MODULE B - PROCESS
B1.
B2.
B3.
B4.
B5.
B6.
B7.
B8.
B9.
B10.
SUBMODULES
Organizational Structure
Standards Development: Roles and
Responsibilities
Conformity Assessment: Roles and
Responsibilities
Initiating Standards Projects
Consensus Process for Standards
Development
The Basics of Parliamentary Procedure
The Appeals Process
International Standards Development
ASME Conformity Assessment Programs
Performance Based Standards
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REVISIONS
DATE SLIDE
4/17/05
CHANGE
Revised in entirety to conform with revised C&S Policy 20, Policy
on Conformity Assessment.
Revised to remove details on individual programs.
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B9. ASME Conformity
Assessment Programs
OBJECTIVES
This submodule will
– Describe ASME’s conformity assessment
activities
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AGENDA
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Conformity Assessment
Accreditation
Certification
Registration
Conformity Assessment Program Management
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WHY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT?
• Conformity Assessment Process ensures
– Products, services, or systems have the
required characteristics
– Characteristics are consistent from product to
product, service to service, or system to system
– Individuals can be evaluated to determine
whether they meet the qualification
requirements of an ASME standard
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CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
• Definition (ISO/IEC 17000)
– Demonstration that specified requirements
relating to a product, process, system, person
or body are fulfilled
– Examples: testing, inspection, certification,
registration, accreditation
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CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
• Types of conformity assessment
– First party
• Supplier’s declaration of conformity
– Second party
• Conformity assessment activity performed by
the user
– Third party
• Accreditation
• Certification
• Registration
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ACCREDITATION
• Definition (ISO/IEC 17000)
– third-party attestation related to a conformity
assessment body conveying formal demonstration
of its competence to carry out specific conformity
assessment tasks
attestation: issuance of a statement, based
on a decision following review that fulfillment
of specified requirements has been
demonstrated
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ASME ACCREDITATION
• Applicability
– Organizations which perform some type of
conformity assessment activity
• ASME Accreditation Programs:
– Inspection organizations (ASME QAI-1 Standard
for Qualifications of Authorized Inspection)
– Organizations that certify elevator inspectors
(ASME QEI-1 Standard for Qualification of
Elevator Inspectors)
– Pressure Relief Device Laboratories (PRD)
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ASME ACCREDITATION
• Accreditation process
– ASME audit team reviews quality system
documentation and verifies implementation
• Formal recognition
– Certificate of Accreditation
– Certificate valid for specified period
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CERTIFICATION
• Definition (ISO/IEC 17000)
– third-party attestation related to products,
processes, systems or persons
attestation: issuance of a statement, based
on a decision following review that fulfillment
of specified requirements has been
demonstrated
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ASME CERTIFICATION
• Types of ASME Certification
– Product certification
– Personnel certification
– Management system certification (registration)
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ASME PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
• Definition
– ASME product certification means that the
capability to fulfill requirements in the applicable
standard by the supplier has been reviewed and
accepted by ASME
– The supplier is responsible for ensuring that
products meet the requirements on which the
certification is based
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ASME PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
• ASME Product Certification Programs
– Boiler and Pressure Vessel (non-nuclear)
– Nuclear components
– Nuclear materials
– Reinforced thermoset-plastic tanks (RTP)
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ASME PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
• Certification process
– ASME audit team reviews quality systems
documentation and verifies implementation
• Formal recognition
– Certificate of Authorization
• For use of ASME mark
– Quality System/Program Certificate
• No applicable ASME mark
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ASME PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION
• Definition
– ASME personnel certification means that an
individual’s qualifications have been reviewed,
proficiency has been demonstrated, and the
individual has been accepted by ASME as
meeting all requirements of an ASME Standard
– ASME Certification is not intended as an
assertion or implication that ASME accepts any
responsibility for the compliance, or liability for
the consequences of noncompliance, of any
individual’s performance under the issued
certification. Such responsibility and liability
remain with the individual or employer.
