Accreditation & Assessment

The IOAS publishes the name and scope details of the accreditations undertaken by the IOAS on this web site and informs the relevant scheme owner which may also publish a list of approved bodies.

The scope of the accreditation or approval will include:

• The standard used by the body;
• The categories of activity (where relevant);
• The countries of activity.

Any change or extension of scope must be notified to the IOAS and may be subject to additional assessment procedures and fees. Absence of a category of activity or country from a certification body listing does not prohibit the CB from accepting and processing an application but the certificate issued is not recognised under the respective accreditation until the CB has successfully extended its scope.

Each CB listing at the scheme and standard level indicates competence to work in the countries listed for the standard as a whole but the CB may not have the competence or choose to offer all categories of activity under the standard in every country. Further information should be sought from the CB.

For some certification bodies, their listing may indicate that they have “Key Offices” at locations other than their main address. In such cases, one or more of the following activities has been confirmed to be taking place at these “Key Offices”:

A. Policy formulation and approval.

B. Process and procedure development and approval.

C. Initial assessment of competence and approval of technical personnel and subcontractors.

D. Control of the monitoring of competence of personnel and subcontractors and its outcomes.

E. Contract review including technical review of applications and determining the technical requirements for certification activity in new technical areas or areas of limited sporadic activity.

F. decision on certification including technical review of evaluation tasks (such as design and documentation review, sampling, testing, inspection, and audit).

This web site provides a search facility (Certification Body Database) for identifying a certification body by scheme or country.

Below is our searchable database of certification bodies that are under IOAS surveillance for the various schemes with which we work. The listing shows the CB name, their home country and schemes in which they are engaged. Users can search for all CBs under a scheme or for all CBs with activity in a given country. The database is updated as changes are made.

Please note:

Accredited CB’s will have their accredited scheme indicated in dark blue.

If the CB is an applicant for a scheme and not yet accredited, this will be indicated by the scheme shown in pale blue.

If the CB Scheme is red in colour this indicates the accreditation or any recommendation has been suspended.

Clicking on the CB name will take you to full details of the CB and show each individual scheme status, categories and countries of activity.