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Certification application

Apply for certification

One form, in one sitting. Tell us who you are, which standard you want to be certified to and what should sit inside the certified scope. You will get an application reference straight away and can check its progress with it at any time.

Before you start

What we need from you

It takes about ten minutes. Everything here is used to scope the assessment accurately, which is what makes the fee we quote a real figure rather than a range.

  • The legal name of the organisation to be certified
  • The standard you want, or the closest match if you are unsure
  • What you actually do, in your own words — this becomes the scope
  • Every site to be covered, including any you work from occasionally
  • Roughly how many people work across those sites

Not sure which standard applies?

Do not guess. Describe what you do and we will tell you what would be in scope and which scheme fits.

Send an enquiry instead

Application for certification

Fields marked are required. Nothing is booked and nothing is invoiced by sending this — it starts the scoping.

1. About your organisation

Use the legal name. It is what will be printed on the certificate.

If you trade under a different name.

Companies House number, where you have one.

Everyone across all the sites below, including part-time and shift staff.

2. What you want certified

The scheme, and the part of your operation it should cover.

Applying for more than one standard? Send this application for the main one and tell us about the others in section 5 — they are usually assessed together.

A scope statement says, in one or two plain sentences, what you do and where you do it. It is printed on the certificate, so write it the way you would describe the business to a customer. We will agree the final wording with you.

For example: “The design, manufacture and supply of corrugated packaging for the food and drink industry, at our Manchester and Leeds sites.”

3. Sites to be covered

Every location that should fall inside the certificate. The number of sites is one of the things that drives how long the audit takes, so leaving one out now means re-quoting later. List the head office first.

4. Your details

Who we deal with about this application. Used for the assessment and nothing else.

Where the acknowledgement and everything after it is sent.

5. Anything else

Optional, but it usually saves a round of questions.

Other standards you want assessed at the same time, shift patterns, seasonal operations, sites you share with another business, a deadline and why it matters.

6. Consent

Submitting this does not commit you to anything. Your application reference appears on screen straight away — keep it.

After you apply

What happens next

Four steps, in this order. Nothing is booked and nothing is invoiced until the scope and the fee are agreed in writing.

  1. We acknowledge it

    You receive an acknowledgement by email within one working day, quoting your application reference. Keep the reference — it is how you check progress.

  2. An assessor reviews the scope

    We check that the standard fits what you do, and that the scope you have described matches the sites and activities you have listed. If anything is unclear we come back to you with questions rather than guessing.

  3. You get an assessment plan and a fee

    The stages, who is involved, how long each stage takes and a fee quoted against that agreed scope. Audit duration is calculated from the scope, the sites and the headcount rather than estimated, which is why the scope has to be settled first.

  4. The audit

    Once the plan is agreed we schedule the assessment. A certificate is issued only when the assessment is complete and conformity has been demonstrated, and it appears in the public register as soon as it is issued.

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