and corrective action.
• Prepare an organisation-specific transition plan and confirm certification arrangements with the certification body.

Course outline

1. Start the transition: edition, evidence and a workable route
2. Keep the process approach: improve the system, not just its labels
3. Context, interested parties and climate: make relevance decisions
4. Leadership, quality culture and ethical behaviour in real decisions
5. Policy and strategic direction: turn commitments into priorities
6. Risks and opportunities: distinguish the decision you are making
7. Awareness and competence: people must understand and perform
8. Manage change and documented information without losing control
9. Operational evidence: customer changes, providers and release
10. Internal audit: criteria, evidence, impartiality and useful findings
11. Performance, management review and corrective action: show results
12. Build the transition plan and test readiness with an integrated case

How you will learn

Move through presentation-style slides at your own pace. Select topics to reveal more detail, work through practical scenarios and complete the knowledge checks along the way. The final exam presents one question at a time with an answer-review screen before submission. Your student account saves completed lessons and assessment results.

Assessment and completion

Complete and pass all 12 lesson knowledge checks, then complete the 30-question final exam. At least 24 correct answers (80%) are required to pass. Practice decisions provide feedback and can be retried; they do not count towards the final exam score. Existing assessment retry rules apply.

Access Food course-completion certificate after passing the assessment. This course is not ISO accreditation, NZQA accreditation, auditor certification or certification of an organisation. Completion does not guarantee a successful certification audit.

Before you enrol

Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 and experience using or auditing a quality management system. Access to your own authorised copy of the applicable ISO standard and your workplace procedures is recommended for the practical activities.