Certification Procedure
Certification body VNZ Quality Services Pvt. Ltd (VNZMS) provides:
CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:
Quality management system according to standard ISO 9001
Occupational and health and safety management system according to BS OHSAS 18001
Environmental management system according to ISO 14001
Information security management system according to ISO/IEC 27001
Food safety management systems according to ISO 22000
Medical devices quality mangement systems according to ISO 13485
In a case of your interest for certification of your management system, the procedure is very simple:
Ask us for "Request for Offer"
Following the filled "Request for Offer" we shall prepare the proposal of application for certification ("Offer")
After accepting (signing) the "Offer" by you we shall prepare proposal of "Certification Agreement"
After "Certification Agreement" signing by both contractual parties, contract becomes valid and binding "Certification Agreement" is signed for the period of 3 years (validity of Certificate is also 3 years)
During 3 years of "Certification Agreement" validity we shall perform 1 certifiaction audit and 2 surveillance audits (see below)
From the certification body point of view the management systems certification process has following stages:
Preparation stage
Certification audit - 1. stage
Certification audit - 2. stage
Award of the certificate
Preparation stage
Preparation stage is the stage comprising the audit preparation. Certification body shall delegate the audit team. Audit team is responsible for audit execution.
Certification audit - 1. Stage
Certification audit - 1. stage is performed to obtain sufficient information and verification that the basic requirements for the proper function of management system were applied. Lead auditor verifies the competency of documentation concerning the requirements of relevant standards and regulations.
Certification audit - 2. Stage
2.stage certification audit shall take place at the site of the client and individual workstations, which are audit subjects according to the clients requirements specified in the contract. Process of audit performance contains of these stages:
Preparation (programme) lead auditor shall elaborate the programme with the time schedule and requirements for the participation of individual competent people
Realization the process of audit performance
Closing at the closing meeting with the certification organization management representatives audit team shall evaluate the audit process and shall determine the dates for nonconformities elimination.
Evaluation output document from the certification audit is certification audit report. Report is elaborated by lead auditor, who is responsible also for its completness and precision. Lead auditor is obligatory to incorporate all comments from auditors and technical experts, who participated at the audit, to the report, after the personal consulting.
Award of the certificate
If our technical committee does not discover any serious facts which would contradict lead auditor findings stated in the certification audit report and proposal of lead auditor for certificate awarding, we shall issue the consistent statement to the lead auditors statement and shall award the certificate.
Surveillance audits
VNZ Quality Services Pvt. Ltd (VNZMS) performs surveillance audits once per year during the issued certificate validity. Surveillance audits are performed and documented analogical way like certification audit. Lead auditor shall elaborate the surveillance audit report.
Transfer of accredited certification
Transfer of accredited certification means appreciation of existing and valid management system certificate awarded by other accredited certification body for the purposes of certificate award by VNZ Quality Services Pvt. Ltd (VNZMS).