Yes, Alexandria integrated Systems and Consultations provides ISO training in EGYPT and Arab Countries on quality standards. We provide accredited and non-accredited training courses that cover the following levels:
- Standards Foundation Courses
- Certified Internal Auditor Course
- Certified Auditor / Lead Auditor Course
- Standards Transitional Courses
The above courses are customized for each standard separately, such as:
- ISO 9001Quality Management System – QMS
- ISO 14001Environmental Management System – EMS
- ISO/IE/C 17025Laboratory Accreditation System
- ISO 45001 Occupational Health And Safety Assessment System –OH&SMS
- ISO/IE/C 20000Information Systems Management System – ISMS
- ISO 22000Food Safety Management System – FSMS
- ISO/IE/C 27001Information Security Management System
- ISO 31000Risk Management System
Most ISO certifications are valid for Three Years.
The duration to certify any business entity against an ISO quality standard depends on the following parameters:
- Company activities and how far they are diversified
- Size of activities and manpower
- Readiness of documented operational policies and procedures
- Number of sites and their locations
In general, most entities take about 4 to 12 months to certify against quality systems.
No, as per ISO guidelines and accreditation Body regulations, an ISO consultant in Egypt and Arab Countries or anywhere else shall be independent of the certification body.
To be able to go through ISO consultation, a quality professional needs to:
- Attend accredited professional training courses by a certification body through certified and approved trainers.
- Pass an exam supervised by the certification body
- Register on the International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) to be an internationally recognized quality systems auditor
An ISO-certified company maintains the system as per the standard requirements, where it will be subject to periodic surveillance audits by the certification body.
It is a Third Party independent from the client, consultant, and certification body. Accreditation refers to the formal recognition by a specialized body- “an accreditation body”- that a certification body is competent to carry out certification in specified business sectors, such as UKAS, ANAB, SAS, …etc.
The certification body is a Third Party that provides certifications for our clients against a certain ISO standard or quality system.
The certification body’s role is to assess the Client’s system against a certain ISO standard o quality system requirements by certified and approved auditors. The strengths of any certification body rely on the following criteria.
- Approved scope of standards
- Approved scope of industries
- Accreditation Body
- Number of certifications per annum