Assessment bodies seek accreditation to prove their technical competencies, reliability and integrity.

Organisations accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) can demonstrate they are competent and trusted to deliver a safe standard and quality of performance and protection for the products and services users rely on.

During the accreditation process organisations will prove compliance through testing, verification, inspection and calibration. UKAS accreditation boosts the organisation’s credibility of its test results, ensures reliability of measurements, enhances the reputation of certified activities, and ensures inspected equipment and processes can be relied upon to operate safely and accurately.

Accreditation drives confidence in all sectors by underpinning the quality of the accredited organisation’s results, ensuring traceability, comparability, and validity. UKAS accreditation offers the highest levels of impartiality, objectivity, and competence through a continuous assessment process, delivered by trained and highly competent assessors and technical experts in their respective fields.