GWO Requirements for Certification Bodies v10

GWO Requirements for Certification Bodies v10

Requirements for Certification Bodies

V10

Publication date: 1 April 2022

GWO Requirements for Certification Bodies

Contents

CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................................................... 2 2. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS................................................................................................................................. 3 3. CHANGE LOG, REVISION 10.............................................................................................................................. 4 4. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 6 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES .................................................................................................. 7 5.1 General requirements for certification bodies .......................................................................................................... 7 5.2 Qualifications of audit team members for certifying a training provider .................................................................. 7 5.3 Withdrawal of approval for certification bodies or individual auditors..................................................................... 8 6. THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS .......................................................................................................................... 9 6.1 Request for certification ............................................................................................................................................ 9 6.2 Multi-setting offers .................................................................................................................................................... 9 6.3 Estimate for man-day allocation for certification process ....................................................................................... 10 6.4 Certification audit .................................................................................................................................................... 10 6.5 Surveillance audit in the two-year certificate cycle ................................................................................................. 14 6.6 Extension of certificate ............................................................................................................................................ 14 6.7 Transfer between certification bodies..................................................................................................................... 15 6.8 Remote auditing ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 6.9 Issue of certificates, audit reports and requirements to inform GWO .................................................................... 16 GWO QUALIFICATION FOR NEW AUDITORS ................................................................................................ 17

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1. List of Abbreviations

Global Wind Organisation

GWO

International Standards Organisation

ISO

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA)

OSHA

Health and Safety Executive (UK)

HSE

Quality Management System

QMS

Personal Protective Equipment

PPE

Root Cause Analysis

RCA

Non-Conformity Report

NCR

Wind Turbine Generator

WTG

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2. Terms and Definitions

Shall

Verbal form used to indicate requirements strictly to be followed in order to conform to this training standard and from which no deviation is permitted. For clarity where the word ‘must’ is used in this requirement it shall have the same meaning as shall. Verbal form used to indicate that among several possibilities one is recommended as particularly suitable, without mentioning or excluding others, or that a certain course of action is preferred but not necessarily required.

Must

Should

May

Indicates a permission.

Can

Indicates a possibility or a capability.

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