As it stands, only organizations can “Get Certified”. however, individuals can become Certified Lead Auditors, or Registrars, in order to perform audits on organizations.
Certification will generally cover the entire organization,
With focus on facilities or departments, adding custom improvement and performance in those areas.
What you should know about ISO 9001 standard:
- ISO 9001 is an international standard for a quality management system (QMS).
- ISO 9001 is part of the larger ISO 9000 family.
- ISO 9001 is the only standard that can be certified to. There is no such thing as “ISO Certification” or “ISO 9000 Certification”, only “ISO 9001 certification”.
- Individuals cannot get ISO 9001 certified; rather, organizations or companies get certified.
- Individuals, however, can get certified to become an ISO 9001 Certified Lead Auditor, which enables them to audit other companies.
- Size of the organization does not matter. It could be 1 person or 100,000.
- ISO 9001 is a general standard for quality management – it doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.
- ISO 9001 is a process-focused standard, as opposed to a product-focused standard. It is not designed to define product quality (although if your process is good, then your product should be too).