Guideline & Standards

IAAB has published various Guideline & Standards for Accreditation bodies, Certification bodies for personnel, Management systems, Products and services, Information technology, Validation and verification, Inspection, testing and technical, Other similar programmes of conformity assessment

Under IAAB various committees are existing, which are responsible for developing the standards & guidelines, find below brief detail of Technical Committee

  • IAAB/TC 01: Responsible for development & updates manual, procedures, rules & regulation and Governing documentation for IAAB
  • IAAB/TC 02: R & D Committee is responsible for develop new standards which is required as per current situation globally
  • IAAB/TC 03: Responsible for development & updates guidance & standards for Educational & Formal Educational
  • IAAB/TC 04: Responsible for development & updates guidance & standards for Information Technology
  • IAAB/TC 05: Responsible for development & updates guidance & standards for AI, Machine Learning, Source Code, Virus detection & prevention in IA
  • IAAB/ TC 93: Responsible for development & updates guidance & standards for Fire Safety

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IAAB Guideline & Standards Development Life Cycle

IAAB has develop various standards & guidelines for supporting accreditation body, Certification body for personal, management systems, products, Validation and verification, Inspection, testing and technical.


Find below information for Guideline & Standards

  • IAAB 17011 - Series for Accreditation body for develop accreditation scheme for certification body
  • IAAB GDAB - Series for specific standards guideline for Accreditation body for develop accreditation scheme for certification body
  • IAAB GDAB - Series for specific standards guideline for certification body for auditing & certification of organization & person
  • IAAB 93000 - Fire Safety Management System (FrSMS)


Find below IAAB development life cycle steps for guidelines & standards

Stage of Development Details
0–10 Initial Queries
11–20 Proposal for Update
21–30 Draft
31–40 Technical Review
41–50 Feedback
51–60 Final Draft
61–70 Issued / Published
71–80 Amendments
81–90 Review for new requirements
91–100 Proceeding for withdrawal

Download the documents

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IAAB 17011-1 - IAAB Requirements for AB's accrediting CBs in Management System Standards.
IAAB 17011-2 - Requirements for accreditation bodies for GLA Assessment for Personal
IAAB 17011-3 - Requirements for accreditation bodies for GLA Assessment for Inspection (under development)
IAAB 17011-4 - Requirements for accreditation bodies for GLA Assessment for Validation and Verification (under development)
IAAB 17011-5 - Requirements for accreditation bodies for GLA Assessment for Product Certification (under development)
IAAB 17011-6 - Requirements for accreditation bodies for GLA Assessment for Calibration / Testing. (under development)
GDAB 30 - Assessment of ISO-IEC 17011- Learning Service Provider - ISO 29993
GDAB 31 - Assessment of ISO-IEC 17011- Compliance management systems - ISO 37301