3.4.1Certification Body Personnel Competence - General
3.4.1.1The Certification Body shall employ personnel who have the competence requirements to meet all management, administrative, technical and auditing functions within the organisation.
3.4.1.2The Certification Body shall maintain up to date personnel records, including relevant qualifications, training, experience, affiliations, professional status, competence and any relevant consultancy services that may have been provided. This includes management and administrative personnel, in addition to those performing technical and auditing activities. The Certification Body shall be mindful of and act upon anyissues relating to conflict of interest that may affect personnel performance or impartiality.
3.4.2 Auditor Competence - Qualifications, Training, Experience and Personal Attributes
3.4.2.1 Independently of the scope of accreditation, the Certification Body shall have systems and procedures in place to ensure that auditors conducting assessments meet the capabilities described in ISO 19011, ISO 17021, ISO/IEC Guide 65 and ISO 22003 with specific regard to requirements specified by GFSI recognised schemes and all requirements listed in Part II Sections 3.4.2 to 3.4.10.
3.4.2.2 The scheme owner shall have in place a clearly defined category of application reference (e.g. product or service) for which Certification Bodies can apply for a scope of accreditation. The auditors employed by the Certification Body shall be able to demonstrate competence in these categories of application. Where a Certification Body applies for a new or an extension to the scope of activity in relation to a category of reference, the scheme owner shall ensure that there is a procedure in place to verify the competence of the auditors of the Certification Body (reference Part II Section 3.4.7).
3.4.3Qualification/Education
3.4.3.1The scheme owner shall clearly define the qualifications and education of auditors as being in accordance with the requirements specified in Part II Annex 3.
3.4.4Total Work Experience