Third-Party Certification (TPC) is a non-mandatory, voluntary method for providing additional reassurance that their products or services perform as intended.
Door manufacturers can subscribe to TPC schemes to demonstrate that their door products are manufactured in accordance with the scope they are certified against. There are costs to all TPC (it isn't free!) and subscribers are subjected to additional scrutiny around their quality control, record keeping, traceability and training. We encourage our customers to join a certification scheme that suits their product rage to improve understanding, competency and product traceability. Wood International Agency Limited will assist our customers with their Third-Party Certification journey whether new-to-join, or a long time subscriber.
What Does Third-Party Certification Do?
- Provides additional confidence that the certified product has been manufactured in accordance with relevant evidence and processes.
- Gives independently verifiable information and a basis for which each certified product has been certified (e.g. testing, factory production control, sampling, technical documentation, etc.)
- Subjects the subscribing manufacturer to additional scrutiny by an appropriate independent (i.e. Third-Party) organisation.
- Allows opportunity for product recalls or a change in scope should a problem be discovered with a system, component or configuration.
What Doesn't Third-Party Certification Do?
- Verify a product is legal/in accordance with regulation/perfectly manufactured.
- Pass the responsibility for placing compliant product on the market from the manufacturer to the certification provider.
- Remove the need for inspection and maintenance after the doors have been installed.
- Provide a guarantee that the product will function for a certain period of time or that the manufacturer has been subjected to a fire test.
Each TPC scheme has their own rules and requirements for membership. You can approach any certification provider with queries relating to their scheme rules and the methods to which they are applied. We would always recommend using a certification scheme that is accredited by UKAS and willing to communicate their certification in a transparent way.
The certification providers we subscribe to are listed below. Click on their logo for further information.
