atetsade said:
WOW
WOW. Thaz a lotta acronyms. How much was the registrar/accreditation annual budget?
There were about 70 companies or organizations that had approved our quality system. We used one quality manual to cover all of the various requirements. The larger cost was not actually the approvals/registration/accreditations but rather the cost of the test standards and documents that we had to keep current.
Some of the organizations, such as the City of Los Angeles, the only cost to us was the travel and per diem for their auditor to audit our system. We had the NADCAP accreditation, but were still audited by six or seven major aircraft and engine manufacturers, although they did not charge us for their audits. We were required to participate in round robin testing, so there was an internal cost for performing these tests. The nuclear power companies, DOT, Coast Guard and CSA did not charge us for their audits.
We were also audited by two separate departments of the State regulatory agency for X-ray equipment and nuclear source testing equipment. Although the quality system was part of the audits, the main focus was on radiation monitoring, training, and control of access to the equipment.
Wes R.