Conformity Assessment Sector Schemes

Many sectors have sector-specific CA schemes. You may recognise the ones shown here.

Conformity Assessment Sector Schemes have the following general features. They:

  • Aim at demonstrating conformity with standards that comply with their own internal codes of practice as well as international ISO/IEC standards, when these are applicable.
  • Assure competence of certification processes through accreditation or a similar process, based on criteria defined by their internal codes and applicable requirements of ISO/IEC 17011.
  • Operate in different segments of the market.
  • Have potential to demonstrate their competence through a process akin to accreditation.