Step by Step Guide to ISO Certification in South Africa

 International Organization for Standardization popularly known as ISO is a very reputed international organization that is involved in the process of setting standards right from technology, food safety to healthcare etc. So, in this blog we will cover some major ISO certification in South Africa that has huge benefits for organizations which will make them operate more efficiently. ISO was founded in the year 1947 and it has grown leaps and bounds from then on, currently it has members from across 165 countries that meet annually at the General Assembly to discuss future strategies and their course of action. It has published around 22,000 (roughly) standards till date. It is impossible to cover each and every of them here, so I will discuss few of the major ISO standards in this blog that are widely used.

ISO 9001 (Quality Management System)

Fun Fact: It is one of the most widely used ISO standards with over one million organizations certified with it in around 170 countries.

This standard is called Quality Management System (QMS) which states that the process quality applied by the organization in manufacturing of goods and services is of international standard and can be trusted. The best thing about ISO 9001certification in South Africa is it can be obtained by any organization irrespective of its size and nature of operation.

ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System)

ISO 27001 standards deals with Information Security Management System which means that the information assets of the organization are safe and secured under management control. It helps organizations to properly manage data and keep it safe with them. The updated version of this standard was published in the year 2013 which is why in some places you will see it represented as ISO 27001:2013 and it means the same.

ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System)

ISO 45001 certification in South Africa sets guidelines for organizations to provide a safe working conditions to employees so that they can work without any tension and it helps to instill a sense of confidence that their health and wellbeing is of utmost importance to the organization. The updated version of ISO 45001 was released in the year 2018; hence it is represented as ISO 45001:2018.

ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System)

This standard of ISO is dedicated to the factors that cause environmental degradation; organizations need to properly monitor and manage their waste before dumping them into the surroundings. ISO 14001 helps organization to achieve this feat of taking care of nature while running their operations.

ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System)

ISO 22000:2018 is the Food Safety Management System standard of ISO which is dedicated to all the organizations involved in the food chain, it aims to provide safe, healthy and uncontaminated food to its consumers. Every organization in the food chain that wishes to provide uncontaminated foods to its consumers should have this certificate.

Process of getting these ISO certificates

By now you must have got an overall idea of the major ISO standards applicable in South Africa, their dedicated purpose and which type of organizations can apply for which certificates based on their nature of operation. These various ISO certificates have helped a lot of organization in terms of setting up an efficient internal management and serve their dedicated purpose. If you are looking for any of these standards certificate in South Africa, you must know that ISO only sets standards and is not involved in the process of providing certificates for these to organization; this is done by different bodies.

Finecert is one such leading ISO service provider that helps organization to get ISO certified according to their nature of operation and their market needs. We have a highly trained ISO consultant’s team that helps resolve any of your queries related to ISO; from cost perspective we have a very affordable ISO service that can be taken by any organization. We employ a very transparent approach right from project initiation to its completion which is why it helps us to build a long term relationship with our clients.

 If you are looking for ISO certification for your organization you can request a quote at contact@finecert.com or you can visit our website www.finecert.com and check out the different ISO services we provide around the globe.