Requirements for Certification
Requirements for Certification / V14 2025-04-01
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Section 6
• 6.2.2 Qualifications of team members certifying a training provider are now:
• a fully qualified and active lead auditor ISO 9001/45001 under ISO 17021 and/or 17065 must cover the audit of the quality management system of a training provider. A fully qualified and active lead auditor ISO 45001/OSHAS 18001 or similar must cover the audit of a training session on site. • alternative to Auditor Qualification Training (6.2.7) has been removed. Previous 6.2.8, 6.2.9 are now 6.2.7, 6.2.8 • 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
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Table 1 - Sampling allowance is new
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• 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• 7.4.2: Quality Management Systems and Supporting Processes has been replaced by Supporting Processes • 7.4.14: the number of participants in any parts of the observed training must at least be equivalent to the instructor to course participant maximum indicated in the practical training ratio with 1 instructor has been replaced by: the minimum number of course participants in any parts of the observed training must be 4
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