Requirements for Certification
Requirements for Certification / V14 2025-04-01
6.2.4 Through dialogue with the training provider, Stage 1 must:
a. identify areas of concern, potentially leading to non-conformity
b.
review the allocation of resources for Stage 2
6.2.5 Stage 1 can be repeated until it produces satisfactory results to proceed with Stage 2
Stage 2 audit
6.2.6 The audit team shall provide an audit programme to the training provider based on the GWO Requirements for Training prior to the audit
6.2.7 During the audit, the audit team shall meet with the training provider’s management and staff to discuss the details of the process and consider possible issues relating to the performance of the audit
6.2.8 The audit team shall discuss any non-conformities, observations and opportunities for improvement if, and when, they are identified during the audit
6.2.9 Training providers who wish to offer training in a specific training setting must obtain certification for each of the GWO modules the training provider wishes to deliver in that setting
6.2.10 The maximum timeframe between completion of the audit against section 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the Requirements for Training is four weeks, except for multi-site certification
6.2.11 The auditor shall follow either an actual or a mock training session in each GWO module included in the audit scope
6.2.12 As part of the audit, the auditor must observe and assess an instructor delivering a training session to course participants. The instructor selected for observation must be a qualified GWO instructor who is already subject to annual instructor assessment and part of the ongoing competence programme run by the training provider being audited 6.2.13 Course participants attending the observed training must be sufficiently fit and capable to participate in the training and must hold all necessary pre-requisites required by the GWO module, as per sub- sections 9.2.1 and 9.2.3 in the Requirements for Training
6.2.14 The number of course participants in any part of the observed training (actual or mock) must comply with the following requirements:
a. exercises and timings must be capable of being adjusted to minimum and maximum
instructor/participant ratio while achieving the learning objectives in accordance with the GWO Taxonomy Framework. A plan for this must be documented and must be verified by the auditor. For example, when the participant number in any witnessed training is below the maximum instructor/participant ratio in the module (for a single instructor), the instructor must conduct the training in a manner that demonstrates the ability to train at the maximum instructor/participant ratio
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