CROSQ EE Lab Training Cortland, NY Paul Moliski, Accreditation VP Intertek June 20,-21, 2018 Accreditation Overview • 01 • Hierarchy of Accreditation Documents and Drivers • 02 • Organizations Involved in Accreditation • 03 • Steps to Accreditation • 04 • Trade Tools and Inconsistencies 2 Hierarchy of Accreditation Documents and Drivers • ISO / IEC Standards; 17011, 17020, 17021, 17024, 17025, 17065 • Internationally Recognized Schemes; IECEE, GFSI, Rohs • Regional / National; Directives, Government Regulations (FDA, FCC, FAA) • ILAC and IAF Requirements • National Accreditation Body Requirements; OSHA NRTL, ANSI, IAS, SCC • Local City and State requirements (LA City, CSFM) • Product Standards (ANSI, ASTM, IEC, NSF, UL) • Global Operating Procedures • Local Operating Procedures 3 Hierarchy of Accreditation Documents and Drivers • ISO / IEC Standards; 17011, 17020, 17021, 17024, 17025, 17065 • 17011; General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies • 17020; General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection • 17021; Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems • 17024; General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons • 17025; General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories • 17065; Requirements for certification bodies certifying products, processes and services 4 What is conformity assessment? • Conformity assessment is the term given to techniques and activities that ensure a product, process, service, management system, person or organisation fulfils specified requirements. • Since the 1970s the ISO policy committee on conformity assessment (ISO/CASCO) has published a series of International Standards and Guides that contain internationally agreed provisions for conformity assessment. These International Standards and Guides are revised and republished on a regular basis and are known collectively as the ‘ISO/CASCO toolbox’. ISO CASCO Webpage; 5 https://www.iso.org/sites/cascoregulators/index.html Organizations Involved in Accreditation • International Accreditation Forum (IAF)* • International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperative (ILAC)* • Regional Cooperatives* • EA • IAAC • PAC • AFRAC • ARAC • SADAC * These are not accreditation bodies! 6 Organizations Involved in Accreditation • Occupational Safety and Health Administration • US-based The Program recognizes private sector organizations as NRTLs, and recognition signifies that an organization has met the necessary qualifications specified in the regulations for the Program. • United Kingdom Accreditation Service • UK-based The sole national accreditation body recognized by the British government to assess the competence of organizations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services Organizations Involved in Accreditation • CNAS s the national accreditation body of China • Unitarily responsible for the accreditation of certification bodies, laboratories and inspection bodies • Established under the approval of the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA) • Authorized by CNCA in accordance with the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation Organizations Involved in Accreditation • American Association for Laboratory Accreditation • US-based Nonprofit, non-governmental, public service, membership society. Offers accreditation for a variety of different testing laboratories and inspection bodies. • International Accreditation Service • US-based A nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that provides objective evidence that an organization operates at the highest level of ethical, legal and technical standards. Steps to Accreditation • Identification of a need or driver • Identification of a scope; - Application; - Preliminary audit; - On-site audit; - Remote audit; - Witness audit; - Non-compliances (NC's); - Corrective Action Response (CAR's); - Implementation evidence; - Close-out; - Granting or renewal or accreditation; - Surveillance or Re-Assessment Safety Testing • Testing to global and local standards • Standards designed through governing body • Product compliance usually denoted by mark Trade Tools and Inconsistencies Regional requirements • EC One Country One Accreditor • India Product Safety and Telecom • South Africa EMC Approval • China National CBs only • THANK YOU Paul Moliski [email protected] Insert Footer Here 13 .