SECURO CERT

Scoping

Audit duration estimator

Audit days are not a quote and not a negotiation. They are derived from the effective number of personnel in scope, the number of sites, and complexity — the same basis every accredited body works from. This gives you the range before you talk to anyone.

Effective personnel means everyone whose work falls inside the scope boundary, adjusted for part-time and shift patterns. Not total company headcount, unless the scope is the whole company.

How this is calculated

A base duration is read from the effective-personnel table, then adjusted for complexity and for sites — sub-linearly, because sampling is permitted where the management system is genuinely common across locations. Additional schemes carry a reduction when audited together.

Stage 1 is roughly a fifth of the initial effort. Surveillance runs about a third of the initial audit, annually. Recertification in year three is a full re-audit.

Methodology follows IAF MD 5 and ISO/IEC 17021-3. The output is indicative. Actual duration is set at scoping and signed off by a scheme manager who has seen your boundary.