Certification Bodies

The Certification Body area lets you view all your Certification Bodies associated with your MNCB account.

Before having VIEW access to the Certification Bodies, please ensure the following:

Prerequisites:

• The Certification Body should be added to the IAF CertSearch database, to ensure that the Certification Body is within the database go to: https://www.iafcertsearch.org/search/certification-bodies

• Association to the Certification Body should be valid

• If the Certification Bodies are not listed, please contact the Accreditation Body that accredited the Certification Body.

To associate the Certification Bodies to your MNCB account:

1. Send a request to the IAF CertSearch Support Team via [e-mail], requesting to associate a Certification Body to your MNCB account.

2. The IAF CertSearch Support Team reviews and further assesses the validity of the request, once valid the Certification Bodies will then be associated with your account.

Any concerns about the Certification Body information, please contact the AB who accredited the CB or connect directly to the CBs.

View Certification Bodies

Once the CB is added you'll now have access to view the Certification Bodies displayed in a summary list, where you can view the following data fields:

Column Name	Description
Activation Status	IAF CertSearch account status of the CB
Unique ID	The unique ID assigned to the CB
Certification Body	Certification Body Name
Economy	Country where CB is located
Standards	Number of standards the accreditation body has assigned to the Certification Body
Updated at	Last time the Certification Body account was updated by the Accreditation Body
Created at	Date the certification body account was added to the database

View Certification Body detail page

To view the CB detail page, click the CB name or the 'View' button under the actions column.

Within the Certification Body detail page, you'll have access to the following information:

Section	Description
Certification Body Information	Basic company information of the CB.
Standards	List of standards accredited to the CB
Technical Sectors	List of technical sectors within their accreditation
Office Directories	List of office locations where the accreditation is valid
Country/Economy	List of countries where the accreditation is valid
Certified Entities	List of Certified Entities accredited by the CB
Live Profile	Links to CB's public live profile.