Certification 101 Thomas J Spoden

Today I talked about Quality Control Systems and how to set them up. I also discuss Document Control and the specific ways I've seen documents updated and sent out. Lastly, I'll cover the challenges in creating and maintaining a Quality Control System that I've seen from my experience. 

Today I talk about a set process for certification.  I've divided this up into 4 steps:

1) Application

2) Evaluation

3) Certification

4) Observation

I'll talk about these steps and why defining them is valuable for a certification body. 

I talk today about the two areas of resource availability at certification bodies.  First, have enough resources.  Second, training and measuring those resources. 

On this episode, I talked about a set organizational structure and how to develop it at a certification body. I touch on the three pillars of a CB, leadership, technical, and quality. 

Today I talk about what is required to be publicly available at a certification body according to most ISO standards versus what is nice to have available for the benefit of your customers. 

On this episode I talk about confidentiality.  I'll also talk about the five main areas that confidentiality practices affect daily policies within the certification body.