Knowledge expansion:
The auditor of TS 16949 is to audit auto parts enterprises, and the OEM does not need to do 16949 certification. Because 16949 certification was originally a second-party audit of its suppliers by the world's three major automobile companies, and later it gradually became a third-party certification because it was adopted by automobile manufacturers all over the world.
TS 16949 internal auditor: internal audit of enterprises. It is enough to get a certificate after training. There is no qualification requirement, and it is relatively simple.
TS 16949 Auditor: Generally speaking, it means external audit, which has nothing to do with internal audit, that is to say, you don't need to have internal audit qualification before taking the external audit exam, and external audit is not an upgraded version of internal audit.