How certification works

Certification is done to instill confidence and trust with any stakeholder that the object or organisation has certain characteristics or embodies a specified minimum quality. To ensure this, it is important that the assessment is done by an independent, impartial and objective third party, called a certification body.

How certifications works

    Reasons to get certified

    You may want to become certified, just because you want to demonstrate to the world that your products, processes, services or organisation is of a certain level. Or you may require certification to be able to get into a certain market or because your customers ask you to.

    Kindly note that this document provides guidance only. It might not fully reflect specific processes for your organisation. For legal and financial processes, please consult the Terms of Contract available on our website.

    Certification process

    Get your certification in 4 steps.

    Complete the application

    We will send you the official form that you need to complete to start the process.

    Received the financial proposal

    We will send you an offer tailored to the type of product, destination, and operation.

    Confirmation and coordination of the audit

    We coordinate the audit based on the proposal.

    Report and issuance of the certificate

    We issue the technical report and grant the certificate.

    Receive the correct application form

    Application form

    The information in the application form is the basis for us to provide you with an offer that relates to the correct scope of activities, products, processes and or units to be certified. From a legal perspective it is important that this offer reflects the rights and obligations that both parties have and therefore must give a realistic indication of the amount of time needed to perform an assessment that enables the certification body to reach a well-founded certification decision.

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