Necessary Activities connected with assessment and surveillance according to ISO/IEC Guide 62 and EAC/G3
Certificated Initial Assessment Annual surveillance visits (Man Re-assessment visit (Man days)
Entity: (Man days) days)
Number of
Employees
Total On-site EAC/G3 Total On-site EAC/G3 Total On-site EAC/G3
min’m min’m min’m
(IAF Guide to (IAF Guide to (IAF Guide to (IAF Guide to (IAF Guide to (IAF Guide to
ISO/IEC Guide ISO/IEC Guide ISO/IEC Guide ISO/IEC Guide ISO/IEC Guide ISO/IEC Guide
62) 62) 62) 62) 62) 62)
Less than 5 2 1 2 1 0,5 1 1,5 1 1,5
5-9 2,5 1,5 2,5 1 0,5 1 1,5 1 1,5
10-19 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2
20-29 4 2,5 4 1,5 1 1,5 3 2 3
30-59 6 4,5 6 2 1 2 4 2,5 4
60-100 7 5 7 2 1,5 2 4 3 4
100-250 8 6 8 2,5 2 2,5 5 3 5
250-500 10 7 10 3 2 3 6 4,5 6
500-1000 12 9 12 4 3 4 8 5,5 8
1000-2000 15 12 15 5 4 5 10 6,5 10
2000-4000 18 14 18 6 5 6 12 8 12
4000-8000 21 17 21 7 5 7 14 9 14
Annual Assessments by Accreditation Body of Certification Body/Registrar (QS-9000)
# QS-9000 Certificates in Force
(at the beginning of each calendar year)
Minimum Number of Annual: 1 - 30 31 - 100 101 - 250 251+
Office Assessments 1 1 1 1
Witness Audits 1 2 3 4