IOAS Accreditation

Accreditation is a third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying a formal demonstration of its competence to carry out the tasks of conformity assessment.

The conformity assessment bodies namely certification bodies, inspection bodies, personal certifications, and other system certification bodies get the accreditation after getting through the assessment process for accreditation.

Accreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented. This ensures one certificate is acceptable all over the world.

The accreditation process ensures that their certification practices are acceptable, typically meaning that they are competent to test and certify third parties, behave ethically, and employ suitable quality assurance.

One example of accreditation is the accreditation of certification bodies providing management system certification to organizations that comply with international management standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS, FSMS, Etc.

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Accreditation Procedure.

The Accreditation process deployed by IOA Services can accommodate all types and sizes of organizations that can be carrying our wide range of activities. IOA Services Accreditation can be applied by all applicants without having any geographical limitations and can be granted internationally. Accreditation can be given to all organizations that are ready to follow the policies and rules of IOA Services.

IOAS follows the accreditation procedure in 4 stages:

Application phase

Assessment phase

Accreditation phase

Surveillance phase

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1. Application phase

  • Accreditation form submitted by interested conformity assessment body

  • Where necessary IOAS personnel interact with the interested conformity assessment body and solve their doubts and queries

  • Application is reviewed by Accreditation Committee and brief report is submitted to the management

  • Based on the joint decision concluded by the management and committee, the conformity assessment body is informed about the next course of action

2. Assessment phase

  • Board communicates assessment dates to the conformity assessment body, obtains confirmation, and subsequently schedules site visits. During this visit, IOAS shall assess the technical competence, skill, and knowledge of auditors as well as back office staff.

  • IOAS’s competent personnel will initially review the management system developed by the conformity assessment body. The assessment duration differs cause of the size of the CAB and the complexity of the process.

  • An assessment report in detail shall be recorded along with shortfalls and conformities.

  • Shortfalls may be corrected by the conformity assessment body by implementing necessary measures within the stated time frame of 60 days from assessment date.

  • Where necessary, corrective actions implemented by the conformity assessment body are re-assessed after mutual agreement.

3. Accreditation phase

  • An accreditation committee evaluates the assessment report and decides on whether the accreditation should be granted.

  • When decided to grant the accreditation, IOAS declares the successful completion of accreditation procedure and notifies the conformity assessment body about the same.

  • IOAS, then issues accreditation certificate accompanying with annexure as necessary specifying the scope of services.

  • When accreditation is granted, the conformity assessment body’s details are updated in IOAS registrar

4. Surveillance phase

  • When issued, the accredited certificate is generally valid for Four years. IOAS intend to ensure that the conformity assessment body comply with all necessary requirements and also maintain management system in order to deliver expected service to end customer. Surveillance audit is scheduled every year. Upon successful completion of five years, conformity assessment body enters into new contract for subsequent four years, that is called as re-accreditation

How to Apply for Accreditation.

The application for accreditation starts with the filling of the form and submit it duly filled. The accreditation process is followed by an assessment- onsite and offsite.

The conclusion on the process of issue of accreditation finishes off with the decision-making for the accreditation.
The applicant can apply by filling out the online/offline application.

The application form can be downloaded through the below link.
IOA Services Accreditation is granted to an organization that can demonstrate compliance with national/international standards.

The details of the standards can be obtained from the relevant website of ISO or the national standard organizations.

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