Man-day transparency
Audit time must follow the real scope.
Man-days depend on standards, employee count, sites, shifts, activities, risk and exclusions. A credible quotation explains the scope assumptions before the audit is booked.
The certification route
Five steps. One traceable decision file.
Certification should not feel like a black box. QSI separates audit activity, independent review and the certification decision so clients understand where evidence is tested and where the final seal is controlled.
Five steps end at the certificate. Surveillance is not a sixth step; it is the return loop that comes back in years 2 and 3, followed by recertification, to keep the certificate valid.
Station by station
The five steps in detail.
What happens, who does it, and what each stage returns. Durations stay honest and qualitative; the dated plan comes at application review.
01Application
The scope goes on record.
Scope, legal entity, sites, shifts and standard are confirmed, and man-days are calculated from the real operation before anything is priced.
YOU PROVIDE THE FACTS · QSI PUTS THEM ON RECORD02Audit
On your floor, in person.
Auditors review documents, interview process owners and test records against what happens on site. Findings are explained as they are found, not saved for the report.
STAGE 1 · READINESS
Documentation and readiness review. Gaps are reported plainly so Stage 2 is planned against a system that can actually pass it.
STAGE 2 · CERTIFICATION AUDIT
The certification audit, on your floor. Records sampled, process owners interviewed, findings explained as they are found.
03Independent review
A reviewer who was never on your audit checks the file.
A competent reviewer who did not perform the audit checks the file and evidence before any decision is made.
YOUR REVIEWER IS NEVER ON YOUR AUDIT04Decision
The auditor does not decide.
The certification decision is made independently of the audit team. That separation is what gives a certificate weight beyond a site visit.
THE DECISION IS SEPARATED FROM THE AUDIT05Certificate
Issued, sealed, entered in the register.
The certificate is issued, the decision is recorded and the register entry is prepared under a serial in the format shown on the document.
THE CERTIFICATE · ENTERED IN THE REGISTERQSI-22K-1042SPECIMEN · REGISTER ENTRY
06Surveillance · The return
Surveillance and recertification.
Annual surveillance audits in years 2 and 3 confirm the system still runs, and recertification at year 3 restarts the cycle. Surveillance dates are planned with the client in advance.
FIVE STEPS TO THE CERTIFICATE · SURVEILLANCE YEARS 2 + 3 · RECERTIFICATION AT YEAR 3
Why it holds
Transparency and independence.
Time follows scope, and the decision is separated from the audit. Both are stated before you start.
Decision transparency
The decision is independent of the audit team.
Independent review checks the audit file before the certification decision. That separation is what gives a certificate weight beyond a site visit.
Start the file
Start your application.
Send the scope and a lead auditor confirms sites, shifts and standard before man-days are priced.