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The process

Prepare

Put your documented management system in place.
Make sure its compliant with your chosen standard(s).

Assess

Stage 1 – check that you have a system.
Stage 2 – check that you do what your system says

Certify

Opportunity to resolve any findings.
Verification of Stage 2 report.
Certificates issued and registration to applicable schemes.

Certification services

ISO 9001 – Quality

All organisations strive for quality in everything they do, from how they produce their product or service to how they manage their relationships with customers. Achieving this in the real world is challenging and takes commitment to a structured process and continual improvement.

ISO 14001 – Environment

Today the environmental performance of a company is a primary concern to its stakeholders. And it has become a significant factor in companies’ commercial success or failure. An Environmental Management System promotes commitment to a systematic approach and to a model of continuous improvement.

ISO 45001 – Health & Safety

Driving forward and constantly improving health and safety is key to the constant improvement of business performance; and ISO 45001 will help you to achieve this.

OHSAS 18001 – Health & Safety

Growing awareness of Occupational Health & Safety is reflected by waves of new and ever-changing legislation. If a company is to deal with this effectively and reap the benefits it can bring, it needs to have commitment to a systematic approach and continual improvement. The ‘gold standard’ worldwide is the Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS).

ISO 27001

Information security is becoming more an more critical to business success and risk management with every passing day. ISO 27001 certification for your Information Security Management System allows your organisation to systematically manage and protect your organisations information and information infrastructure assets.

NHSS Certification

The National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS) are bespoke quality management systems based on the ISO 9001 standard and are for organisations working on the UK road network.

Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the process by which all parties involved in the planning, design, construction and operation of the built environment can benefit from digital modelling.

SSIP

As we are a registered member of the SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) forum your OHSAS 18001 certification will automatically include SSIP Certification without any additional audits.

PAS 2030

Ocean Certification provides UKAS Accredited certification services to the PAS 2030:2014 standard for the installation of energy efficiency measures in existing buildings.

Integrated management systems

Where a company is committed to achieving certification to more than one standard, an Integrated Management System (IMS) is the simplest and most efficient solution.

AA 1000AS

Ocean Certification provides a service of verification of an organisation’s Social Responsibility Reporting using the AA1000 Assurance Standard (2008) under licence from AccountAbility.

Sectors we work in

Construction

Manufacturing

Engineering

Architecture

Consultancy

Education

Local authority

Government departments

Machinery & equipment

Metals & fabricated metal products

Pulp & paper products

Other sectors

Latest news

Why choose an UKAS accredited certification body?

Serious about your business? Then choosing an UKAS accredited certification body such as Ocean is must to assess your management systems. Here are five reasons why you should choose an UKAS accredited certification body and not be fooled into going for a ‘budget’ option of a non-accredited provider: #1 Reliability As an UKAS accredited certification […]

04 Sep
Thirsk based plant hire business have a system of success!

Potter Plant Hire have successfully gained their UKAS accredited certificates in environmental, health and safety and quality standards. The firm that was established in 1994 and has steadily grown to become a national provider of plant hire and plans to continue to grow market share further across the UK. Giles Potter, Managing Director, tells us: […]

10 Apr
What is an “Integrated Management System” … and why they make sense

What is an Integrated Management System? Where a company is committed to achieving certification to more than one standard, such as quality, health and safety or environmental, an Integrated Management System (IMS) is the simplest and most efficient solution. The most recent revisions of the ISO standards now include a high-level structure that allow for […]

27 Mar
Ocean clients benefit from a seamless transition to ISO 9001:2015

The deadline is looming, by September 2018, ISO 9001:2008 will no longer be valid and ISO 9001:2015 should be in place for any businesses wanting to maintain a certified quality management standard. And we’re delighted to report Ocean’s clients have either successfully transitioned or are planned in to move over in time for the deadline. […]

06 Mar
ISO 45001 is replacing OHSAS 18001 very soon, get prepared with Ocean

The new Occupational Health and Safety standard, ISO 45001 is replacing OHSAS 18001. Are you ready? Here are some frequently asked questions about the new standard: We have OHSAS 18001 and still have over a year before it expires, do we need to transfer over to ISO 45001? The new standard was published in March […]

27 Feb
Ocean plans for ISO 27001 accreditation

Information security is becoming more critical than ever for a wide range of organisation types and we have received recent enquiries for certification to the ISO 27001 standard. Hence we are planning our application for UKAS Accreditation to offer this service to our clients. ISO 27001 is the internationally recognised standard for information security management proficiency. […]

13 Feb