IAB-ASS-009-10-Minutes-Assessors-Paris-2010 - IIW

IAB – INTERNATIONAL AUTHORISATION BOARD
• Attendance of ANBs. Christian AHRENS questioned if it is correct that ANBs miss the IAB meetings
regularly. Conclusion was reached that those ANBs that are not attending the meetings are unaware of
the documentation.
The proposal is that after 2 meetings missed consecutively without excuse an additional surveillance
audit may be recommended by the LA. This will be proposed to Group B.
• ANBs and ANBCCs with systematic non compliance, how to handle?
For those ANBs/ANBCCs from which non-compliances are shown repetitively it is proposed that:
- Suspension of ANB/ANBCC activities;
- No more diplomas/certificates to be issued until the NC had been cleared;
- An additional follow-up audit
The Secretariat shall not deliver blank diplomas to the non-complying organisation.
• Documentation Transfer between LAs
The ANB shall send the Quality Manual and all existing reports to the second LA.
• Secretariat acting as LA (OP 02-6.1)
In OP-02 there is a statement that a minimum of one person from the Secretariat has to have a
competence of a Lead Assessor and that should be changed.
Rute FERRAZ explained that OP-02 should not be changed because it is important to ensure that in the
Secretariat there is a person that can act as Lead Assessor in case of necessity.
It was agreed to change in OP-02 the word “only”.
• QM for Re-Assessment how to proceed?
What to require when re-assessing ANBs and ANBCCs?
Proposal: 8 weeks before the planned assessment the QM should be made available to the LA including
the changes (in English) that shall be marked as such. Preferably in a readable digital format (PDF).
• Checking of quality of Education & Training
Proposal: The renewal audits shall include visits at ATBs during running courses. The ANB shall
demonstrate the check of quality of the courses.
• Access Criteria
Exchange of experience to be discussed later on.
• Distance Learning Audit for licensees
Audits for licensees are necessary. To bring again for discussion in the Group.
• More surveillance audits?
During the first five years of authorisation at the discretion of the audit team to decide if the surveillance is
in the 1 st year. The 2 nd year is mandatory
• LA acting as PA (continuing calibration)
Every 5 years each LA shall do an audit together with another LA.
• Waiver. When a surveillance audit may be waived?
Tim JESSOP informed that the guidance for LAs to accept surveillance audits waivers shall be as follows:
ANBs/ANBCCs that have been granted national accreditation for a scope of activities can request to have
a Surveillance audit waived if:
- The Accreditation Body is a recognized one: for example an EA member or an IAF member;
Minutes of Assessors Workshop
Villepinte – France - 18 January 2010 4/6