Certification
Since 2002, IBP’s Certification Division has been accredited by INMETRO’s General Coordination of Accreditation (Cgcre/INMETRO) to act as a Product Certification Body (OCP) for its Equipment Inspection Specific Service, known by the acronym SPIE. The SPIE certification can be requested by all industries that work with boilers, pressure vessels, metal storage tanks and/or pipes. SPIE audits enable higher industry production without harm to safety levels.
To obtain the SPIE Certification, companies have to meet 62 requirements that are set by INMETRO. Every year, the IBP Product Certification Body (OCP/IBP) carries out audits to check that the SPIE continues to maintain the previously assessed level.
The entire process is monitored by the Certification Committee (ComCer), the Impartiality Committee (ComImp) and evaluated annually by Cgcre/INMETRO.
77 SPIE Certificates
+230,000 Equipments controlled
+1,000 Internal employees
+1,400 SPIE audits held
Luiz Moschini, gerente de certificação, nos conta um pouco mais sobre a área.
ADVANTAGES
- Highest operational safety and efficiency in the industry
- Lower risk of occupational and procedural accidents;
- Lower risk of environmental contamination;
- Reduced inventory disposal;
- Longer maintenance downtimes;
- Lower inspection and maintenance costs;
- Reduced insurance premiums;
- Improved image before society, the market and other interested parties;
- Recognition by government bodies;
- Greater acceptance by inspection bodies;
- Greater integration among company departments.
Regulation
Essential documents for the SPIE certification process:
How to request
Requests for certification or clarification of doubts can be made as follows:
- The requesting organization/company can access the IBP website and check all the information regarding the Certification Process.
- To do so, the applicant can access the IBP website or contact the Certification Management (GCER) by the following means: contact form or via phone at 55 (21) 2112-1972 / 2112-9058.
- The communication channels established for contacting the OCP/IBP may be used to answer questions at any stage of the process.
- If necessary, the OCP/IBP will schedule a meeting with the requesting organization/company to explain the Certification Process.
- If there is an actual interest in the SPIE Certification, the applicant must complete the FM-SPIE-04 SPIE Applicant Registration form and send it to IBP by post or electronically with a “pdf” extension. Download the FM-SPIE-04 – SPIE Applicant Registration form here and see the other documents available for download on the SPIE Certification Regulations tab.
- After receiving the completed FM-SPIE-04 form, along with a document granting the subscriber powers to represent the applicant organization/company, the OCP/IBP Certification Manager will carefully review the information received.
- Once the registration has been approved, the applicant organization/company becomes an SPIE Applicant and receives a provisional password from the OCP/IBP to access the restricted SPIE PORTAL area, where it can find out about all the rules and procedures that must be followed to obtain the SPIE Certification.
- If the decision is against the continuity of the process, the Certification Manager will inform the applicant of the reasons for this conclusion.
Note: If the organization/company decides to print the procedures, it must remember that these printed copies are not controlled by OCP/IBP and that over time they may become outdated.
For questions:
Please contact the Certification Management (GCER) at the following e-mail address: certificacao@ibp.org.br.
