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Certificates & Certification Documents

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8.2.1 We will provide Certification Documents to certified clients which will primarily consist of a Certificate of Registration.

8.2.2 The certification document includes:

  1. the name and geographical location of each certified client (or the geographical location of the headquarters and any sites within the scope of a multi-site certification);
  2. the effective date of granting, expanding or reducing the scope of certification, or renewing certification which shall not be before the date of the relevant certification decision;
  3. the expiry date or recertification due date consistent with the recertification cycle;
  4. a unique identification code;
  5. the management system standard and/or other normative document, including indication of issue status (e.g. revision date or number) used for audit of the certified client;
  6. the scope of certification with respect to the type of activities, products and services as applicable at each site without being misleading or ambiguous;
  7. the name, address and certification mark of the certification body; other marks (e.g. accreditation symbol, client’s logo) may be used provided they are not misleading or ambiguous;
    • Certificates issued under a franchisee agreement may also include the franchisee details, however it will be clear that Assurco is the accredited body and only Assurco will make certification decisions.
  8. any other information required by the standard and/or other normative document used for certification;
    • For example, a statement of applicability (SOA) version.
  9. in the event of issuing any revised certification documents, a means to distinguish the revised documents from any prior obsolete documents.
    • Usually by affixing a digit to the unique Certificate Number.

NOTE The certification body can keep the original certification date on the certificate when a certificate lapses for a period of time provided that:

  • the current certification cycle start and expiry date are clearly indicated;
  • the last certification cycle expiry date be indicated along with the date of recertification audit.

See also: Use of Assurco Certification Mark Rules