Product Certification Schemes – designed to give confidence to specifiers, users, occupiers, owners and enforcement bodies that products have been thoroughly and independently evaluated and will continue to be manufactured to the same specification as originally tested
- Attestation of conformity for CE Marking. A basic level of certification designed to satisfy the minimum requirements for a product to be placed on the European market. Evaluation is against European technical specifications such as harmonised standards and European Technical Approvals. Not a quality mark.
- High level third party certification against IFCC’s own rigorous standards International, European, British or Industry standards. Evaluation involves initial type testing, establishment of a comprehensive field of application, auditing of quality management and factory production control procedures, auditing and labelling.
Installer Certification Schemes– designed to ensure that certificated and tested products are installed within the approved field of application by skilled and competent operatives thus giving confidence to specifiers, users, occupiers, owners and enforcement bodies
- Involves auditing of an installer company’s office and site based activities, competence assessment of operatives and supervisors and certificates of conformity