SSIP Assessors
All Registered Members & Certification Body Members must ensure their assessors have adequate knowledge, experience and competence to undertake appropriate assessments in line with their threshold requirements.
Assessor Qualifications
- All Assessors shall comply with the Assessor qualifications detailed within Appendix 16 of the SSIP Rules and Bylaws.
- All Assessors shall complete the 1-day SSIP Assessor Training Course
- All Assessors shall complete the Refresher Training course on a three-yearly basis and within 3 years of the initial (foundation) 1-day SSIP Assessor Training Course.
- All Registered Members and Certification Body Members shall ensure their Assessors have no conflict of interests in performing their assessments of organisations.
- All Assessors will be active in CPD.
SSIP Reviewers
All Members must ensure that they appoint an adequate number of assessment reviewers (as a minumum one reviewer must be appointed by all Member Schemes).- All Reviewers must hold the minimum qualifications as detailed in Appendix 16 of the SSIP Rules and Bylaws.
- For Certification Body Members the Reviewer(s) will carry out report reviews of all certification decision type assessments i.e., initial assessments, re-certification assessments and, where appropriate, extension to scope assessments if the new scope of registration impacts on either compliance to the Core Criteria or introduction of a new duty holder.