When SCIENCE Technical Certification Inc. receives document requests from institutions and organizations that set up and operate various management systems, it initiates certification studies. These studies follow a certain process. Although the management system includes different topics, the general path to be followed is the same.

The stages of a certification process can be explained as follows.

Receiving certification request

The first step an organization will take to obtain a certificate is to fill the Application Form completely and completely. When SCIENCE receives this form, it makes the necessary examinations and, if it finds appropriate, prepares the certification proposal and submits it to the organization. It also gives information about the certification work to be done with the offer.

If the tender is approved by the organization, a contract is drawn up. The signing of this contract by the parties also begins the certification process.

SCIENCE appoints an auditor at this stage and audit planning is made by the auditor.

Preliminary examination of the documentation

At this stage, the institution or organization requesting certification must open all documents prepared during the establishment of the relevant management system for preliminary examinations by SCIENCE. These documents reaching SCIENCE's office are examined by the appointed auditor for compliance with the relevant standard. If there are non-conformities detected during this period, these are reported to the institution or organization requesting the document for the purpose of eliminating the deficiencies or correcting the errors.

Identified nonconformities must be eliminated prior to the field inspection. The certification audit cannot start without this. The documents to be revised after the nonconformities have been eliminated are sent to the auditor again. If the auditor is not convinced about the arrangements made, he / she can visit the institution or organization at this stage.

Performing preliminary audit work

After the preliminary review on the documentation is completed, a preliminary audit study can be organized in the organization if requested. In this case, SCIENCE appoints a lead auditor and conducts a short preliminary audit. Pre-audit work is mandatory only in Environmental Management System certification studies. Apart from that, it completely depends on the will of the organization. In the meantime, the preliminary audit work may result in a positive result, but this does not mean that the certification work will also be positive.

Supervision of certification

SCIENCE carries out this work directly in the offices, facilities, in short working areas of the institution or organization requesting the document. In these audits conducted by a lead auditor and a sufficient number of auditors, it is observed how appropriate the activities are with the requirements of the standard by making the necessary controls and interviewing the employees. If nonconformities that affect the operation of the relevant system are detected during the audits, they are followed up.

The report to be prepared at the end of this activity is submitted to SCIENCE. SCIENCE receives the auditor's report and works on it, and if it is convinced that the organization is operating in accordance with the standard and that it deserves the document, it issues the relevant document and delivers it to the organization.

Supervision of surveillance

SCIENCE conducts surveillance audits at least once a year in order to check that the activities in accordance with the standard continue and that the continuity and efficiency of the system is ensured even after the certificate is given to the organizations.