1. Body Of Knowledge for Other Party (OP) Assessors
Lori Scheid-Gillespie
ANAB, Accreditation Manager
Will Tate
Vought Aircraft

2. Body of Knowledge Purpose of the training module: Objective:
Training on the criteria and processes that OP assessors will be implementing when performing oversight on behalf of the AAQG/RMC
Objective:
Provide OP assessors with knowledge and tools to perform effective oversight of ABs, CBs, AABs and TPABs.

3. Documents comprising BOK
AS & AS9014
AQMS Standards AS9100/9110/9120
AS9104-2
AS9104-3
ISO 19011
ISO 17011
ISO 17021
ISO 17024
IAF Mandatory Documents
IAF Guidance Document for Audit Days

4. Additional relevant documents
“Official ISO 9001 Interpretations”
ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group papers
Accreditation Auditing Practices Group papers
AB specific documents
IAQG Resolutions log

5. Where to obtain the documents
All AS documents and ISO standards are copyrighted
AS documents can be purchased from
ISO Standards can be purchased from several places, such as the ASQ website, ANSI webstore or
The IAF Mandatory documents can be downloaded for free from
OP Assessors MUST bring the relevant documents to the assessments

6. Links to the available documents.
IAF Mandatory documents
IAQG Resolutions log
ANAB Accreditation Manual, MA 6000
ISO Auditing Practices Group
Accreditation Auditing Practices Group

7. Remember
It is the OEM’s responsibility to gain access to these standards; standards are not provided by the AB or CB. 
OP Assessors must read and familiarize themselves with the applicable parts of the Standards prior to the oversight assessments.

8. Applicability AS9104 AS9014 AS9104-2 AS9104-3 AQMS Stds ISO 17021
IAF Docs AB X CB
AAB
TPCB

9. CB Office Assessment Body of Knowledge

10. CB Office Assessment
Gather objective evidence that the CB is competent and conforms to the relevant standard(s) and other requirements for accreditation.
ISO (7.7.2)
OP Assessor to Focus on AS specific elements as they relate to:
Impartiality - ISO (5.2)
Management - ISO (5, 6, 7)
Inclusion of AS in internal audits & management review- ISO 17021, AS9104
Review AS complaints - ISO 17021, AS9104
Effective closure of previously issued aerospace related findings
File Review

11. Main activity by OP Assessor – File Review
CB Office Assessment
Main activity by OP Assessor – File Review
Registration, surveillance, re-certification process - ISO (9)
Competency (qualifications) of audit team - AS9104 (7, 8.1), AS9104-3, ISO (7)
Citation of findings (by CB) – AS9104 (8.3), ISO (9)
Appropriate resolution of findings – AS9104 (8.3), ISO (9)

12. Main activity by OP Assessor – File Review
CB Office Assessment
Main activity by OP Assessor – File Review
Reporting – AS9104 (8.4), ISO (9)
Certification decisions (including competency of reviewers) – AS9104 (8.6), ISO (7, 9)
Oasis – AS9104
Multi-site – AS9104 (8.2.3), IAF Guidance to Guide 62 (Annex 3)
Competency of staff – AS9104, ISO (7)

13. CB Office Assessment
A critical aspect is the audit time
OPMT assessors must understand Appendix 2 of the IAF Guidance to ISO/IEC Guide 62 and the auditor-days estimation process

14. Audit Time Determination process

15. Estimation process

16. Additional time per AS9104

17. “Upgrade audits”

18. Another critical issue – Multi-site
AS9104, paragraph 8.2.3
IAQG Resolution # 53
Changing with the rewrite of AS9104

19. CB Witness Assessment Body of Knowledge

20. CB Witness Assessment
Silently gather objective evidence that the CB is competent and conforms to the relevant standard(s) and other requirements for accreditation.
ISO (7.7.2)

21. CB Witness Assessment Focus on:
Opening and closing meeting (and team caucuses)
ISO (9)
Audit days and audit efficiency, effectiveness
AS9104 (8.2), ISO (6.5), IAF Guidance to Guide 62, Annex 2
CB’s audit team’s competency to perform audit
Including knowledge of standards, industry, regulatory requirements and interpretations
Including CB’s process for assigning audit team
AS9104 (7, 8), AS , ISO (7)
Certificate accuracy
ISO (8)

22. Audit depth and trails to the AQMS Standard (e.g. AS9100)
CB Witness Assessment
KEY Focus:
Audit depth and trails to the AQMS Standard (e.g. AS9100)
AQMS (e.g. AS9100)
AS9104 (8), ISO (6.5), IAF Guidance to Guide 62

23. For AB, AAB & TPCB Oversight see Presentation Attached

24. Burning questions