Update: ISO 17021-3 to launch in January
Major changes to ISO 17021-3 are underway and the new standard will be published in January 2017.
ISO 17021-3 ‘Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems’ will now be published in January 2017.
There will be no FDIS and the revision will result in a full ISO standard, rather than an ISO technical specification.
The standard mirrors ISO 9001:2015, including the requirements driven by Annex SL.
To reduce duplication, ISO 17021-3 focuses on the specific knowledge requirements for those auditing ISO 9001:2015 based quality management systems, with the audit skills requirements being covered by ISO 17021-1. These standards must be considered in conjunction.
Importantly, ISO 17021-3 specifies every QMS auditor must have knowledge of the principles and core concepts of quality managementand cannot rely on the “collective competence” of an audit team.
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For a full briefing ahead of the release of ISO 17021-3 and ISO 19011 (due later next year), read the views of the CQI Standards Panel's Richard Green here.
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