ACC Certification Process

Certification Process Training: ACC will provide a free informational training session to familiarize your management personnel with ACC's certification process. This can be accomplished by our local Sales Representative or via teleconference.

Documentation Review: ACC will review your quality manual and procedures to evaluate your company's documented compliance to the appropriate requirements for your quality system.

Pre-Assessment: ACC can perform a brief or detailed evaluation of the implementation of the documented quality system at your facility.

Certification Assessment: ACC's qualified assessor, or team of assessors evaluate the compliance of your quality system to the appropriate requirements of the applicable standard(s), as well as the system's effectiveness.

C/PA Follow-Up Assessment: ACC performs corrective/preventative action follow-up assessments to verify the effectiveness of the corrective/preventive action(s), if necessary.

Annual Surveillance: ACC performs an annual, as a minimum, review of the continuation and development of your quality system.

3^rd Year Re-Certification: ACC performs a complete re-evaluation of your quality system on the 3^rd year after the original certification, but prior to the expiration date.

Continuous Monitoring: ACC performs semi-annual reviews (2 per year) that assures assessment of the quality system every 3 years.  Even with this option, the 3^rd year Re-Certification is required.