Attaining ISO 9001 certification

once the systems are in place and you have undertaken a number of internal audits and have embedded the key management review process, an application for assessment can be made with one of a number of Certification Bodies who should ideally be UKAS accredited.
The assessment process is now carried out across two stages, or visits, with Stage 1 intended to ensure that all of the required systems and processes are in place, and the assessor may make any recommendations at this point. The Stage 2 visit will follow about four weeks later and is the actual audit of the management system against the ISO 9001 standard.