{"id":570,"date":"2016-06-09T16:24:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2016-06-09T16:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:29:21","slug":"webinar-behind-schemes-17024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/webinar-behind-schemes-17024\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Recap – Behind the Schemes: Understanding ISO\/IEC 17024, Clause 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professional Testing conducted a webinar \u201cBehind the Schemes:\u00a0 Understanding ISO\/IEC 17024, Clause 8<\/em>\u201d on July 7, 2016<\/a>.\u00a0 The purpose of the webinar was to expand on Clause 8 of the standard.\u00a0 ISO\/IEC 17024: Conformity Assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons<\/em> is designed to be a best practices International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard by which Certification Bodies and others operating Certification Programs can evaluate their own performance or to which a third party accrediting body can accredit a Certification Body as meeting.\u00a0 It is called a conformity assessment standard because it is designed to be used to determine if one is in conformity with the requirements.\u00a0 In the United States, it is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) who evaluates and accredits Certification Bodies to this standard.<\/p>\n

ISO\/IEC 17024 was updated in 2012.\u00a0 One of the major changes in the update was an entire section on scheme development and the possibility for a scheme to be developed and owned by a party other than the Certification Body.\u00a0 The previous version of the standard (2003) stated that the Certification Body had to appoint a committee who would be responsible for developing and updating the scheme.\u00a0 The 2012 version changes to say that there must be a scheme for every certification program and then goes on to define the criteria that must be included in the development and maintenance of the scheme.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter who develops and owns the scheme.\u00a0 It could be the Certification Body, a governmental agencies, or a third party.\u00a0 Regardless of who develops and\/or owns the scheme, the scheme must meet the requirements of clause 8 of ISO\/IEC 17024 if the Certification Body using it is to be in conformity with ISO\/IEC 17024.<\/p>\n

The webinar covered the following six areas which are the six main areas in Clause 8 of ISO\/IEC 17024:<\/p>\n