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Incentive
Certification is required by law for manufacturing of pressure equipment off category II. SQS as a notified body for pressure equipment (NB 1250) is verifying compliance with the essential safety requirements and is accompanying the manufacturer from the state of design up to the final inspections during manufacturing of pressure equipment.
Outcome
DGR Quality assurance of the production process is providing expertise oriented services and solutions, qualified suppliers as well as minimizing risks and costs.
Target groups
Manufacturer of pressure equipment based in the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU and the Pressure Equipment Ordinance SR 930.114.
Validity
The conformity assessment certificate according module D1 is valid for three years with an annual verification.
Recognition
SQS is approved notified body for pressure equipment bearing the identification number 1250.
The SQS certificate for pressure equipment is internationally recognized.
Combinations
DGR Quality assurance of the production process is compatible with ISO 9001 (Quality management), ISO 3834-2 (certification of welding operations) ISO 14001 (Environmental management) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management).
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Incentive
Product safety within the value added chain of manufacturing food products is gaining more and more importance and is making an essential part of the requirements of customers to the manufacturers of food packaging. By implementation of the standard and with subsequent certification, manufacturers of food packaging are experiencing support by assurance of product safety, quality and legal compliance. The duty of care is fulfilled by an optimized hygiene management and by maintenance of «good manufacturing practice». Risks of contamination are controlled and safe packaging for food products is reliably provided.
Outcome
BRC Global Standard for Packaging Materials requirements are providing manufacturing of safe, high quality level and legally compliant products and are assuring optimization of process control and minimization of risks.
Target groups
Companies and organizations of any size, manufacturing packaging materials.
Validity
1 year - the publisher of the standard is stipulating an annual re-certification.
Recognition
The SQS certificate has international recognition.
Combinations
BRC Global Standard for Packaging Materials is compatible with ISO 9001 (Quality management) and all other management system standards.
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Incentive
Certification is required by law for manufacturing of pressure equipment off category II. SQS as a notified body for pressure equipment (NB 1250) is verifying compliance with the essential safety requirements and is accompanying the manufacturer from the state of design up to the final inspections during manufacturing of pressure equipment.
Outcome
Conformity based on a comprehensive quality assurance with design examination guarantees professionally competent, customer-oriented services and solutions, qualified suppliers as well as a risk- and cost optimisation.
Target groups
Manufacturer of pressure equipment based in the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU and the Pressure Equipment Ordinance SR 930.114.
Validity
The conformity assessment certificate according module H1 is valid for three years with an annual verification. For pressure equipment of category IV, additional valid design types (B2) must be available.
Recognition
SQS is approved notified body for pressure equipment bearing the identification number 1250.
The SQS certificate for pressure equipment is internationally recognized.
Combinations
DGR Conformity based on full quality assurance plus design examination is compatible with ISO 9001 (Quality management), ISO 3834-2 (certification of welding operations) ISO 14001 (Environmental management) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management).
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Incentive
The restructuring of fiscal equalisation and the division of duties between the Swiss Confederation and the cantons (NFA) came into force on 1 January 2008. Thanks to the reorganisation of responsibilities pertaining to the Swiss Confederation, the cantons have gained increased autonomy but at the same time taken over responsibility for the funding and quality assurance of facilities for the disabled. The quality guidelines of the SODK OST+ are the most frequently used instrument of quality assurance in German-speaking Switzerland.
Outcome
Certification with the aid of the quality guidelines of the SODK OST+ forms the foundation for continual improvement and development at the level of the organisation and infrastructure, personnel and management, as well as client and professional standards. In some cantons, the SODK OST+ certificate is a prerequisite for performance agreements.
Target groups
Organisations for people with disabilities, such as care homes, sheltered accommodation, workshops and day centres.
Validity
Three years - for the purposes of continual further development, a surveillance audit takes place once a year and after three years a recertification audit.
Recognition
The requirements of cantonal supervisory authorities relating to internal and external audits vary. The responsible cantonal local authority is exclusively in a position to specify whether or not an external certification by SQS according to SODK OST+ is recognised.
Combinations
SODK OST+ can be expanded with ISO 9001 (Quality management), ISO 14001 (Environmental management) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management) to become a process-orientated and integrated management system, which creates comprehensive added value.
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Incentive
Certification is required by law for manufacturing of pressure equipment off category II. SQS as a notified body for pressure equipment (NB 1250) is verifying compliance with the essential safety requirements and is accompanying the manufacturer from the state of design up to the final inspections during manufacturing of pressure equipment.
Outcome
DGR Conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process is providing expertise oriented services and solutions, qualified suppliers as well as minimizing risks and costs.
Target groups
Manufacturer of pressure equipment based in the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU and the Pressure Equipment Ordinance SR 930.114.
Validity
The conformity assessment certificate according module B+D is valid for three years with an annual verification.
Recognition
SQS is approved notified body for pressure equipment bearing the identification number 1250.
The SQS certificate for pressure equipment is internationally recognized.
Combinations
DGR Conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process is compatible with ISO 9001 (Quality management), ISO 3834-2 (certification of welding operations) ISO 14001 (Environmental management) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management).
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Incentive
With IN-Qualis:2018, the Swiss Association for Work Integration provides a quality management system that was specifically created to ensure and develop quality in the field of work integration services.