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ASME PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION
• ASME Personnel Certification Programs
– Municipal waste incinerator operators (QRO)
– Hazardous waste incinerator operators (QHO)
– High capacity fossil-fuel fired facility operators
(QFO)
– Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Professionals (GDTP)
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ASME PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION
• Certification process
– Evaluation of education and/or experience
– Oral or written examinations
• Formal recognition
– Certificate or Certification Card
– Valid for 3 to 5 years
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ASME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
CERTIFICATION (REGISTRATION)
• Applicability
– Certification of an organization’s quality
management system to the ISO 9001 standard
• Certification Process
– ASME audit team review of documentation and
implementation
• Formal recognition
– Certificate or Registration
– Product marking not permitted
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POP QUIZ #1
For each of the following, what type of
conformity assessment program is used:
accreditation, certification or registration?
a. To assess the conformity of a boiler and pressure
vessel manufacturer to the ASME Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code
b. To assess the conformity of a boiler and pressure
vessel manufacturer to the ISO 9001 standard
c. To assess the qualifications of an individual to be
a hazardous waste incinerator operator
d. To assess the conformity of a company that will
provide boiler and pressure vessel inspection
services
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POP QUIZ #2
(Extra Credit)
Which program(s) review the applicant’s
quality management system?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Accreditation
Product Certification
Personnel Certification
Registration
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CA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Codes and Standards
Board of Directors
Board on
Conformity Assessment
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• Board on Conformity
Assessment
– Supervises all ASME
conformity assessment
activities
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CA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Codes and Standards
Board of Directors
• CA Committees
– Report directly to Board on
Conformity Assessment
Board on
Conformity Assessment
CA Committee
(e.g. ISO 9000
Registration)
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CA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Codes and Standards
Board of Directors
• CA Subcommittees
– Dual reporting
Board on
Conformity Assessment
Board on
Pressure Technology
CA Committee
(e.g. ISO 9000
Registration)
Standards Committee*
(e.g. Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Code)
* Note: Proposed alternative
requirements shall be reviewed
jointly by the relevant
Supervisory Board and Board
on Conformity Assessment.
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CA Subcommittee
(e.g. Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Accreditation)
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CURRENT ASME CA PROGRAMS
Codes and Standards
Board of Directors
Board on
Pressure
Technology
Boiler and
Pressure Vessel
(BPV)
Reinforced
Thermoset Plastic
Vessels
(RTP)
Board on
Board on
Nuclear C&S
Safety C&S
Nuclear
Components
type)
(N-
Nuclear Material
Organizations
(QSC)
Pressure
Relief Device
Laboratory
(PRD)
Accreditation Programs
Product Certification Programs
Elevator Inspector
Certification
Organizations
(QEI)
Board on
Board on
Standardization and
Conformity
Assessment
Testing
Geometric
Dimensioning and
Tolerancing
Professionals
(GDTP)
Note: PTC-25 is
an integral part
of PRD
accreditation
ISO 9000
Registration
Authorized
Inspection
Agencies (AIA)
Resource
Recovery Facility
Operator (QRO)
Hazardous Waste
Facility Operator
(QHO)
High Capacity
Fossil-Fuel-Fired
Facility Operator
(QFO)
Personnel Certification Programs
Registration Programs
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REFERENCES
– Codes and Standards Policy CSP-5, Code Symbol Stamps
and ASME Markings*
– Codes and Standards Policy CSP-19, ASME Designee and
ASME Designated Organization*
– Codes and Standards Policy CSP-20, Policy on
Accreditation, Certification and Registration*
– Codes and Standards Policy CSP-53, Policy on Protection
of ASME Marks*
*Available on C&S Web site at
http://cstools.asme.org/csconnect/CommitteePages.cfm?
Committee=A01000000&Action=7609
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REFERENCES
(cont’d)
– Codes and Standards Policy CSP-58, Alternative
Requirements Impacting Conformity Assessment*
– ISO/IEC 17000 Conformity Assessment – Vocabulary and
general principles
– Conformity Assessment Web site
• www.asme.org/cns/accreditation/index.html
*Available on C&S Web site at
http://cstools.asme.org/csconnect/CommitteePages.cfm?
Committee=A01000000&Action=7609
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