Accredited Management Systems Certification Bodies are instructed to note the IAF Resolution below. All accreditation bodies, including SCC, have supported and must follow this resolution.
All MSAP customers
Customers and Assessors are requested to review the interpretations linked below, and take note of the official clarifications from ISO/CASCO Working Group 21 (WG21).
This change affects accredited and applicant management systems certification bodies, as well as SCC assessors.
IAF MD 17:2015 Witnessing Activities for the Accreditation of Management Systems Certification Bodies will be effective January 7, 2018 and applies to witness audit requirements for all Management Systems Programs (MS schemes) under the IAF MLA.
All SCC customers (CBs) in the Management Systems Accreditation Program (MSAP).
Effective immediately, all Management Systems Certifications Bodies operating in the field of Sustainable Forest management Sector Schemes must cease referring to CAN-P-1517:2013 Appendix H and now refer to SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Management Systems Accreditation Program: Sustainable Forest Management Sector Schemes.
Management Systems Accreditation Program Customers,
SCC has approved for publication CAN-P-1517:2013, Conditions and Procedures for the Accreditation of Bodies certifying Management Systems. The major change in this new version is the addition of Annex H, which outlines the Sustainable Forest Management Sector Schemes.
Along with the addition of Annex H, we have made editorial changes to the rest of CAN-P-1517 to correct outdated references to normative documents, SCC documents, and administrative details such as staff titles, along with some formatting changes.
Management Systems Accreditation Program Customers,
The Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) issued the Resolution MLAG/2012/27 for SCC to scope its accreditations for environmental management systems (EMS). To comply with the IAAC resolution, SCC is defining its EMS accreditations by environmental aspect using the IAF scope codes and NACE codes. We endeavour to have the EMS customer’s accreditation scope listings updated and uploaded to the SCC website by July 26, 2013.
Management Systems Accreditation Program Customers – EMS only,
The technical specification ISO/IEC TS 17021-2:2012, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems was published August 15, 2012. In accordance with the IAF Resolution 2012-12, IAF members, including the Standards Council of Canada agreed to endorse Part 2 as a normative document and to implement a two-year transition period.
Dear SCC Customer,
Our efforts to overhaul the Accreditation Services Branch operations are still ongoing. A modernized Quality Management System has been in place since the fall of 2013, and we have had two internal audits to test the effectiveness of the new QMS.
For SCC Management Systems Accreditation Program customers, certifying Quality Management Systems,
