Renewal and Recertification
How to renew the annual fee, recertify every three years and regrade as your experience grows.
Two things keep you on the Auditor Register: the annual fee for your grade, and recertification every three years. Both are done from your dashboard in a few minutes.
Annual renewal
Each registration is paid for twelve months at a time; the paid-until date is shown on your certificate, your dashboard and the register as “registration valid until”. We email you 90 days and 30 days before that date. Open My Certification, choose Renew annual fee next to the scheme, and pay. Nothing is charged automatically. Paying early never loses you anything: the new twelve months start from your current paid-until date, and the dashboard tells you the new date before you pay.
A registration that is not renewed by its paid-until date lapses: its status becomes Lapsed, it leaves the public register list (the verification page still shows the entry with its status), and the certificate, digital card and title must not be used until it is renewed. Renewing a lapsed registration relists you for twelve months from the day you pay.
Recertification every three years
Recertification confirms that you are still an active, competent auditor. We email you 90 and 30 days before the recertification due date. From My Certification choose Recertify, select the scheme, and confirm your records. The assessor checks that:
- your CPD Log shows at least three completed CPD records in each calendar year of the cycle (nine in total), each with an objective, the activities undertaken and your reflection, with evidence where it exists
- your Audit Log shows continued auditing at a level consistent with your grade
- no upheld complaint or Code of Conduct breach is outstanding
Where the grade requires it, a structured interview is part of recertification. A decision maker who did not assess confirms the outcome, normally within 10 working days of the assessment being complete. Recertification is included in the annual fee. If you have not audited during the period you may be offered the Associate Auditor or Principal Auditor grade instead of losing certification. If recertification is not completed by the due date, QA Assessor marks the certification Lapsed after a written reminder; it is reinstated by completing recertification within the following 6 months, after which a new application is required.
Regrading
Your grade can go up as your experience grows. When your verified records meet a higher grade, choose Regrade, select the scheme and grade, and pay the US $25 regrade fee. Your annual fee changes to the new grade at the next renewal. Regrades are normally decided within 10 working days.
Lapsed registrations
A lapsed registration can be renewed by paying the annual fee. If it has been lapsed for more than twelve months, QA Assessor checks your recent auditing and CPD before relisting you and may ask you to make a new application; your verified records are kept and count again.