Requirements Certification V14

Requirements for Certification

Requirements for Certification / V14 2025-04-01

• Former Annex 1 (previous but one change log removed in line with GWO standards, this is no longer included).

Amendment date

Version

Approved by & date

GWO ExCo, 21.09.2021

14.09.2021

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Description of changes

Version changed to 09

Section 6

• 6.1.4: Requirement for certification bodies to create user profiles on the WINDA platform.

6.1.5: Link to register on WINDA.

• 6.1.6: Two year roll-over transition period for existing certificates.

• 6.1.7: CB responsibility for maintenance of profile and timely record keeping.

• 6.2.4: Requirement for auditors to create user profiles on the WINDA platform.

• 6.2.6: Linking auditor required number of audits in a 12-month period to requirement to retain AQT validity and dependency of this on certification body profile (where only 1 auditor). • 6.3. Withdraw of approval for certification bodies or individual auditors. Processes for handling auditor and certification body investigations including; decision making and appeal to A/C. Third-part audit commissioning by GWO; requirement to support GWO in investigation. • 7.1 Restatement of process for requesting a certification based on the new provision under WINDA including two year transition period from 6th September 2021. 7.1.4 Initial audit of new training providers and re-certification of existing providers via WINDA

• requires GWO approval and validation by auditor within 48 hours. 7.9.7

• ANNEX 1 GWO New certificate/ re-certificate form deleted as this is now available through globalwindsafety.org. • ANNEX 2 Deleted. Increasing long legacy added little value going forward Change log from previous version (V8) retained and renamed as (New) Annex 1.

General

• Modification of references to record keeping and communication between training certification bodies, auditors and training handling now pointing to use of WINDA platform.

• Updated for references to GWO taxonomy framework

• Replacement of legacy terms for delegates/ course participants

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