| Issue Number: Edition 106 |
Date of Issue: April 2008 |
To gain accreditation, an inspection body must be fully conversant and comply with the relevant standard, which is:
General criteria for the Operation of Various Types of Bodies Performing Inspections
IAF/ILAC-A4:2004 Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC 17020 EA-5/02 Guidance on the Application of EN 45004 in recurrent inspection of motor vehicles
Guidance in interpreting the standard has been published under international agreements and adopted by UKAS.
UKAS has also published or adopted other publications concerned with specialised aspects of inspection.
Even if a publication is applicable to only part of an inspection body’s activities, compliance with the requirements in the publication is still mandatory.
Inspection bodies (including applicant IBs) and assessors/auditors must read the UKAS Publications List (M4) to check for publications with which they have to comply
E 1 General Principles for the Assessment of Inspection Bodies by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (Edition 2, March 2006) E 2 Regulations to be met by Inspection Bodies(Nov 1997)
RG 0 Guidelines on the competence of personnel undertaking engineering inspections (Edition 2, July 2007) RG 1 Accreditation for In-Service Inspection of Power Presses and Other Specified Machines and their Safeguarding Systems (Edition 2, March 2006) RG 2 Accreditation for In-Service Inspection of Pressure Systems/Equipment (Edition2, March 2006) RG 3 Accreditation for In-Service Inspection of Transportable Pressure Receptacles (Edition 2, March 2006) RG 4 Accreditation for the Inspection of Local Exhaust Ventilating (LEV) Plant (Edition 2, March 2006) RG 6 Accreditation for In-Service Inspection of Lifting Equipment (Edition 2, March 2006) RG 7 Accreditation for Inspection Bodies Performing Non-Destructive Testing (Jul 2001) RG 8 Accreditation of Bodies Surveying for Asbestos in Premises (Mar 2002) RG 101 Accreditation for the Inspection of Electrical Equipment and Installations in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (Jul 2001) RG 102 Accreditation for the Inspection of Non-Public High Voltage Electrical Systems (Jul 2001) RG 103 Accreditation for the Inspection of Electrical Equipment in Quarries (Jan 2002) RG 105 Accreditation for the Inspection of Low Voltage Electrical Installations and Associated Electrical Equipment (Jan 2002) CIS6 UKAS Approach to Accreditation for Certification/Inspection to PAS 43 (December 2003)