accreditations, and starts over with one Renewal
accreditation followed by two Maintenance accreditations.
At the end of the third year, the Renewal cycle is repeated.
The administrative portion is completed offsite prior to
the auditor’s visit; the number of days for the onsite audit
is dependent on various factors and changes according to
the cycle point.
For contractors and asset owners the comprehensive
audit process is a lasting benefit. Contractor audits include
field accreditation, shop accreditation, accreditation of
employer internal training programmes and hazardous
waste removal and management accreditation. As part
of the programme, contractor’s performance excellence
is rewarded by reducing the cost of the subsequent
review period. The asset owners’ audit process includes
an extensive administrative pre-audit review and
communications, an on-site audit (shop and field), an
observation of the contractor during a job-in-progress, and
a post audit debrief.
Other benefits of NIICAP accreditation include savings
of time, money and manpower associated with proving
compliance with quality processes by meeting the project
requirements the first time.
Accreditation also validates management and work
practices providing the assurance that business practices,
personnel and equipment availability, company history, and
training are meeting or exceeding the most effective and
efficient practices in the industry.
Following the in-depth audit, contractors receive
the written results within the 21 days. Those who attain
accreditation can immediately use the NIICAP seal to
market their organisations. Applicants who do not attain
accreditation will receive a detailed report explaining why
the decision was made, and they will then be given the
opportunity to correct the deficiencies, appeal the results,
or reapply at a later date.
The same is true for asset owners who, through the
process of receiving accreditation, prove they have a
verifiable, organisation-wide quality programme. The
renewal process enables continual improvements,
which will result in fewer failures, minimal reworks and
callbacks, and less downtime at customer sites.
“It is regularly reported that a large portion of costly
industrial coatings failures can be traced to product
application. The NACE International Institute committed
to delivering this programme to raise the performance,
and the stature, of this critical industry,” Helena Seelinger,
Executive Director of the NACE International Institute said.
“The industry experts who designed and will manage
NIICAP have created a rigorous programme that will raise
the bar for all stakeholders in this industry, including asset
owners, in the same way that the one-of-a-kind NACE
Coating Inspector Programme raised the bar for quality
assurance in the coatings inspection industry in the 1980s.
CIP boosts individual competencies; NIICAP will do the
same for companies.”
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