T/CCAA 36-2022 Active

Scope: This document provides guidelines for certification bodies to implement remote audits, including audit principles, audit program management, audit implementation, audit competence, and audit evaluation and improvement. This document is applicable to remote audit activities conducted by certification bodies for management system certification, product certification, and service certification, and can also be used as a reference for other types of audit activities. Main technical content: The purpose of this document is to ensure the effectiveness and credibility of remote audits. Both certification bodies and related parties need to understand their roles in terms of input, expected output, and risks during the remote audit process in order to achieve audit objectives. This document combines the latest remote audit practices and ICT technology developments to provide guidance for standardizing and guiding certification bodies in conducting remote audits and managing remote audit risks. This document was developed under the framework of relevant IAF documents and ISO standards, and serves as an effective supplement and refinement to IAF documents, as well as a supplement to Appendix A1 of GB/T 19011-2021, "Remote Audit Methods". It also further clarifies the competencies of personnel involved in remote audits during the certification process as described in Appendix A of GB/T 27021.1-2017. Chapter 1 to Chapter 3 of this document outline the scope of application, normative references, and terms and definitions of this document. Chapter 4 elaborates on the principles of remote audits, which reflect the core concerns of this document. Chapters 5 to Chapter 8 clarify the entire process of remote audits based on the PDCA method, providing certification bodies with optional approaches to improve the effectiveness of remote audits by establishing management systems. Appendix A provides examples of conditions for determining whether remote audits can be adopted,