Inspections
Inspections permit the conformity of assessment of a product, service, process or system to specific requirements or, in the opinion of the assessor, to more general requirements.
Inspection activities regard a multiplicity of sectors – from construction to agriculture. It may be required by the producer, by the client, the user or by competent authorities. It takes place according to parameters of quantity, quality, safety or fulfillment of the scope, taking into consideration the conformity over time of machinery or the system. It may regard the entire life-cycle of the product, service, system or design.
Inspection Bodies
Inspection bodies are classified as belonging to Type A, Type B or Type C, depending upon the extent of their independence. Demonstrable independence can strengthen trust among clients in the body’s ability to perform impartial audits.
Third party totally independent, not linked to:
- Common Ownership
- Common Shareholdes
- Evenning Program
- Directly Reporting
- Contractual And Informal
- Impartiality
In-house inspection body as:
- First and/or second party bodies
- Separate and identifiable
- A parent of organization
- Concerned with the products
- Impartiality
Involved Bodies for:
- First and/or second party bodies
- Identifiable not separate
- A parent of organization
- Involved in the products
- Impartiality
The various types of inspection, surveys and risk assessments:
- Engineering Inspection (including Pressure Systems, lifting equipment/Hoists, electrical installations, power presses, local exhaust ventilation, cargo / pre-shipment inspection, manufacture of boilers / pressure vessels, welding inspections, oil and gas metering)
- Building and Construction Products
- Food Inspection (food safety, food hygiene, manufacturing and processed practices, cargo inspection, animal welfare, labelling)
- Asbestos Surveys
- Legionella Risk Assessments
- Health and Social Care
- Care Home Inspection
- Nuclear New Build Inspection
- Fire Protection Systems
- Crime Scene Examination
- Railway Competence
- Plant Health
- Environmental Technology Verification
When apply this standard must comply against ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment -- Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.
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