ISO 17020
ISO/IEC 17020 Accreditation from UKAIB
ISO/IEC 17020 conformity accreditation is for the operation of varied sorts of bodies performing an inspection to create confidence and be accurate in performing their inspection on technical competence and recognition of good management practice. Accreditation to inspection bodies may be conducted with the proper procedure by which an authoritative body provides formal recognition for specific inspection, supported by third-party assessment by gaining ISO/IEC 17020:2012 standard. This international standard was published by the international body implementing standards, the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 17020 Accreditation Part 2 is supervised by IAF MRA (International Accreditation Forum Multilateral Recognition Arrangement) to develop requirements for the operation. ISO/IEC 17020 Accreditation Certification is drafted under the principles and regulations given within the ISO/IEC Directives.
ISO/IEC 17020:2012 is an accreditation not a certification like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and other system certification, which is granted to the Inspection bodies by an ILAC / APLAC-approved accreditation body for conducting inspection and provide a certificate for the inspection. The development and updating of guidelines and inspecting with accurate procedure activities are engaged through IAF. These types of international arrangements and technical processes and procedures give the acceptance of inspection results between countries to which MRA partners represent achieving global acceptance. Inspection Bodies Accreditation verifies the technical capability of QMS and provides guidelines and processes to achieve in-tune and correct inspection processes for an accurate result that is accepted by the globe internationally.
This accreditation was initially published in the year 1998 then after certain amendments in 2012 was been made. ISO17020:2012 standard has sorted examination bodies conduction inspection into three significant classes based on their inspection. They are as under:
Type – A: Independent of the parties involved conducting Independent Inspection merely engaged in inspection activities.
Type – B: Inspection body conducting inspection services to those organizations of which the inspection body forms a neighborhood that supplies inspection services only to its parent organization. This inspection involves a separate and identifiable part of an organization involved in the design, manufacture, supply, installation, use, or maintenance of the items it inspects, and
Type – C: The inspection body, suggest the review body of obligations and account-abilities to ensure sufficient isolation among investigation and different exercises that will give shields inside the association. It does not form an identifiable but not necessarily a separate part of an organization.
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