UACB is an independent & impartial International accreditation body. It is a non-Profit organization. It accepts application from conformity assessment bodies (CAB) operating anywhere in the world. It operates in accordance with the requirements, the rule & regulation and guidelines of International Standard ISO/IEC 17011. The applicant and conformity assessment bodies accredited by UACB are clearly declared not to mean to give impression to any member of the public that UACB act with the approval of the government. It is an independent, impartial and non governmental body and not connected with government. It provides service to the satisfaction of its customers in accordance with the national and international norms. It is committed to provide equal opportunity to all the applicants with highest regard to transparency, integrity, and confidentiality. It accredits organization in accordance with the trade & industry accepted criteria, International Standards, Guides and other normative documents. Accreditation approval committee makes decisions concerning about granting and continuation of accreditation services. Accreditation & Certification these terms have very different and specific meanings.
United Accreditation Certification Board (UACB) is an independent accreditation authority established in 2012. It accredits certification bodies and training organisations and also administers an auditor registration scheme. United Accreditation Certification Board (UACB) is independent, impartial and a paradigm pioneer in the field of accreditation. Operating in over 20 countries world wide, UACB is thought to be the largest independent accreditation body in the world.
Established in 1999, the organisation has been a persistent pioneer in the field of accreditation, well known and respected for its combination of innovative and user-friendly business acumen and its respect for the vigorous maintenance of integrity and impartiality that is the hallmark of the quality assurance profession. United Accreditation Certification Board (UACB) have pioneered novel approaches to accreditation that permit via quantitative evaluation of conformity assessment body (CAB), performance. We have gone a lot further than just 'yes'/ 'No' in our accreditation process. Our objective accreditation reporting permits us to monitor the performance of CABs year on year and provides us the ability to determine, in detail, the manner in which CABs are attaining the levels of excellence we demand.
UACB is an independent & impartial International accreditation body. It is a non-Profit organization. It accepts application from conformity assessment bodies (CAB) operating anywhere in the world. It operates in accordance with the requirements, the rule & regulation and guidelines of International Standard ISO/IEC 17011.
UACB offers accreditation in the areas of Management System Certification [based on ISO 9001 (QMS), ISO 14001 (EMS), ISO 22000 (FSMS)] Product Certification and Inspection bodies.
UACB obtains its finances through the services offered and from no other sources. The fee structure is decided by UACB Board from time to time. The current fee structure is a part of the application pack and is also available on request.
UACB is a member of the International Independent Accreditation Forum. This status has been achieved after undergoing an assessment by our peers from other countries.
The objective of UACB is to establish and offer accreditation schemes, based on internationally accepted standards, for certification bodies and inspection bodies engaged in providing services of system certification (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 etc.), product certification and inspection.
Accreditation is the formal recognition of competence. In our context it relates to competence of certification bodies and inspection bodies.
Accreditation is the recognized mechanism accepted by WTO / TBT agreements for establishing equivalence of certification/ inspection schemes operated in different countries as also the test results of various laboratories.
UACB is independent, impartial and a paradigm pioneer in the field of accreditation.
The UACB logo is used by accredited conformity assessment bodies to indicate their services that they meet the requirements UACB (United Accreditation Certification Board(UACB)). The Logo is also used by organizations to emphasize that their products, processes or services been awarded an accredited certificate. Certification Bodies are encouraged to use logo on their websites, brouchers and Certificates. This may be used either separately or may be used in combination with the logo of accredited body. Use of logo or its likeliness as company for any of the commercial use logo is prohibited.
United Accreditation Certification Board (UACB) being an independent (non-profit) organization is governed by the laws. It defined by the laws. The Board of Members have overall authority and responsibilities for the operations of UACB to ensure that the governance policies and procedures shall represent interest of Board Members of UACB.
The Board delegates to the Chairman of UACB the responsibility to implement the UACB policies and procedures.
An independent Impartiality Committee representing the broad range of stakeholders reviews and adjudicates on possible conflicts of interest. UACB endeavours that relevant interested parties are represented on its impartiality structure, with no single interest predominating. Interested parties are defined in ISO/IEC 17011 as parties with a direct or indirect interest in the accreditation services provided by UACB. These include the UACB Itself, Regulatory Authorities, Trade & Industries Associations, NGOs, Academia, Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies and Consumer Rights Forums. However it may not be possible for UACB to ensure that regulatory authorities are represented in the impartiality Committee considering difficulty of such persons getting formal approval from their employers.
The UACB shall be a service organization which is committed to providing accreditation services to its clients at the highest level of integrity, effectiveness and efficiency. While responding to the changing needs of clients, other stakeholders and the business environment, the UACB is committed to providing accreditation services in accordance with international standards and principles. The UACB is geared to actively and effectively participate in the work of international bodies in order to enhance international recognition. The UACB shall provide an environment for staff members and assessors to upgrade their competencies continually to enable them to contribute in the activities of UACB at the highest level of professionalism.
UACB ensures that it remains relevant within the technical spheres where it operates an accreditation service. UACB uses Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to provide appropriate technical guidance on all matters within a specified field of expertise. The TAC is a fundamental and vital component of operating a technically relevant accreditation system. Amongst other things, it is a tool to guide technical policy and to provide important mediation support in technical matters to the assessment process within a specified area of accreditation. If this important focus is somehow lost or blurred then problems are bond to arise with potentially damaging consequences to the credibility of the accreditation process.
