MODULE B - PROCESS

SUBMODULES
B1. Organizational Structure
B2. Standards Development: Roles and
Responsibilities
B3. Conformity Assessment: Roles and
Responsibilities
B4. Initiating Standards Projects
B5. Consensus Process for Standards
Development
B6. The Basics of Parliamentary Procedure
B7. The Appeals Process
B8. International Standards Development
B9. ASME Conformity Assessment Programs
B10. Performance Based Standards
ASME C&S Training Module B9
 REVISIONS
DATE SLIDE CHANGE
4/17/05 Revised in entirety to conform with revised C&S Policy 20, Policy
on Conformity Assessment.
Revised to remove details on individual programs.

ASME C&S Training Module B9

B9. ASME Conformity
Assessment Programs
 OBJECTIVES

This submodule will

– Describe ASME’s conformity assessment
activities

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 AGENDA

I. Conformity Assessment
II. Accreditation
III. Certification
IV. Registration
V. 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. Accreditation
b. Product Certification
c. Personnel Certification
d. Registration

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 CA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Codes and Standards • Board on Conformity

Board of Directors
Board on
Conformity Assessment
Assessment
– Supervises all ASME
conformity assessment
activities

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 CA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Codes and Standards • CA Committees

Board of Directors – 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 • CA Subcommittees

Board of Directors – Dual reporting

Board on Board on
Conformity Assessment Pressure Technology

CA Committee Standards Committee*

(e.g. ISO 9000 (e.g. Boiler and Pressure
Registration) Vessel Code)

CA Subcommittee
* Note: Proposed alternative
(e.g. Boiler and Pressure
requirements shall be reviewed Vessel Accreditation)
jointly by the relevant
Supervisory Board and Board
on Conformity Assessment.

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 CURRENT ASME CA PROGRAMS
Codes and Standards
Board of Directors

Board on Board on Board on

Board on Board on
Pressure Standardization and Conformity
Nuclear C&S Safety C&S
Technology Testing Assessment
Boiler and Nuclear Elevator Inspector Geometric ISO 9000
Pressure Vessel Components (N- Certification Dimensioning and Registration
(BPV) type) Organizations Tolerancing
(QEI) Professionals
Nuclear Material (GDTP) Authorized
Reinforced Organizations Inspection
Thermoset Plastic (QSC) Agencies (AIA)
Vessels (RTP) Note: PTC-25 is
an integral part
of PRD Resource
Pressure accreditation Recovery Facility
Operator (QRO)
Relief Device
Laboratory
(PRD) Hazardous Waste
Facility Operator
(QHO)

Accreditation Programs High Capacity

Fossil-Fuel-Fired
Facility Operator
Product Certification Programs (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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