What is Accreditation?

WHAT IS ACCREDITATION?

"Accreditation refers to third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks"

Accreditation as defined in ISO/IEC 17011 Accreditation means the formal recognition of the technical and organizational competence of an authority to execute a specific service as described in the scope of accreditation. Competence is the key to transparency, confidence and comparability.

Accreditation is a confidence-building measure, which allows authorities, the economy and society to judge if testing, inspection or certification bodies (conformity assessment bodies) fulfil specific tasks with the demanded high reliability.

Accreditation by UKAF is in accordance to the international conformity assessment standards established by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).