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AUDITOR EVALUATION WORKSHEET (June 2017 Edition)

Completion Instructions

Use the following guidance to complete the Auditor Evaluation Worksheet (see Appendix 1). 

1. Auditor Name – Enter the full name of the auditor being evaluated.

2. Evaluator Name – Enter the full name of the evaluator.

3. Applicant Name – Enter the business name of the auditee, as it appears on the agreement

or audit report.

4. Audit Service – Enter the name of audit service (e.g., GAP&GHP, Harmonized GAP, 

QTV, PSA, Tomato Audit Protocol, etc.).

5. Auditor’s Role – Check the role that the auditor took on this audit.

6. Audit End Date – Enter the last date of the audit activity.

7. Evaluation Type – If the evaluator was onsite with the auditor, check Witness. If the audit 

was an offsite review of an audit that was already completed and the evaluator is reviewing 

the report and other supporting documents (e.g., Service Request, FV-651), check Desk.

8. Service Type – Check the appropriate box for the audit service that was provided, 

following this guide:

For DOV, GAP & GHP, IP, PSA, 

QTV, Sprout, Unprocessed Pilot, or 

USAID

Check “Process”

For Almond PEC or GroupGAP QMS Check “System”

9. Service Location – Enter the full address of the audit site, as it appears on the audit report.

10. Scope of Audit – Enter all scopes that were included in the audit (e.g., Part 1 Farm Review 

and Part 4 Storage & Transportation (USDA GAP&GHP), Post-Harvest Operations with 

Global Markets Addendum (Harmonized), Canned Addendum (PSA)).
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11. Pages 2 and 3 Evaluation Worksheet – Element Criteria – For Sections I through VII,

fill in the sub-numbers with “A,” “N,” “U,” or “N/A,” for Acceptable, Needs Improvement, 

Unacceptable, or Not Applicable, respectively, as appropriate for each of the individual 

items.

12. Comments – If entering “A” for Acceptable, you may add a comment below the rating if 

you wish to offer more detail regarding that rating, but it is not mandatory. When entering 

“N” for Needs Improvement, “U” for Unacceptable, or “N/A” for Not Applicable, you 

must enter a comment justifying the rating. The comment spaces are expandable to allow 

for any needed comments for each criteria.

13. Preliminary Rating – For sections I through VII, enter the letter rating (“A,” “N,” “U,” or 

“N/A”) based on what was entered for the Element Criteria of each section on the 

subsequent pages. The Preliminary Rating should be equal to the lowest rating provided in 

the applicable section of the Element Criteria evaluation. For example, if you rated all four 

elements of section I as “A,” then the Preliminary Rating for section I should be “A.” If 

you rated one of the elements in section II as “U,” one of the elements as “N,” and two as 

“A,” then the Preliminary Rating for section II should be “U.”

14. Overall Rating – Indicate the Overall Rating by inserting the appropriate statement from 

the Overall Rating list provided in the blue box, just above. 

15. Justification Summary – Provide written justification for the Overall Rating as well as 

any general comments about the auditor/audit.

Note: The auditor evaluation will not be considered complete and final unless this written 

justification is provided.

16. Auditor Signature – The auditor must sign here, either handwritten or electronically.

17. Date – The date of the auditor’s signature (not required if signed electronically).

18. Evaluator Signature – The evaluator must sign here, either handwritten or electronically.

19. Date – The date of the evaluator’s signature (not required if signed electronically).
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APPENDIX I - AUDITOR EVALUATION WORKSHEET

Electronic Version of the Auditor Evaluation Worksheet
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