How To Become Accredited

A typical process is as follows:

• Initial enquiry
• Preliminary response
• Submission of application request together with administration fee. Please note: Applicants are expected to comply with the requirements of applicable
     standards (e.g. ISO 17021). Personnel competence will require demonstration.
• Application performance of accreditation routines dependent upon assessment and certifying standards.
• Send manual, procedures, require formats or applicable documents in hard or softcopy.
• We shall review and comment. If necessary we will require you to amend and respond before the next step.
• Demonstrate impartiality of your organization in respect of independence from 'related bodies' and that it is a legal entity.
• For the first six assessments you must advise UKASL before hand that you intend to carry out an assessment.
• You send us photocopies / e-mails of all the documents related to those assessment and certification assignments demonstrating compliance with the
      documents that we had earlier reviewed.
• We shall issue a draft accreditation certificate. Your accreditation reference will be defined at this time. This will be subject to a satisfactory site witness of your
      activity.
• UKASL witnesses your next assessment and certification activity.
• You conduct a further four assessments and send us copies of the paperwork.
• We witness the next convenient assessment.
• uring the course of the preceding actions we would have expected to conduct several face to face meetings and visits to your operating premises.
• Issue of accreditation certificate if appropriate.
• You continue to assess and certificate but don't need to send paperwork.
• We will monitor the level of your activity and conduct accreditation reviews to suit.
• You must inform us of all certification activity.
• Ongoing surveillance and accreditation including allocation of accreditation numbers.