Purpose
The motivation behind this portrayal of the UCS Confirmation Rules is to give important data with respect to UCS . administrations for leading our fair-minded and able appraisal of an organization's administration framework for issue and upkeep of a licensed accreditation ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and 22000 Standard.
Scope
Certification Procedure
Enquiry and Fee Quotation:- Upon receipt of an enquiry, the UCS . Poll is required to be finished by the candidate organization. In view of the data gave, a nitty gritty offer is submitted for customer's thought and acknowledgment.
Application:- Upon affirmation of acknowledgment of UCS. expense offer and the receipt of customer's application together with the application charge, the procedure of confirmation starts with planning of reviews on commonly pleasing dates.
Expansion of Certification:- Whenever the customers applies for the augmentation of Scope/expansion of locales, offices and so on the equivalent is confirmed during an uncommon visit or at the following observation review and dependent on the suggestions of Lead Assessor and check of review reports a choice is taken for issue of changed confirmation for degree expansion.
Audit Process
Documentation Review and Stage 1 Audit : For most administration framework, it is prescribed that at any rate some portion of the stage-I review be done at the customer guarantees so as to accomplish the goals. An on location survey of the customer's discretionary Quality/Environmental/Occupational Health Safety/Food Safety the board frameworks documentation is directed to confirm that the necessities of the appropriate ISO standard are tastefully tended to. A report is issued posting any non-congruity against which restorative moves requires to be made according to a remedial activity intend to be submitted. The level of execution of the quality frameworks is likewise evaluated to concur on a speculative stage 2 review timetables. Specifically, the records of the Internal Audit, Corrective Actions and the Management Reviews will be confirmed to evaluate the degree of Implementation of the Organization's reported managent System, in order to guarantee that the UCS administration System is adult before the Stage-II appraisal is planned to be led. The assessment might be completed during Stage-I by the Organization's. The board and hazard investigation is completed before continuing to the following phase of review
Stage 2 Audit : Following the Stage-I review, UCS . will lead a Stage-II accreditation review to survey similarity with the necessities of the appropriate ISO standard. A report ordering any non similarities or shortcoming in the usage of the recorded quality frameworks are issued.
Corrective Actions and Follow-up : The organization is required to present a Corrective Action Plan tending to the non-similarities inside a given time period. Restorative activities against every single real congruity require to be checked during a subsequent visit and/or through arrangement of target proof of successful usage, preceding affirmation of confirmation. Perceptions are likewise recorded identifying with different components of the archived administration frameworks according to the affirmation standard which don't fundamentally influence the task of the framework yet do by and by show an issue which may require redress.
In case of major non congruities being distinguished (Category 'An') in regard of the execution of any component of the quality framework or a few minor non-similarities being recorded against any one component which renders the framework insufficient yet operable, a proposal for affirmation is made subject to a CAP being submitted inside about fourteen days and remedial activities being checked nearby and finished off through a unique visit inside about two months of the appraisal date, before confirmation is conceded or as chosen by CEO.
Where the review has uncovered just minor non congruities (Category 'B') which should be tended to through restorative activities, the accreditation might be prescribed subject to the CAP ( Corrective Action Plan) being put together by the organization inside about fourteen days together with target confirmations of the remedial moves made. The restorative activities plan is required to be finished off upon physical confirmation of the attractive execution at the main resulting review.
On account of where "open doors for development: (Category 'C') having been recorded during the confirmation review, the activities, as appropriate, are watched for adequacy at the consequent review visit.
Issue of Certificate
Endless supply of the survey of all review documentation and restorative activities being finished off, UCS . will issue the Certificate of Registration to the organization. Legitimacy AND RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE : Certificates issued by UCS . stay legitimate for a long time subject to the conformance of the quality administration frameworks to the confirmation guidelines being checked and found attractive during periodical reconnaissance reviews. Upon expiry, Certificate of Registration is recharged for a further term of three years after lead of an attractive reassessment.
Surveillance Audit
UCS Accreditations are issued subject to the support and constant conformance of the reported MS frameworks to the confirmation benchmarks. Reconnaissance reviews will be directed at intermittent cooperate at any rate once per year during the multi year term of legitimacy of the Certificate pursued by a re-evaluation of the quality frameworks for reestablishment of the affirmation before its expiry. The recurrence of the reconnaissance reviews must be in any event once in a year from the date of shutting meeting of the accreditation review i.e., two observation reviews to be directed during the multi year time of legitimacy at yearly interface. If there should arise an occurrence of nine month to month observation review 3 reconnaissance reviews will be directed and in the event of six month to month reconnaissance review 5 reconnaissance reviews will be led. The nine month to month and six month to month reconnaissance reviews will be directed on the off chance that the association requests the equivalent during the singing of the agreement.
Special Audits
A special visit may require to be made to the certificate company’s premises in the following circumstances
UCS has motivation to accept that the recorded frameworks are insufficiently kept up with significant inadequacies in activity.
In the event of any adjustment in the administration framework standard because of which the affirmation necessities will be changed, customer will be insinuated ahead of time for the progress review and review will be booked after the assent of the association. In any case, the review must be done before the characterized time allotment.
Upon implication by the confirmed organization, of any huge change in the guaranteed archived framework. Counting expansion of degree visit will choose, regardless of whether the augmentation of extension area can be conceded or not. This might be clubed with the observation review this reconnaissance review program will incorporate in any event
(A) Internal audit and management review
(B) A review of actions taken on NC identified during the previous audit.
(C) Treatment of complaint
(D) Effectiveness of the management system w.r.t. achieving the certified client objectives.
(E) Progress of planned activities aimed at continual improvement
(F) Continuing operational control
(G) Review of any changes
(H) Use of marks and or any other reference to certification
Short Notice Audit
Because of an objection, by any gathering, any unfavorable attention or repudiation of the states of affirmation or other data got and suspended customer. The unique visits will be attempted after due notice has been given and subtleties concurred between UCS CERTIFICATION LIMITED also, visits will be attempted after due notice has been given and subtleties concurred between the guaranteed organization. Due consideration is take of the accompanying.
Data is given to the customer ahead of time in regards to the re-wellspring of the visit with subtleties.
Due consideration is taken to choose the examiner to Safeguard Lack of Reason to customer for issue with the reviewer.
Suspension, Withdrawal, Extension and reduction of Certification
Suspension : The grounds for suspending the certificate are as follows
If the certified organization is not getting the Surveillance audit conducted as per the certification agreement.
If the client is found to misuse the logo of the Certification Body or is using any kind of misleading statement which might affect the reputation of the certification body and the accreditation board.
