ISO/IEC 17024 Certification
ISO
17024 personal Certification is a procedure by which an authoritative body
gives formal recognition of technical competence of the qualification and
ability for specific activities conducted by the certifying body, based on
third-party assessment based on ISO 17024:2012 standard compliance. ISO/IEC
17024 is an International Standard that sets out criteria for bodies operating
certification of persons required to accomplish the specified job. This
standard has been drawn up to achieve and promote the organization's benchmark
accepted globally for operating certification of persons. ISO 17024 standard
includes all the requirements for the development and maintenance of the
effective certification scheme for persons upon which the certification is
based on.
ISO/IEC
17024:2012 Certification should be prepared to describe the ISO 17024 system
for any individual personnel conformity assessment by fulfilling the
requirements of the standard. The scope of the ISO 17024 Certification should
be described in such a way that each section of the manual references outlines
the requirements of the standard to acquire Certification. ISO 17024 manual
documents must have included some specific, structural, and technical
requirements, which describe the overall conformity assessment system as per
ISO/IEC 17024:2012 clauses compliance.
The
standard has the following principles:
- The
overall purpose of ISO 17024 certification is to recognize an individual's
competence, qualification, and experience with the ability to perform a
task or job.
- The ISO
17024 certification body has the responsibility to ensure that only those
persons who illustrate competence are awarded certification.
- Certification
of persons provides value through a valid assessment to gain public
confidence and trust.
- The
certification body should act responsibly to provide confidence,
impartiality, and integrity to interested parties in its competence.
Benefits
of ISO 17024 Certification
ISO
17024 Certification is not only considered beneficial to the certified
personnel but also to the Organization hiring third-party assessed personnel
with the competence to perform the allocated task.
Benefits
to certified persons:-
- Enhanced
acceptability in the global job market
- Continuous
professional attitude development
- Increased
recognition in the employment market with a preference
- Better
Salaries and Position
- Built
Confidence in the performing task
- Worldwide
recognition and credibility
- Development
in skills and experience
Benefits
to Industry
- Ease in
hiring skilled manpower
- Less
investment in training personnel
- Ensured
quality of services and well-planned Process
- Enhance
confidence of employee on the stated competencies
- Improved
quality and effectiveness in operations
- Saving
in terms of time and money of an Organization
- Hiring
criteria based on “competence” rather than on “qualification”
Documentation
Requirements for ISO 17024 Certification
ISO/IEC
17024:2012 assessment requires proper Certification documentation for
conforming to the requirements of the 2012 latest version of the standard,
regarding the components required in the development and maintenance of the
scheme for the development of the qualification of the personnel.
An
organization must have to implement a quality management system (QMS) and
prepare documents according to the requirements of ISO 17024:2012 standard
compliance to achieve ISO/IEC 17024 Certification. They are:
- ISO
17024:2012 Manual
- System
Policy
- Procedures
- Work
Instruction
- Sample
Forms and Templates
- ISO
17024:2012 Audit Checklist
Thus,
ISO/IEC 17024:2012 has several requirements (technical, structural, generic)
for organizational quality management system elements, the competence of
personnel, confidentiality, effectiveness, etc. An assessment body must also
describe the certification process to be followed and how to evaluate the process by following further steps.
ISO
17024 CERTIFICATION PROCESS
To
make the ISO 17024 Certification process simple and quick. Hiring a consultant
will guide you and your business through the following steps to achieve ISO
17024 Certification by providing
- Gap
Analysis Training
- Testing
- Documentation
& Test Report
- Process
Audit
- External
Audit
- Certification
and beyond

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