What comes after ISO 14001 Certification?
After you achieve your goal of ISO 14001 certification, you now have to
maintain the quality management system and to continue to work to develop
operational excellence. There are two steps to maintaining your certification.
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ISO 14001 Certification Surveillance
Surveillance assessments are the
heart of the post-certification process for ISO 14001 certification. The ISO
14001 surveillance audits assure ongoing conformity, determine whether your
management system remains effective, and encourage continual improvement,
thereby helping enhance your profitability. The last ISO 14001 surveillance
audit is always a recertification audit to ensure accreditation conformity
and full assessment of the requirements.
As your ISO 14000 registrar, SQA offers two surveillance scheduling
options for maintaining your ISO 14001 certification:
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Semi-annual ISO 14001 surveillances are performed every six months.
Certain core elements are reviewed during each visit and management
system processes are selected accordingly throughout the course of
certification. The advantage of this option is that each audit is
approximately half the duration of an annual surveillance and the system
is reviewed routinely. The majority of SQA ISO 14001 certification
clients select this schedule option.
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Annual ISO 14001 surveillances are conducted once a year. Again,
core elements are reviewed each year and management system processes are
selected accordingly throughout the course of ISO 14001 certification.
This alternative involves fewer, but longer visits.
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ISO 14001 Certification Renewal:
Once every three years (the third
year of each 3-year ISO 14001 certificate period), SQA will assess the
quality management system in its entirety. The duration of this ISO 14001
re-assessment is typically equal to about 2/3 of the audit days required for
the initial assessment. By assessing the entire quality management system
during one ISO 14001 assessment activity, the relationship of all the
processes comprising it can be fully evaluated for effectiveness.
SQA stands out in the crowd of ISO 14000 Registrars – contact us today to
begin.
An SQA representative would like to discuss your certification needs.
Contact us at 330-762-4231 today.
SQA, one of America's leading ISO 14000 registrars is an active member of the
Independent Association of Accredited Registrars (IAAR)
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The decision to pursue ISO 14001 certification involves
a substantial commitment of time and resources. Smithers Quality Assessments
recognizes that this is a very personal decision requiring a solution tailored
to your needs. To arrange for a SQA representative to review your certification
needs, contact us at 330-762-4231
today.
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