Training systems
Requirements for Certification / V12 2023-05-02
4. INTRODUCTION The Global Wind Organisation (GWO) is an association of wind turbine owners and manufacturers that was established in 2009. It has the mission statement of supporting an injury-free work environment in the wind industry through cooperation among its members in setting common industry best practice standards for health and safety-related training GWO is a non-profit organisation, and all income is re-invested in support of the mission statement. Activities include scheme governance, development and maintenance of GWO standards and modules, communication, and various outreach initiatives, as well as general operations Central to our governance is the global training records database, WINDA, which enables training partners, operators and individuals to verify training and provides industry-wide transparency regarding the training status of personnel This document constitutes version 12 of the Requirements for Certification. Version 12 has been created with input from stakeholders, recent governance issues and WINDA database system. These were consolidated by a working group of selected stakeholders (auditors and training providers) Version 12 replaces all previous versions and becomes a mandatory requirement as of October 1st, 2023, to be applied by certification bodies to all audits of GWO training providers, both new and existing Until September 30th, 2023, version 11 remains valid. However, version 12 may be used at the discretion of the certification body from the date of approval, if so agreed with the training provider
Approved by Global Wind Organisation’s (GWO) Board of Directors, April, 2023
5. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES 5.1 General Requirements for Certification Bodies
5.1.1 The certification body must be accredited by a signatory of the IAF MLA to ISO/IEC 17021: Conformity Assessment Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems, and/or accredited by a signatory of the IAF MLA to ISO/IEC 17065: Conformity Assessment - Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes, and Services. The certification must be carried out in accordance with the GWO Requirements for Training and the GWO standards 5.1.2 In the case that the certification body is accredited to ISO/IEC 17021, it must also be accredited to ISO 9001 and/or ISO 45001
5.1.3 All accreditations must be within relevant sector codes subject to review by GWO
5.1.4 Prior to performing an audit, the certification body must document conformity with the requirements in this document, of the certification body itself (S 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3), and the audit team members specifically. Upon approval, the certification body will be listed on the GWO website as a GWO-approved certification body 5.1.5 Certification bodies shall create a Certification Body User Profile in GWO’s WINDA platform. This profile shall include contact details, ISO accreditations, GWO’s Auditor Qualification Training and Auditor Development Training certificates
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