What is a Pre–Assessment? Is a preliminary assessment required?
A Pre–Assessment is an option that helps a company determines its readiness for the Registration Audit. Other terms for Pre–Assessment are Pre–Audit and Trial Audit. Pre–Assessments offer the opportunity to experience a third–party audit with no risk of failure. During a Pre–Assessment, the audit team evaluates a firm’s quality system for compliance with the relevant standard, with the firm’s internal quality system documentation, and looks for evidence of proper implementation. Audit findings are discussed with the client and are described in a written Pre–Assessment report; formal Non–Conformance Reports (also known as NCR’s) may or may not be issued. Because accredited Registrars are prohibited from offering registration and consulting services together, the Registrar may not offer its clients specific advice on how to resolve non–conformances. The pre–assessment report provides a clear description of any problems that are found, however.
A Pre–Assessment is an option that helps a company determines its readiness for the Registration Audit. Other terms for Pre–Assessment are Pre–Audit and Trial Audit. Pre–Assessments offer the opportunity to experience a third–party audit with no risk of failure. During a Pre–Assessment, the audit team evaluates a firm’s quality system for compliance with the relevant standard, with the firm’s internal quality system documentation, and looks for evidence of proper implementation. Audit findings are discussed with the client and are described in a written Pre–Assessment report; formal Non–Conformance Reports (also known as NCR’s) may or may not be issued. Because accredited Registrars are prohibited from offering registration and consulting services together, the Registrar may not offer its clients specific advice on how to resolve non–conformances. The pre–assessment report provides a clear description of any problems that are found, however. In most cases, a pre–assessment by your Regi