Outcome
IN-Qualis:2018 offers modular elements with the help of which work integration organisations can establish and operate a quality management system.
IN-Qualis:2018 supports the organisations in demonstrating professional quality and economic efficiency in their activities when dealing with official clients, participating- and assigning expert bodies as well as with the general public.
Target groups
Work integration organisations support people with special needs in social integration and integration into the labour market or a training place. The objective is to (re-)establish, improve or maintain employability.
The content of the offers may vary: Internal work opportunities such as workshops, internal operations, studios, group programs, assignments in external companies, individual counselling/job coaching, training opportunities.
These services are provided in different areas where the quality standard can be applied: Unemployment insurance, disability- and accident insurance, social assistance and migration.
Validity
3 years - in the sense of the continuous development, a surveillance audit takes place annually and a re-certification audit after 3 years.
Recognition
IN-Qualis:2018 is a quality label for the field of work integration services in Switzerland, recognized by the Swiss Accreditation Service SAS. The SQS is accredited as a certification body for IN-Qualis:2018.
Combinations
ISO 9001 and eduQua
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Incentive
Certification is required by law for manufacturing of pressure equipment off category II. SQS as a notified body for pressure equipment (NB 1250) is verifying compliance with the essential safety requirements and is accompanying the manufacturer from the state of design up to the final inspections during manufacturing of pressure equipment.
Outcome
Conformity based on a comprehensive quality assurance guarantees professionally competent, customer-oriented services and solutions, qualified suppliers as well as a risk- and cost optimisation.
Target groups
Manufacturer of pressure equipment based in the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU and the Pressure Equipment Ordinance SR 930.114.
Validity
The conformity assessment certificate according module H is valid for three years with an annual verification.
Recognition
SQS is approved notified body for pressure equipment bearing the identification number 1250.
The SQS certificate for pressure equipment is internationally recognized.
Combinations
DGR Conformity based on full quality assurance is compatible with ISO 9001 (Quality management), ISO 3834-2 (certification of welding operations) ISO 14001 (Environmental management) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management).
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Incentive
For pressure equipment from category II, which falls under the Pressure Equipment Ordinance, the manufacturer must undergo a conformity assessment procedure. SQS, as a notified body for pressure equipment (NB 1250), verifies compliance with the essential safety requirements and supports the manufacturer from the design to the final inspection during the manufacturing of pressure equipment.
Outcome
DGR Internal production control with supervised pressure equipment checks at random intervals ensures expert- and customer-oriented services and solutions, qualified suppliers as well as risk and cost minimisation.
Target groups
Manufacturer of pressure equipment based in the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU and the Pressure Equipment Ordinance SR 930.114.
Validity
Our certificates confirm the conformity of the tested pressure equipment at the time of the final inspection. They apply exclusively to the tested design in its condition at that time. Within the scope of Directive 2014/68/EU (Module A2), our notified body also carries out unannounced product inspections at irregular intervals.
Recognition
SQS is an accredited inspection body (type A) in the technical field of pressure equipment in accordance with SR 930.114 Ordinance on the Safety of Pressure Equipment (Pressure Equipment Ordinance, PED) (Directive 2014/68/EU on the making available on the market of pressure equipment) for internal production control with supervised pressure equipment checks at random intervals Annex III - Module A2. SQS is a notified body with the identification number 1250 for all product categories that fall under the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU. The SQS certificate for pressure equipment is internationally recognized.
Combinations
Conformity assessment procedures in accordance with the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU can be carried out simultaneously with certification in accordance with the ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 3834-2 (certification of welding companies) standards.
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Incentive
Further development of the quality management system with a focus on food and feed safety.
Outcome
The HACCP concept is a preventive system which guarantees the manufacture and sale of and the trade in safe food and feed.
Target groups
SMEs (small & medium enterprises) from the food and feed sectors as well as from related industries, such as packaging and kitchenware.
Validity
3 years - there is an annual audit to ensure that standards are being maintained and a recertification audit after three years.
Recognition
The SQS HACCP certificate has national recognition.
Combinations
HACCP is compatible with ISO 9001 (quality management).
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Incentive
The primary aim of the swiss assessment organisation is to promote and ensure the quality of assessment centre procedures in Switzerland. Members are committed to carefully developing, implementing and evaluating assessment centres. Successful certification confirms that a centre meets the requirements stipulated by the SQS-swiss assessment quality label.
Outcome
The swiss assessment organisation works to ensure that the selection and personnel development procedures designated as assessment centres are based on scientifically recognised standards of assessment centre technology.
The swiss assessment certification process serves to evaluate and enhance the quality of the assessment centre (AC) method, working on the assumption that a company with high quality awareness also delivers high-quality services. The quality of the AC method is therefore assessed based on the defined checkpoints and representative examples.
Target groups
The SQS-swiss assessment quality label certificate is only awarded to members of the swiss assessment organisation that have passed the certification process.
Validity
A recertification audit takes place three years before the certificate is due to expire.
Recognition
The SQS-swiss assessment certificate is valid throughout Switzerland and is recognised by the swiss assessment organisation.
Combinations
The swiss assessment label can be combined with ISO 9001 (quality management).
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