ISO/IEC 17024
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ISO/IEC 17024:2003 is an International Standard which sets out criteria for an organization's certification program for individual persons.
ISO/IEC 17024:2003 [edit]
Released in 2003, ISO/IEC 17024 is designed to harmonize the personnel certification process worldwide.[1] In the European Union ISO/IEC 17024 replaced EN 45013 (1989), which was published in the UK as BS 7513:1989.
The issues that ISO 17024 tackles can be summarized as
- Defining what it is you examine (the competencies)
- Knowledge, skills and personal attributes
- Examination must be independent
- Examination must be a valid test of competence
where competency is typically described as “the demonstrated ability to apply knowledge, skills and attributes”.
ISO/IEC 17024:2012 [edit]
The ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standard has been updated and is published in July 2012.[2]
Guidance [edit]
Each accreditation body provides various levels of guidance around compliance and the implementation of ISO 17024. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the more in-depth references:
IAR Accreditation Services, LLC (USA) [edit]
http://www.iar-online.com/Overview_Personnel_en.html
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) [edit]
- Overview of Personnel Certification *Forms and Guidance Documents related to accreditation under ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024
- https://www.ansica.org/wwwversion2/outside/PERfaq.asp?menuID=2
- Directory of Accredited Personnel (ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024) Certification Bodies
International Accreditation Service (IAS) [edit]
- Overview of IAS Accreditation of Personnel Certification Bodies under ISO/IEC 17024
- IAS Accreditation Criteria - AC474
- Documents related to AC474 accreditation to ISO/IEC 17024
Standards Council Canada (SCC) [edit]
Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAZ-ANZ) [edit]
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) [edit]
International Accreditation Forum (IAF) [edit]
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Davies, S: "Easy reference for ISO 17024", Personnel Certification and Training, June 2007
- ^ Gasiorowski-Denis, E: "New and improved ISO/IEC 17024 standard for personnel certification programmes", [1], July 24, 2012
