Dti pab requirements for accreditation bodies

Philippine Accreditation Office

providing confidence in conformity assessment

REQUIREMENTS forAccreditation Bodies

As presented by

Former Dir. CIRILA S. BOTORPhilippine Accreditation Bureau

Accreditation attestation issued related to a conformity assessment body conveying demonstration of competence to carry out inspection, testing or certification

Conformity Assessment Activities

Inspection Testing Certification

Benefits from Accreditation

a. Better consumer protection

b. Improved acceptability of products and services

c. Reduced cost of doing business by avoiding duplicative or multiple inspection, testing or certification of products or services traded within the country or across other countries’ borders.

PAO Schemes in OperationAccreditation of Testing and Calibration laboratories- 99 (ISO/IEC 17025)

Accreditation of Management System Certification Bodiesa. ISO 9001 – 5

b. ISO 14001 – 3 c. HACCP – 1 Accreditation of Inspection (ISO 17020) Bodies – 1

PAO Memberships

1. Multilateral Recognition Arrangement for QMS(ISO 9001) & EMS(ISO 14001)- Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC)

- International Accreditation Forum (IAF)

2. Mutual Recognition Agreement for Testing and Calibration- Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation

Cooperation (APLAC) - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)

REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ACCREDITATION BODY (ISO/IEC 17011)

1. Legal responsibility

2. Structure

3. Impartiality

4. Decision on accreditation

5. No consultancy

6. Confidentiality

7. Liability and financing

8. Internal audits

9. Human resources

10. Accreditation criteria

Accreditation Requirements

11. Conduct of assessment

12. Decision on accreditation

13. Reassessment and surveillance

14. Extending accreditation

15. Suspending, withdrawing or reducing

accreditation

Accreditation Requirements

16. Appeals

17. Information on accredited bodies to be published.

18. Reference to accreditation and use of symbols

Accreditation Requirements

1. Legal responsibility The accreditation body (AB) shall be a

registered legal entity2 Structure AB shall have a description of its legal status

including the names of its owners, if applicable. AB shall identify the top management

responsible for developing policies; supervision of the implementation of policies and procedures; making decisions on accreditation etc.

Accreditation Requirements

3. Impartiality

All AB personnel and committees shall be free from any undue commercial, financial and undue pressure that could compromise objectivity and impartiality of accreditation.

The AB shall ensure effective involvement of

of interested parties with no single party predominating.

CWTRG : Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulations GroupPCAAC : Philippine Conformity Assessment Accreditation CouncilPAO : Philippine Accreditation OfficeMSAAC : Management System Advisory CommitteeLAAC : Laboratory Accreditation Advisory CommitteeMSA : Management System AccreditationLA : Laboratory Accreditation

PAO ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

CWTRG

PCAAC

PAO

LAAC

MSA Division LA DivisionPromotion

Division

MSAAC

Appeals Committee

Accreditation Requirements

Philippine Conformity Assessment Accreditation Council (PCAAC)- Governing board or policy making group composed of:

Chairman- DTI Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare & Trade Regulation Members- Directors of BPS, BSMBD, BETP,

BOI,Philexport, PPSQF

Accreditation Requirements

Advisory Committee Members Certification Body Industry Association Professional Association PS Licensees Consumer Association DENR Procurement Service, DBM Academe

Accreditation Requirements

4. Decision on Accreditation

AB shall ensure that each decision on accreditation is taken by competent persons or committees different from those who carried out the assessment

Accreditation Requirements

5. No conflict of interest The AB shall not provide any service that will

affect its impartiality such as those conformity assessment services that CABs perform nor can it offer consultancy on conformity assessment.

6. Confidentiality The AB shall safeguard confidentiality of

information obtained in the process of accreditation.

7. Liability and financing The AB shall have the resources to cover its

operations.

Accreditation Requirements

8. Internal Audits

The AB shall establish and perform internal audits of its accreditation processes at least

once a year. Results of audits are reviewed by top management.

9. Human resources

AB shall have sufficient number of competent personnel. AB shall conduct monitoring of the performance of its personnel.

Accreditation Requirements

10. Accreditation criteria

AB shall have criteria for accreditation.

Examples-

ISO/IEC 17021- Management systems

certification body

ISO/IEC Guide 65- Product Certification

body

Accreditation Requirements

11. Conduct of assessment

a. document and record review

b. on-site assessment

12. Decision on granting of accreditation

Accreditation shall only be granted

when the accreditation criteria have

been fully met.

Accreditation Requirements

13. Reassessment and surveillance AB shall have schedule of reassessment and surveillance of its accredited bodies.14. Extending accreditation15. Suspending, withdrawing or reducing accreditation. The accreditation body shall have policies for suspending, withdrawing and revoking accreditation

Accreditation Requirements

16. AB to have appeals procedure

17. AB to publish information on accredited

CABs

18. Reference to accreditation and use of

symbols

How are confidence in results established?

MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT

Accreditation Body (ISO/IEC 17011)

Certification BodyISO/IEC17021

OrganizationISO 9001

peer evaluates

accredits

certifies

PAC, APLAC IAF, ILAC

peer evaluates

Accreditation Body (ISO/IEC 17011)

Certification BodyISO/IEC 17021

OrganizationISO 9001

accredits

certifies

PAO Philippines

SGS Philippines

San Miguel

SAC, Singapore

PSB, Singapore

Nestle, Singapore

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