The world of certifications involves a lot of specific words and terms that don't come up easily in everyday life. What do they all mean anyway? We can imagine that you are dizzy! That is why we have compiled this glossary. For each term, we provide a brief explanation.<\/p>\n
An accreditation is an independent confirmation by a competent body about the competence, impartiality and independence of a conformity assessment body (CBI) - see below for explanation CBI.<\/p>\n
An auditor, employee or client may identify a deviation if a requirement from the standard to be certified is not met. A deviation must be resolved in order to proceed to certification. There are 2 levels of deviations: a major deviation and a minor deviation.<\/p>\n
A process of examining to obtain objective evidence and objectively assessing this evidence to determine the extent to which the requirements from a given standard are met.<\/p>\n
The results following the assessment of the evidence gathered from the audit, using the audit criteria.<\/p>\n
Final result of an audit after consideration of the audit objectives and all audit findings.<\/p>\n
The set of policies and procedures against which evidence is assessed.<\/p>\n
An audit cycle refers to the validity period of a certification. A new certification starts with an initial audit (consisting of 2 phases). An annual surveillance audit takes place the following 2 years, followed by a recertification, which determines whether the certification can be continued. If so, a new audit cycle unfolds: another 2-year surveillance audit and then recertification. Et cetera.<\/p>\n
The organisation in which the audit is conducted.<\/p>\n
The planning of activities carried out during the audit.<\/p>\n
The set of audits planned in a defined period to grant and maintain certification during the audit cycle.<\/p>\n
One or more auditors from Brand Compliance conducting the audit. The audit team may be supported by technical experts.<\/p>\n
A person designated by the auditee to accompany the audit team during the day.<\/p>\n
A certification is an independent confirmation by a conformity assessment body (CBI) that products, management systems or persons meet specific requirements.<\/p>\n
Compliance with a (standard) requirement. Conformity assessment is the process of demonstrating compliance with established requirements for a product, process, service, system, person or body.<\/p>\n
A CBI is a body that performs conformity assessment activities. There are different forms of conformity assessments, for example testing, certification and inspection. Certification is therefore one of the forms of conformity assessment.<\/p>\n
Action from an identified deviation. Through a correction, what went wrong (in the past) is rectified.<\/p>\n
Action from an identified deviation. To prevent a deviation from recurring, so-called 'corrective action' should be taken, eliminating the identified cause underlying the deviation.<\/p>\n
Information that an organisation needs to manage and maintain and the medium on which this information is recorded.<\/p>\n
The Brand Compliance employee conducting the audit. The Lead Auditor is the lead auditor when there is a team of multiple auditors.<\/p>\n
All parts of an organisation required to set policies and objectives together with the processes needed to achieve those objectives. Continuous improvement is central to a management system, known as the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle.<\/p>\n
An established process (method) for determining a particular value.<\/p>\n
Establishing the operation of a system, process, service or activity.<\/p>\n
This defines how something should be in relation to rules and guidelines, and contains\/forms\/creates a standard. It can serve as a reference to check whether the rules\/standards are followed or adhered to in a concrete case. It creates clarity on what is or is not acceptable. It sets a standard.<\/p>\n
Data supporting the existence or truth of something.<\/p>\n
A person accompanying the audit team but not formally acting as an auditor. For example, a trainee auditor who may perform parts of the audit under the guidance of the Lead Auditor.<\/p>\n
A measure taken to prevent the cause of a possible future deviation.<\/p>\n
All activities deployed or used to deliver an intended result.<\/p>\n
A scope is an activity\/operation for which an organisation is or wants to be certified.<\/p>\n
An employee of DigiTrust who adds specific knowledge or expertise to the audit team, without assuming the role of auditor.<\/p>\n
Confirmation that specified requirements have been met by providing objective evidence.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Begrippenlijst interne audits Adult education 3258944 1920 In de wereld van certificeringen komen een hoop specifieke woorden en begrippen voor die in het dagelijks leven niet zo gauw aan bod komen. Wat betekenen ze toch allemaal? We kunnen ons voorstellen dat het u duizelt! Daarom hebben we deze begrippenlijst samengesteld. Bij elk begrip geven we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","faq_tag":[],"faq_category":[71],"class_list":["post-26308","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-algemeen"],"yoast_head":"\n