Also known as third party audits are an external and entirely independent audit performed by an auditor representing a certification body for the purpose of issuing the business a certificate. These happen once a year, as part of a 3 year certification cycle.
This is a primary role of an auditor and naturally the area of our work we spend the most time on.
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All businesses require a certification visit every three years as well as surveillance visits each year in between.
Here at IPAS we take a direct approach on certification visits, aiming to be the least disruptive to your business as possible whilst on site.
We gather as much information and evidence as is required to satisfy your conformance to your own business processes and the standard requirements for certification.
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An important decision that you need to make is what type of certification is required. Whether your business requires accredited certification or not will often be determined by either your industry or as a customer or interested party requirement.
I-PAS Ltd is an unaccredited certification body and so can only provide certification audits for your business if there is no requirement for you to hold accredited certification. We choose to provide unaccredited certification as a service to give options to businesses that do not require it, and therefore saving our clients money on unnecessary fees. We understand the need for a quality service and so conduct our certification audits using the same resources, time & methodology as we would for an accredited certification body. Our approach to certification visits is comprehensive yet direct & concise, gathering the information required to satisfy conformance to the requirements of the standards, with no disruption to your day to day business. To find out more about certification audits, or the differences between accredited or unaccredited services, do not hesitate to contact us.
For a business to maintain certification to an ISO standard, a three year audit cycle must be adhered to.
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Certification Audit
An entire system audit to either certify or re-certify a business.
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Surveillance Audit 1
A sample audit to verify continued conformance to the standard.
03
Surveillance Audit 2
A sample audit to verify continued conformance to the standard.