Ministry of Development Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program Status : June 2005 RMC Meeting - Savannah - USA
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program IAF/ILAC-MLA/RMC OVERSIGHT 1 - IAF/ILAC performed a peer-evaluation at Inmetro in March 2004 with the following focuses: • Maintenance of INMETRO as signatory to the MLA for the accreditation of QMS certifiers; • Recognition of INMETRO as signatory to the MLA for the accreditation of EMS certifiers ; • Maintenance of INMETRO as signatory to the MLA for accreditation of calibration and testing laboratories;
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program IAF/ILAC-MLA/RMC OVERSIGHT • 2 - Present status: • The evaluation team sent the report to the MLA Committee reccomending the maintenances of the existing recognitions and a follow-up for the new recognition; • The final decision will probably be next September • 3 –RMC oversight • RMC performed our last oversight in march 2004; the next is scheduled for September 2005
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade • 09/19/05 - Inmetro´s office assessment (Rio de Janeiro); • 09/20/05 - Witness on site office assessment at an CRB office (São José dos Campos); • 09/21 -23/05 - Witness audit of an AS 9100 standard by the CRB at a supplier located on São José dos Campos. • Question : Will all oversights (at INMETRO´s office on 19 September, at the CRB on 20 September and at the supplier on 21 -23 September) be performed by the same audit team ?
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program CROSS FRONTIER ACCREDITATION 1 - Actions implemented • Cross Frontier Policy introduced to all CRB. • Identification of accredited CRB “critical locations” • Inclusion of the Cross Frontier policy in the surveillance program of CRB Accreditation Sector - Dec/04; • Foreign CRB requested to agree with information to be exchanged between Inmetro and local AB. 2 - Present status: • C F trainning of the Accreditation Division team involved with the subject - scheduled for Jun/05; • Proposals for a bi-lateral cooperative accreditation arrangement with UKAS and a MCAA with SCC, ANAB, JAB and JAS-ANZ - being analysed.
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program ISO 17011 IMPLEMENTATION • The Coordination for Accreditation designated in April/2005 a working group to define an action plan for the introduction of ISO 17011 in Inmetro Documentation System. The dead line to implement the new standard is October/2005
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program - PROGRAM STATUS
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Brazilian Aerospace Accreditation Program POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS OEM/CLIENTS SUPPLIERS EMBRAER 40 BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE 60 (*) (requires all suppliers to attain NBR 15100/AS 9100 certification effective January 2005, addressed to all aerospace material and equipment) (*) Two rocket launching bases included In decision to start AS 9100 (NBR 15100) Certification: HELIBRAS AEB – BRAZILIAN SPACE AGENCY INPE – NATIONAL SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Brazilian Navy and Army (aircraft / missile equipments and materials).
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