When assessing a certification body (witness), should a technical expert be used on the IAF code of the scopes of accreditation or should the Technical Evaluator or Team Leader have competence on the IAF codes.
March 2022
The required competence of an assessment team for the task of conducting a witness audit of the performance of a management system’s audit for a specific activity within the scope of accreditation of a CB, with regards to the technical area, can be covered either by the Team Leader (Lead Assessor)/Assessor or a Technical Expert to be included in the team. Also, there is a need for competence for the assessment team to be able to judge the effectiveness of the MS audit. In any case, at least one member of the assessment team (Team Leader/Lead Assessor or Assessor or Technical Expert) must have demonstrated competence in the technical area to be witnessed.