New ISO/IEC 17027 released for conformity assessment

Terminology standards are some of the core documents leading to a uniform understanding of a particular topic or technology.  So the release of the new ISO/IEC 17027, “Conformity assessment – Vocabulary related to competence of persons used for certification of persons,” reveals the increasing importance of understanding the qualifications of auditors and other individuals involved in certification.

The new vocabulary standard was developed to support international documentation relating to the competence of persons, like ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17021, and ISO/IEC 17024.  Since management standards are being developed at an increasingly frequent rate, it is not surprising that this fundamental issue of consistent definitions of terms has been at last addressed.

The new ISO/IEC 17027 will have applications beyond the use by ISO and IEC committees.  The development of defined terms will also be useful for those developing regulations, certification schemes, training and licensing services, and registrations.  The document has particularly included terms used to define the level of training an individual has attained, as  well as those terms that define what certification stands for, etc.

The document is a complement to the 3 ISO/IEC standards supporting certification services.  They are:

  • ISO/IEC 17021, Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems
  • ISO/IEC 17024, Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons
  • ISO/IEC 17030, Conformity Assessment – General Requirements for Third-Party Marks of Conformity

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