Certification of Service Suppliers

What's the certification of service suppliers?
It consists of the assessment of the Firm organization, with particular attention to personnel training and qualification, equipment and facilities, procedures, subcontractors, service verification and reporting, in order to demonstrate that he has the competence and control needed to perform the services for which the approval is sought.
Said assessment is done through an audit of the Firm quality system at its premises and a practical demonstration of the specific service performance and reporting (during actual service supply or through simulated service).
Upon satisfactory completion of both the audit of the Firm and the demonstration test RINA will issue a Certificate of Approval stating that the Supplier's service operation system has been found to be satisfactory and that the results of services performed in accordance with that system may be accepted and utilized by the Society's Surveyors in making decisions affecting classification or statutory certification, as relevant.
The Certificate is to be renewed at intervals of three years by verification through an audit similar to the approval one that the approved original conditions are maintained.
Where the same Supplier applies for more than one service, the audits relative to the various services may be performed at the same time.

How to proceed?
The procedure consists of the following steps:

• Firm's application 
• Preliminary review of organizational documentation
• Execution of the audit and demonstration test
• Issuance of RINA Certificate of Approval