NAAB Accreditation Scheme
With a very low overhead, our process is simplified and our delivery of accuracy is much faster.
The people on our board come from the Americas, Europe and Asia, so they understand culture, behavior and beliefs.
▶️Our Key Services/ Functions:
- Submission of application request together with administration fee.
- Accreditation of Certifying, Inspection and Notified Bodies
- Accreditation of Training Organizations
- Registration of Accredited Laboratories in Testing, Calibration and Medical
- Registration of Assessors and Auditors
- Typical Application and Accreditation Sequence for Certifying Bodies
Initial Enquiry
- Preliminary response by NAAB.
- Please Note: Applicants are expected to comply with the requirements of ISO 17021/ISO 17025/ISO 17020. Application process by NAAB and performance of accreditation routines dependent upon assessment and certifying standards. Assessment visits will not be chargeable, but full travel and accommodation costs will be borne by the applicant for which payment is required beforehand. A typical process is as follows:
- Send NAAB your Manual and procedures and blank copies of forms.
- We shall review and comment. If necessary we will require you to amend and respond before the next step.
- Demonstrate impartiality of your organization in respect of independence from 'related bodies' and that it is a single legal entity
- For the first six assessments you must advise NAAB before hand that you intend to carry out an assessment.
- You send us photocopies / e-mails of all the documents related to those assessment and certification assignments demonstrating compliance with the documents that we had earlier reviewed.
- We shall issue a draft accreditation certificate. Your accreditation reference will be defined at this time. This will be subject to a satisfactory site witness of your activity.
- NAAB witnesses your next assessment and certification activity.
- You conduct a further four assessments and send us copies of the paperwork.
- We witness the next convenient assessment.
- During the course of the issue of accreditation certificate if appropriate the preceding actions we would have expected to conduct several face to face meetings and visits to your operating premises.
- You continue to assess and certificate but don't need to send paperwork.
- You must advise weekly on our Form 4 of all the certifications that you have conducted
- We will monitor the level of your activity and conduct accreditation reviews to suit.
- You must inform us of all certification activity.
- Following advice from you that a certificate has been issued; NAAB will send an Accreditation Certificate to your client underpinning your own certification activity. Ongoing surveillance and accreditation including allocation of accreditation numbers. Typical Management Systems Registration Process For Assessed Organizations (Not applicable to personnel registration systems)
- Registration applies to the listing of assessed firms/suppliers by the Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory.
- Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory body requests preliminary registration number from NAAB.
- Required information by NAAB is: Name and phone number of client/supplier together with name of quality representative. Applicable standard (Typically ISO 9001) Applicable scope of client/supplier and SIC Probable date of certification.
- Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory confirms payment method: either
- Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory pays NAAB.
- Client/supplier pays NAAB. If client pays then:
- NAAB sends Order Acknowledgement and invoice to assessed client/supplier confirming future accredited certification status.
- Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory confirms that assessed firm/supplier is certificated.
- The preliminary registration number is confirmed by NAAB. With the Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory and client/supplier
- Financial processing begins: either NAAB invoice Certifying/Inspection/Laboratory at month end or, NAAB progress payment from assessed firm/supplier.
- N.B. Unauthorized use of the NAAB logo could constitute a criminal offence and render any user liable to prosecution via Trading Standards officials.
🟡NAAB applies accreditation requirements from international standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC).
🟡ISO/IEC 17021 was revised and published on 15th June 2015.
🟡It incorporates new requirements for third-party certification auditing of management systems and the competence of personnel involved in the certification process.
🟡The International Accreditation Forum (IAF), in consultation with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has set the time period for implementing the latest standard.
🟡Certification bodies seeking to offer sector-specific programs must first be accredited as a certification body for quality or environmental management systems, as applicable.