DIN ISO 18436-1:2013-05

This part of ISO 18436 specifies requirements for persons and organizations ('assessment body') operating conformity assessment systems for personnel who perform machinery condition monitoring, identify machine faults, and recommend corrective action. Procedures for the conformity assessment of condition monitoring and diagnostic personnel are specified. These requirements are in addition to those of ISO/IEC 17000, ISO/IEC 17024, and ISO/IEC 17050-1. General requirements for assessment body personnel are contained in this part of ISO 18436. Specific requirements for the assessment of personnel in condition monitoring and diagnostics are contained in ISO 18436-2 and ISO 18436-4 to ISO 18436-9. In accordance with ISO/IEC 17000, an assessment body (person or organization) may be a first-party conformity assessment organization issuing a declaration of conformity, a second party issuing an attestion of conformity or it may be a third-party certification body compliant with ISO/IEC 17024 issuing certificates of conformity. This part of ISO 18436 specifies the general provisions for certification bodies; however, where applicable, they should apply to first and second parties.