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Accreditation Requirements - Independent Safety Assessor for Railway Systems

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2024-04-01

Accreditation requirements for independent safety assessor for railway systems inspection bodies

 

  • SCC Requirements and Guidance – Independent Safety Assessor for Railway Systems Accreditation Program
  • Canadian Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CMREA) for Railway Systems
  • EN 50126-1 – Railway Applications — The Specification and Demonstration of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) Part 1: Generic RAMS Process
  • EN 50126-2 – Railway Applications — The Specification and Demonstration of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) Part 2: Systems Approach to Safety
  • EN 50126-3 – Railway Applications — The specification and demonstration of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) – Part 3: Guide to the application of EN 50126-1 for rolling stock RAM
  • EN 50128 – Railway applications — Communication, signalling and processing systems – Software for railway control and protection systems
  • EN 50129 – Railway applications — Communication, signalling and processing systems – Safety related electronic systems for signalling 

 

Accreditation requirements for all inspection bodies

 

  • ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection
  • SCC Requirements and Guidance - Inspection Body Accreditation Program (except Rail-only IBAP)
  • ILAC P8:11/2023 ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (Arrangement): Supplementary Requirements for the Use of Accreditation Symbols and for Claims of Accreditation Status
  • ILAC P10:07/2020 ILAC Policy on Traceability of Measurement Results (as applicable)
  • ILAC P15:05/2020 Application of ISO/IEC 17020:2012 for the Accreditation of Inspection Bodies

 

 

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