
Management Systems Certification
NQA provides certification to a range of management systems standards covering the core disciplines of quality, environment and health & safety management as well as industry specific standard and codes of practice.
What is BS 25999-2:2007?
BS 25999 is the British Standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM). It specifies requirements for setting up and managing an effective business continuity management system.
What is AS 9100 / AS 9120?
AS 9100 is the international quality management standard specifically written by the aerospace industry in a concerted effort to improve quality and assure the integrity of supplies to the industry.
What is the Acorn Scheme and BS 8555?
The Acorn Scheme enables UKAS accredited inspection for all organisations evaluating and improving their environmental performance in accordance with the phases of BS 8555.
What is ISO 27001?
ISO 27001 is the international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) based largely upon the previously adopted BS 7799 used commonly since 1995 for managing information security.
What is OHSAS 18001?
OHSAS 18001:2007 is an internationally recognised occupational health and safety management system standard. It was published in July 2007, superseding OHSAS 18001:1999, and is intended to address occupational health and safety (OH&S) rather than product safety.
What is EMAS?
EMAS is the abbreviation for the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme. Its origins lie in European Council Regulation 1836/93, which allowed voluntary participation by industrial company sectors in a Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).
What is HACCP?
HACCP is the systematic preventive approach to food safety that addresses physical, chemical, and biological hazards as a means of prevention rather than finished product inspection.
What are the National Highways Sector Schemes?
National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS) are bespoke integrated management schemes which supplement ISO 9001:2008, the international quality management systems standard.
What is ISO 9001:2008?
ISO 9001:2008 is the internationally recognised standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It provides your company with a set of principles that ensure a common sense approach to the management of your business activities to consistently achieve customer satisfaction.
What is ISO/TS 16949:2009?
TS 16949 is the international quality management standard specifically written by the automotive industry in a concerted effort to improve quality and assure the integrity of supplies to the industry. Subscribers to the standard include BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Fiat, Ford, GM, PSA, Renault and VW.
What is ISO 13485?
ISO 13485 is based on the ISO 9001:2008 process model approach and is a management systems standard specifically developed for the manufacture of medical devices. Its primary objective is to facilitate harmonized medical device regulatory requirements.
What is ISO 14001?
ISO 14001 is the international standard for environmental management systems now the most widely used EMS in the world, with over 6,000 organisations certified in the UK and an estimated 111,000 organisations certified in 138 countries world-wide.
What is ISO 22000?
ISO 22000 is an international standard that combines and supplements the core elements of ISO 9001 and HACCP to provide an effective framework for the development, implementation and continual improvement of a Food Safety Management System (FSMS).
What is PAS 43
PAS 43 is the publicly available management system specification for the safe working of vehicle breakdown and recovery operations.
What are Security Industry Codes of Practice
The Codes of Practice provide a framework for best practice to raise performance standards and to assist the private security industry in developing new opportunities.
What is TickIT?
TickIT is a guidance document that interprets ISO 9001 for specific application to software development. TickIT does not add to the requirements of ISO 9001 but ensure its application achieves consistently robust software.
















