What are the Benefits and the Steps Involved in ISO 17065 Accreditation certific

Posted by Charles Wilson on April 14th, 2022

ISO 17065 is a globally recognized standard for the organizations that certify products. The standards set up a basis for the application of an operative and an accredited management system. The entire thing is built on objective testing principles. ISO 17065 is appropriate to all organizations regardless of the scale of their work and the position. ISO 17065 can also help to formulate effective regulations based on their accessibility and without disturbing the working standards. ISO/IEC 17065 is a Product Certification Bodies Accreditation Standard. ISO 17065 standard is for the bodies that are certifying the quality of a product. The product can either be a physical one or some process or any service. Product certifications or licenses are issued by certification bodies to organizations, so the organizations can market their products. This certification guarantees the consumers that the product or service they are acquiring is according to international standards. ISO/IEC 17025:2005 specifies the overall requirements for the capability to carry out tests and/or calibrations, counting sampling. It helps to cover testing and calibration achieved using standard methods, non-standard methods, and laboratory-developed methods. The determination of ISO/IEC 17065 is for conformity assessment or the certification of products, processes, and/or services.

What are the Benefits of ISO 17065 Accreditation certification?

ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation offers benefits to both the accredited organization and its customers. Some applied advantages of the certification are as follows:

• The ISO 17065 certification operation helps to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and production of the organization being accredited.
• It notifies accreditation providers about their ability in performing compliance and issuing certificates.
• An increase in confidence in the certification body and the competency of the auditors responsible for certifying management systems.
• Its guidelines improve data analysis and record-keeping skills.
• Provides a competitive edge to the company by increasing its customers’ trust and confidence in the certification.
• It builds the reputation of the certification bodies and provides recognition and credibility in the global market.
• It also helps for the competitive advantage over its competitors.

What are the steps are involved in ISO/IEC 17065 Consultancy Services?

The whole ISO/IEC 17065 certification process starts with some basic steps, which are as follows: 

• Firstly, it starts with the micro-level survey for every inspection parameter of the product certification bodies and the groundwork of a detailed Gap Analysis report.
• Prepare a proper valid document required by ISO/IEC 17065:2012, based on a detailed study of all activities of the product certification bodies, such as:

o   ISO 17065 Manual,

o   ISO 17065 Policy

o   Procedures for ISO/IEC 17065:2012 accreditation

o   Standard Operating Procedures

o   Setups to establish the objective evidence of application

• Provide an ISO 17065 auditor training to all levels of the workforces within the certification bodies
• Also helps in effective execution of system by episodic visit till accreditation
• Conduct and manage internal audit for ISO 17065 accreditation system to check willingness for the accreditation,
• After all the required steps next are to conduct a management review meeting in the existence of Top Management to lead the product certification bodies for effective application of all the issues related to inspection
• And lastly present a proper demo of activities to build confidence among the