For the purpose of establishing the cost of certification, what is the position regarding those companies who have sub-contract staff, part-time workers, and/or operate shift work?
The number of man-days allocated to an audit depends on the scope of the client’s system, the number of staff employed and the complexity of the processes. In addition, other factors need to be taken in to account, e.g. the level of risk assigned to the aspects, when considering ISO 14001. However, for certain schemes, e.g. ISO 9001, the number of man-days for an audit are defined, although they are for guidance purposes only and, therefore, can vary from case to case. It is fair to say that for such matters as part-time staff, sub-contract workers and shift work, regarding estimates for time and cost, the following guidance may assist: a) Determine the number of full-time equivalents (FTE) – Re part-time workers. b) Sub-contract workers can be treated as FTE, but averaged over the year, if the sub-contractors work only for specific projects etc. In some cases, where the workers are doing the same function, then a sample will be acceptable. c) The total staff compliment for a client, c
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