How We Help

By choice, Gablesmead will never be a third party certification body. That is a real advantage for our clients. Unlike certification bodies, we can give detailed, explicit guidance on how to achieve certification and help you to get the most value out of it.

We are able to do this by:

• Providing consultancy and training to develop management systems which are a major asset to the business and also meet the requirements of the relevant standards.
• Guiding you through the process of selecting the most suitable certification body.
• Helping you to prepare for certification audits with confidence and with a “right first time” approach.
• Forming a good relationship with your certification body which offers significant, year on year benefits to both parties.
• Expanding your scope of certification to include multiple standards.
• Achieving and maintaining certification on multiple sites in the most efficient way.
• Helping you to transfer from one certification body to another if the past relationship has not been beneficial.
• Mentoring management system managers on any aspect of third party certification, whether they be experienced or only recently appointed to this important role.

Our Expertise

Our consultants and trainers have a vast amount of experience of third party certification. Many have worked as lead auditors for the best third party certification bodies around the world. Some have helped to set up new certification bodies and have guided them along the route to achieving accreditation, one of the key requirements for their success. We have a complete understanding of how certification works and can explain it in plain language to our clients. This is the first step towards building a productive and mutually beneficial relationship between you and your certification body.