Walking the quality route

with our clients

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We are an accredited certification body that

operates in the field of wood & wood products.

CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION

WHO WE ARE 

African Certification and Testing (PTY) Ltd (ACT) has been established to provide a vehicle in which to operate a mark scheme for the benefit of the utility wooden pole industry in Africa.

The company has SANAS Accreditation for ISO/IEC 17065 and ISO/IEC 17021.

 

WHAT WE DO 

  • Product certification of standards for wooden poles and sawn timber
  • Auditing of quality management systems – ISO 9001
  • Consignment product inspection
  • Verification of equipment

OUR POLICIES

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TYPES OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

& CERTIFICATION SCHEMES

ISO/IEC 17065

ACT is currently accredited for ISO/IEC 17065 for product certification with regards to SANS 754, SANS 457-3, SANS 1288, SANS 1783 – Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.1, 5.2 and SANS 10096. ACT has applied for an extension of scope to include SANS 457-2 and SANS 753.

ISO/IEC 17021-1

ACT is currently accredited for ISO/IEC 17021-1 for Quality Management System Certification for EAC 6: Wood and Wood Products (ISO 9001).

Note: Documents that have a reference number ending with “.21” or “.sm” are applicable to ISO/IEC 17021-1 and saw-milling (ISO/IEC 17065) respectively.

PROCEDURES

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
  1. Dear ACT clients and prospective clients take note that we are committed to continuous improvement and as a result thereof we carry out an ongoing review on our procedures.
  2. Regarding the General Permit Conditions, QP13 rev 08 was approved by ACT management. For current clients QP13 rev 07 remains valid until QP13 rev08 is signed.

COMPLAINTS & APPEALS

African Certification & Testing (ACT) is committed to providing a world class product certification service & maintaining the highest standards of service in all our dealings with client, third parties & stakeholders.

APPLICATIONS

Prospective clients should please complete the application form (F22) below and send it to admin@africancertification.co.za

DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED CLIENTS

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ACT IS NOW PARTNERING WITH

GLOBAL G.A.P.

 

TECHNICAL NEWS UPDATE:

VERSION 6 UPDATE: 

GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Version 6 is MANDATORY from the 1 January 2024.

There are two versions available:

    • IFA Version 6 Smart (non-GFSI recognized)
    • IFA Version 6 GFS (GFSI recognized)

IFA Version 6 GFS is not yet released and all clients that are currently on Version 5.4-1-GFS will remain on the version 5 until version 6 GFS has been released. 

GRASP VERSION UPDATE:

GRASP V1.3-1-i is valid until Version 6 is mandatory. All clients that have their audits under Version 6 will be assessed according to GRASP v2.

Please contact schememan@africancertification.co.za for more information.

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