The SA 8000:2001 second issue of the standard has been developed by Social Accountability International (SAI) and Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency (CEPAA). Being relatively a new standard, it is slowly getting proliferated into the industry and service sector and receiving appreciable response.

Private / public sector companies and contractors across many industrial / service sectors
would generally like to earn public confidence and client approval for their national and/or
international markets. Certification under SA 8000 standard and required documentation for the standard provides companies opportunity to independently verify their own social record and also that of their contractors.

Benefits of certification to SA 8000 include the following :
- The requirements for social accountability performance are clearly defined
- The management system ensures that company meets the performance
- Significant reduction in the cost of managing different social requirements
- Fair and safe working environment
- Continual improvement and need for regular third party audits
- Corporate reputation and a better position on ethical and social standards.

Objective
The programme intends to achieve the following objectives :
- that social accountability management system and related procedures are adequately
  documented and that they comply with the requirements of the standard SA 8000.
- that the system of documented procedures is implemented effectively continual   improvement is in practice.
- that the organization is conversant with the audit and certification process.

Course Contents
Relevance and context of SA 8000 standards
Principles and conventions governing social accountability standard
Definitions / terms
SA 8000 interpretation and review of key requirements
Preparation of documents to meet the SA 8000 requirements
Organizing and conducting basic needs survey
Legal requirements related to SA 8000
Communication skills.
Monitoring the effectiveness / adequacy of management system
Integration with other business management systems
Exercises / Group work.

Certification
A Certificate Successful Completion will be issued to those delegates who satisfactorily
complete the continuous assessment and pass a formal written examination.
Those not wishing to sit in the examination or adjudged not to have reached the required standard of competence will be issued a Certificate of Attendance.

Schedule
For the dates of a specific training programme, please see the Training Calendar.
The duration of the programme is two days. A total input of about 16 hours is
provided through lectures, discussions, group work and case study.

Nominations
For details on dates, course fee, venue and sending nominations, contact :

Course Co-ordinator,
TQA International,
B-101, 3rd Floor,
Malviya Nagar, New Delhi - 110017.
Mobile : 9810510523
Tel.: 011-26681476, 26674459
Fax : 011-26680183, 26672594
E-mail : ajitsingh.tqa@gmail.com