Accreditation process

The accreditation process consists of various steps. We make a distinction between the application for a new accreditation, the maintenance of an existing accreditation and extending the scope of an existing accreditation.

Overview

A general overview is given below. You will be given a detailed process description when you select one of the steps. The entire process is described in policy document BR002.

New accreditation applications

There are four steps when applying for a new accreditation or standard:

step 1: Application Step 2: Preliminary assessment Step 3: Initial assessment Step 4: Initial decision

Please complete the relevant application form to apply for a new accreditation or standard.

Maintenance of existing accreditation

There are four steps for maintaining an existing accreditation:

Step 1: Surveillance assessment (yearly) Step 2: Decision surveillance assessment Step 3: Reassessment (once every four years) Step 4: Decision reassessment

The audit assessments and re-assessments are undertaken on the initiative of the RvA in order that we can ensure ongoing supervision of existing accreditations.

Extending the scope of an existing accreditation

There are three steps for extending the scope of an existing accreditation:

Step 1: Application Step 2: Assessment Step 3: Extension decision

If you wish to extend the scope of an existing accreditation please complete the relevant application form. To extend the scope under a new standard you must submit a new application.