Requirements for Certification
Requirements for Certification / V14 2025-04-01
• 7.5.3 is now “The audit will verify that the quality management system for the multi-site training provider supports the delivery of the new training standard, module or setting, specifically in regards: qualification of instructors. equipment and physical resources; and risk assessments for the delivery of the new module.” • 7.6.1 is now “Auditors who wish to perform GWO internal audits for a multi-site training provider must successfully complete the GWO Auditor Qualification Training (AQT), which is designed as an entry qualification course for new auditors. Criteria for acceptance into AQT will be either ISO 9001 or ISO 45001 internal auditor qualification or alternative training that includes audit skills and knowledge on how management systems must be audited”. • 7.6.2 is now “In order to maintain the GWO internal auditor qualification, auditors must undertake Auditor Development Training (ADT) within a 12-month period following completion of GWO Auditor Qualification Training (AQT)” • 7.7.9 is now "Specific time must be allocated in the audit plan for the review of the internal audit reports and completion of the assessment template by the Certification Body. A guidance of required time for this task would be four to eight hours for each internal audit.
7.7.12 is now 7.7.1
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• Annex 2 “GWO Audit Plan (Multi-Site Certification)” removed
Amendment date
Version
Approved by & date
21.09.2022
11
GWO ExCo, 27.09.2022
Description of changes
Version changed to 11
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• New section (7) added: Multi-site certification
• Section 2 Definition added for “non-conformity”
• Section 2 New definitions added related to section 7 Multi-site certification
• 5.2.4 b) is now: complete a three-step qualification process, which requires that: a.
I) the auditor in training has attended as observer a Stage 1 audit conducted by a GWO qualified auditor. As an alternative, the auditor in training shall be supervised by a GWO qualified auditor during the first Stage 1 audit which is led by the auditor in training b. II) the auditor in training has either observed or participated (as a team member) in a Stage 2 audit led by a GWO qualified auditor. This can be either initial certification, surveillance, or extension of scope
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