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International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000)

The Best Guidance of an Assurance Engagements
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International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000) is the primary framework governing non-financial assurance work — and this course gives assurance professionals a complete, applied understanding of its requirements, reporting obligations, and quality control standards.

The course covers the full scope of ISAE 3000: its objectives, relationship to the international assurance framework, ISAs and ISREs, ethical requirements, planning and performing engagements, and audit procedures. Reporting requirements are addressed in depth, covering levels of assurance, limited and reasonable assurance engagements, attesting and direct engagements, and how assurance conclusions are formed and communicated.

Quality control is treated as a core professional discipline, addressing firm-level requirements, criteria suitability, evidence quality, and the competence and objectivity standards applicable to practitioner experts.

The course closes with risk management, engagement risk, sustainability reporting, and a case study — giving delegates applied experience alongside the technical framework.

Why Choose International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000)
Course Goals

What are the Goals?

This International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000) course is designed to give delegates a working command of the standard's requirements across engagement planning, reporting, quality control, ethics, and risk management.

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Explain the scope and objectives of ISAE 3000: Describe the standard's purpose, scope, and its relationship to the international assurance framework, ISAs, and ISREs.
  • Apply ISAE 3000 requirements: Plan, perform, and report on assurance engagements in line with ethical, quality control, and procedural requirements.
  • Distinguish levels of assurance: Apply the correct framework for limited and reasonable assurance engagements and structure reporting conclusions accordingly.
  • Prepare assurance reports: Produce compliant assurance reports covering attesting and direct engagements, including the correct formation and communication of assurance conclusions.
  • Apply quality control standards: Implement firm-level and engagement-level quality control requirements covering criteria suitability, evidence quality, and practitioner competence and objectivity.
  • Manage engagement risk: Identify and address risk of material misstatement and engagement risk within the assurance process.
  • Apply ethics and governance standards: Meet the requirements of Parts A and B for professional accountants and apply risk, ethics, and governance principles to assurance practice.

Who is this Training Course for?

This International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000) course is designed for assurance, audit, and accounting professionals who perform or oversee non-financial assurance engagements and need a structured, technically grounded understanding of the standard's requirements.

This course is suitable for:

  • Assurance Practitioners: Those conducting ISAE 3000 engagements who need a complete working knowledge of the standard's planning, reporting, and quality control requirements.
  • External Auditors: Those extending their practice into non-financial assurance who need to understand how ISAE 3000 differs from and relates to ISA-based audit engagements.
  • Internal Auditors: Those involved in assurance activities over non-financial information who need to understand the ISAE 3000 framework and its application to their engagements.
  • Compliance and Risk Professionals: Those overseeing assurance quality and engagement risk within professional services or corporate environments who need technical command of the standard.
  • Sustainability Reporting Professionals: Those involved in sustainability and ESG assurance who need to understand how ISAE 3000 applies to non-financial and sustainability reporting engagements.
  • Professional Accountants: Those required to meet the ethical and quality control obligations of Parts A and B within assurance engagements.
  • Audit Quality and Standards Professionals: Those responsible for firm-level quality control frameworks who need to align their processes with ISAE 3000 requirements.
Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000) course is delivered through structured technical instruction, applied reporting exercises, and a practical case study — giving delegates both the technical framework and the applied context to implement ISAE 3000 requirements across their assurance engagements.

Delivery methods include:

  • Instructor-Led Technical Sessions: Expert facilitators guide delegates through the scope, objectives, requirements, reporting obligations, quality control standards, and ethics of ISAE 3000 in a structured, progressive sequence.
  • Assurance Report Preparation Exercises: Delegates work through the preparation of assurance reports for both limited and reasonable assurance engagements, applying the standard's reporting and conclusion-forming requirements directly.
  • Case Study: A practical case study on risk management, engagement risk, and sustainability reporting consolidates learning across the full scope of the standard into a single applied engagement scenario.

The Course Content

Introduction to ISAE

  • Introduction of non-Financial information
  • Overview on ISAAB & ISAE  
  • Scope of ISAE
  • Objectives of ISAE
  • Relationship with the Framework, Other ISAEs, ISAs and ISREs
  • Assurance engagements& Quality control in your organization

ISAE Requirements

  • Ethical Requirements
  • Required Planning & Performing the Engagement
  • Audit Procedures
  • Reporting Requirements
  • Quality Control Requirements
  • The requirements of Parts A and B for Professional Accountants

Assurance Reporting

  • Levels of assurance
  • Limited assurance engagements
  • Preparing the Assurance Report
  • Attesting & direct Engagements
  • Relationship between ISAE 3000 & international framework for assurance engagements
  • Forming the Assurance Conclusion

Compliance & Quality Control

  • Complying with relevant requirements
  • Firm Level Quality Control
  • Suitability & Availability of the criteria
  • Quantity & Quality of evidence
  • Acceptance of a change in the terms of the Engagement
  • Competences, Capabilities and Objectively of the Practitioner’s expert

Risk Management, Ethics and Governance

  • Risk of Material Misstatement
  • Engagement Risk
  • Roles & Responsibilities
  • Enhancing Credibility
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Case Study
Recognition

Certificate

  • • Wallstreet Development Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course.
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