Activities Developed

The accreditation of an institution by the General Coordination of Accreditation (Cgcre) is voluntary, and represents the formal recognition of its competence to carry out services that are object of the accreditation. The Cgcre/Inmetro approves bodies responsible for certification, inspection, performance checking of a product and of training, as well as laboratories, in accordance with the following basic guidelines:

a- This sort of accreditation includes the following systems: management, products and personnel. It is granted based on rules and international guidelines, or even recognized by the Brazilian System of Conformity Assessment and, when it is the case, by additional criteria established by Cgcre/Inmetro, after consulting the specific sector, or through documents formally recognized by the General Coordination.

The accreditation of bodies of certification of management system is granted based on the IAF codes; The accreditation of bodies of products system is granted product by product. For reasons of compulsory certification, technical rules are used, while for the voluntary certification, Brazilian, international, regional or overseas rules are adopted through the concept of adjustment levels; The accreditation of bodies of system of personnel is granted by activity.

b- Inspection Bodies
Such accreditation is granted by area of activity, based on international rules and on additional criteria set by Cgcre/Inmetro, after consulting the specific sector.

c- Training Bodies Such accreditation is granted by specific activity, based on international rules and guidelines, with documents originated from overseas forums and, whenever is the case, from additional criteria set by General Coordination of Accreditation, after consulting the specific sector.

d- Bodies responsible for checking the performance of a product Such accreditation is granted to bodies that certify products accredited by General Coordination of Accreditation, and which meet the additional criteria set by the coordination, meeting the demands made by the regulating bodies.

e- Laboratories Such accreditation is granted based on international rules and on additional criteria set by Cgcre/Inmetro, after consulting the specific sector. - Accreditation of calibration laboratories is granted by a Metrology specialty for a determined list of services, including measuring ranges and better measuring capacities. - Accreditation of test laboratories is granted following each test, upon meeting a specific rule or a method of testing developed by the laboratory itself.