Certification Body
Sideius, through the Valor brand, operates as Accredited Certification Body
L’organismo di certificazione di TEC Eurolab evolve e assume una nuova identità: VALOR.
Valor gathers and develops all the activities previously carried out under the name TEC Eurolab – Certification Body, giving it better visibility and a stronger identity.
Valor is a third-party Certification Body, accredited by ACCREDIA under ISO/IEC 17024, 17065 and 17021-1.
Its offerings are aimed at businesses, professionals and public organizations that wish to objectively demonstrate compliance with the requirements of international regulations and standards.
The body certifies individual competencies, process and product performance, and management systems, helping to strengthen the credibility and positioning of organizations in the marketplace.
Certification activities are managed by a team of professionals with experience in the main industrial sectors, able to guarantee independence, timeliness and technical rigor. Thanks to the integration with TEC Eurolab’s transversal skills in testing and Skillantis’ skills in training, the Body’s activities allow it to enhance the client’s capabilities, supporting them in a growth path that aims at quality, compliance and continuous improvement.
The value proposition of the Certification Body Valor
Valor’s value proposition is built on three concepts:
Impartiality guaranteed at every stage
Structured system to prevent conflicts of interest, overseen by an independent Impartiality Committee.
Technical expertise and continuous updating
Qualified auditors and staff operate according to up-to-date procedures in line with industry regulations and standards.
Transparency and accessibility of service
Clear fees, objective criteria and ethical information management ensure fair access to certification.
Valor, Certification Body can support you throughout the certification process of personnel, process or management system
Personnel Certification
non-destructive testing
welding
F-GAS
additive manufacturing
laboratory technicians
ATP
instructors for polyethylene welders
steel and plastics welding coordinator
qi/sqi
Process or product certification
System certification
Certification Body Impartiality Statement
Sideius is aware that certification activities are based on the transparency, competence and third party status of the people working in the Certification Body, on the integrity of its staff involved in the processes but even more so on the impartiality of its activities, both towards the client and towards those directly or indirectly interested in the proper performance of the Body’s activities.
The Certification Body undertakes to act impartially and fairly with respect to applicants, candidates and certified persons and companies, and by assuming the burden, guarantees:
- The requirement of impartiality in its certification activities;
- The absence of commercial, financial or other forms of pressures.
In its policy, Sideius has manifestly made a commitment to impartiality throughout the certification process and is therefore committed to ensuring the proper management of:
- Conflicts of interest (of internal and external staff, including committees) through:
- Preparation and constant updating of a CAB Risk Analysis identifying threats to impartiality and how to eliminate or reduce them;
- Preparation of confidentiality and no-conflict-of-interest commitments to be submitted for signature of all involved parties, mentioned above;
- endowment of an Impartiality Committee representative of the certification stakeholders with the duties and powers set forth in the requirements of PO09 “Committees of the TEC Eurolab body,” to ensure non-implementation of discriminatory behavior;
- Objectivity of all activities through:
- provision of qualified examination commissioners, inspectors and auditors to carry out personnel, product, process, service or management system certification activities such as to ensure the necessary technical expertise;
- provision of qualified in-house staff to manage the CAB’s activities, so as to ensure extensive procedural and technical knowledge, as well as a careful training plan to ensure that skills are maintained in an adherent manner with respect to new laws and regulations that intersect the activities of the body;
- endowment of a Deliberation Body, in which the technical expertise for the purpose of certification deliberation resides, with the duties and powers defined in the applicable CAB Regulations and described in detail through dedicated job descriptions;
- Impartial behavior through:
- Preparation of a Tariff Schedule subject to review by the Impartiality Committee, in which the criteria for formulating bids, criteria for applying any discounts, etc., are stated;
- Absence of restrictions on access to certification made to the exclusion of Organizations that have ongoing legal proceedings for product liability;
- Timely handling of complaints and appeals under the supervision of the Impartiality Committee;
- Application and compliance with the Code of Ethics and Conduct; application of the principle of confidentiality regarding information acquired about candidates and client organizations.