ISO/IEC/TS 17021-7 – Auditors for Road Traffic Safety Systems

The ISO/IEC 17021 series of standards provides guidance for those who do conformity assessment services.  Now there’s a new ISO/IEC/TS 17021-7, “Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 7: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of road traffic safety management systems.”  It’s used to provide the requirements for auditors for compliance to ISO 39001, “Road traffic safety (RTS) management systems – Requirements with guidance for use.”

ISO 39001 was released almost exactly 2 years ago.  It provides any organization with the requirements necessary to set up and maintain an RTS system as a way to improve road safety and reduce transportation-related injuries and deaths.  But with this type of standard — a management system conformity publication — there’s the need for qualified certification.

The ISO/IEC 17021 series provides the requirements for auditors and auditing bodies for a variety of ISO certification schemes.  This means that those who provide these services should be expected to meet the applicable series documentation.  As a customer, you’ll use the standards to insure that the organization you hire is up to snuff.

So far, there’s seven parts to the series.  Here’s the list:

  • ISO/IEC 17021 (will be renumbered ISO/IEC 17021-1 with the next revision), Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems
  • ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems
  • ISO/IEC/TS 17021-3, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 3: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems
  • ISO/IEC/TS 17021-4, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 4: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of event sustainability management systems
  • ISO/IEC/TS 17021-5, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 5: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of asset management systems
  • ISO/IEC/TS 17021-6, (not yet released), Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 6: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of business continuity management systems
  • ISO/IEC/TS 17021-7, Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 7: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of road traffic safety management systems

The series is essential for any organization that provides certification to various ISO standards, so you need to be aware of them and their requirements if you use a third-party service for ISO conformity certification.

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