Product Certification Process
1. Application Stage
Enquiries & Application
a. General Enquiries
b. Formal application to VQC (using Application Form F18C).
Application Review
to be accepted or rejected
2. Initial Certification Audit Stage
Initial Certification Audit
a. Documentation review
b. On-site audit.
-Product production process
-Sampling/spot test
-SAMM lab testing
-Conformity assessment
-Audit report
Certification
c. Certification decision (Product Certification Committee).
d. Issuance of Product Certification of Conformity (PCoC).
3. Surveillance Audit Stage
Surveillance Audit (yearly specified)
a. Documentation review
b. On-site audit.
-Product production process
-Sampling/spot test
-SAMM lab testing
-Conformity assessment
-Audit report
Certification
c. Certification decision (Product Certification Committee).
d. Issuance of Letter of Continue Certification (LCC).
4. Recertification Audit Stage
Initial Certification Audit
a. Documentation Review
b. On-site audit.
-Product production process
-Sampling/spot test
-SAMM lab testing
-Conformity assessment
-Audit report
Certification
c. Certification decision (Product Certification Committee).
d. Issuance of Product Certification of Conformity (PCoC).
Product Inspection Process
1. Application Stage
Enquiries & Application
a. General Enquiries
b. Formal application to VQC (using Application Form VQC (IB)-F18C).
Application Review
to be accepted or rejected
2. Initial Certification Inspection Stage
Initial Certification Inspection
a. Documentation review
b. On-site inspection.
-Product inspection process
-Sampling/spot test
-SAMM lab testing
-Conformity inspection
-Inspection report
Certification
c. Certification decision (Product Certification Committee) – (OPTIONAL)
d. Issuance of Product Inspection Certification of Conformity (PICoC).
3. Surveillance Inspection Stage
Surveillance Inspection (yearly specified)
a. Documentation review
b. On-site inspection.
-Product inspection process
-Sampling/spot test
-SAMM lab testing
-Conformity inspection
-Inspection report
Certification
c. Certification decision (Product Certification Committee).
d. Issuance of Letter of Continue Certification (LCC).