Certification Process :

Application

The applicant can be downloaded the application questionnaire from the download menu from the website or ask by mail at info@aapcertification.in and after completing it send to AAP office. AAP executive shall review it and ask for further information, if required. AAP official will send the quotation of cost of three year to the applicant.

Signing of Agreement

On acceptance of the quotation, AAP and applicant company shall sign the agreement which consist the terms and conditions of the certification

Appointment of Audit Team

After receiving the signed copy of the agreement AAP official will generate the work order and select the audit team as per the scope/industry and communicate to client company as well as auditor and obtain the consent with no conflict of interest and execution of the audit on mutually agreed date.

Stage 1 Audit

The audit team conduct the stage 1 audit on site and verifythe effectiveness of the client Procedure, manual and other documents as per the requirement of the standard. It is also verified during the stage 1 audit that client organization is ready for the stage 2 audit or not. In case there are some Non conformities are identified by the Audit Team then client organization has to close all which shall be verify ate Stage 2 audit.

NC. Stage 2 Audit

After completion of stage 1 audit and closure of NC, if any the Stage 2 Audit is conducted and Audit Team verify all the evidences on sampling basis of the Management system of the client organization. Audit Team shall communicate to the client organization the Non conformities, if any. After closing the NC by the client organization the Team leader shall recommend to provide or not to provide the Certification to the client company.

Audit Report Review

AAP shall conduct the audit report review and a report shall be given by the audit report reviewer for the certification decision.

Certification Decision

AAP shall make the certification decision on the basis of the Audit Report, Audit Report Reviewer Report, Comments on Non conformities, recommendation whether or not to grant the certification.

Certificate Issue

Once the report has been successfully reviewed a Registration Certificate and Registration Schedule alongwith Logo Rules will be issued, usually within 15 working days of completion of the audit.

Surveillance audit

Surveillance Audit is conducted atleast once in a year therefore two Surveillance audits are conducted during the certification cycle to continue the certification.

Recertification Audit

Before expiry of three years of the certification a recertification audit is conducted for continuation of the next cycle.