Requirements for Certification
Requirements for Certification / V14 2025-04-01
6.3.1 has been changed to: GWO can withdraw the approval for an individual auditor or a certification body if we receive or uncover evidence that the auditor or certification body does not follow the GWO requirements for certification bodies. This decision can be appealed to the GWO Audit and Compliance Committee 6.3.2 has been changed to: Should a decision by the GWO Audit & Compliance Committee be to withdraw the approval for the certification body to conduct GWO audits, any required transfer or certificates will be done according to the current revision of “IAF MD 2: IAF Mandatory Document for the Transfer of Accredited Certification of Management Systems”.
Section 7
7.3.3 has been changed to 7.3.2: for all initial audits, sampling is not allowed, and all modules and training sites must be assessed according to table 1. Sampling is allowed for maintenance and re certification audits.
7.3.2 is now 7.3.1
Table 1 - Sampling allowance is new
Table 2 - Man-day allocation (previously table 1) has been reformatted
7.4.2: Quality Management Systems and Supporting Processes has been replaced by Supporting Processes
7.4.14: the number of participants in any parts of the observed training must at least be equivalent to the instructor to course participant maximum indicated in the practical training ratio with 1 instructor has been replaced by: the minimum number of course participants in any parts of the observed training must be 4 7.4.17 is new: the maximum timeframe between completion of the quality management systems section and the remaining audit sections will be 4 weeks
7.5.5 has been removed. 7.5.6 and 7.5.7 are now 7.5.5 and 7.5.6
7.6 has been moved to 7.9
7.8 “Remote auditing” is new and replaces Annex 3
Table 3 - Remote auditing allowance is new 7.9.5, 7.9.6 and 7.9.7 related to “GWO Audit Report” are new
Amendment date
Version
Approved by & date
12.05.2020
7.1
GWO ExCo, 01.05.2010
Description of changes
Section 7.4.14: Certification Process
Updated wording on number of participants during training when conducting an audit.
Section 7.7.1: Extension of Certification
Clarified wording on changed extension of certificates.
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