Certification and supervision of your User Inspection Department (IVG)
Bureau Veritas certifies and supervises your IVG
Organisations with extensive pressure equipment may, subject to certain conditions, have inspections relating to periodic inspections and planned repairs carried out by their own User Inspection Department (Inspectieafdeling van de Gebruiker, IVG). The applicable requirements are set out in the Dutch Commodities Act Decree on Pressure Equipment 2016 and the relevant Work Field Schedule for the Conformity Assessment of Pressure Equipment.
Bureau Veritas certifies and supervises IVGs within the applicable accreditation scope. We assess the quality management system and its implementation in practice and clearly explain any findings or next steps.
Certification and supervision by an NL-CBI
Bureau Veritas Industrial Services is designated as a Dutch conformity assessment body for activities within the applicable scope. For IVG activities, RvA registrations I002 and C558 are both relevant. As an independent conformity assessment body, Bureau Veritas assesses whether the IVG complies with the applicable requirements and whether its activities are demonstrably carried out in accordance with those requirements.
When is an IVG relevant?
An IVG is particularly relevant to medium-sized and large organisations in the process industry that manage substantial amounts of pressure equipment and pressure installations. Whether this approach is suitable depends on the size of the equipment portfolio, the organisation, the available expertise and the activities the IVG intends to perform.
Our services for your IVG
Bureau Veritas assesses the IVG-specific quality management system and supervises the performance of inspections, reporting and record-keeping. Planned repairs to pressure equipment may also fall under this supervision within the applicable framework.
How IVG certification and supervision work
The three-year cycle begins with an initial assessment, followed by annual evaluations. After three years, Bureau Veritas may renew the cycle for a further three years following a reassessment. During the assessment and evaluations, we:
- assess the certified quality management system against ISO 9001:2015, or certify the user organisation and its IVG to ISO 9001. This is a basic requirement for IVG activities;
- carry out the initial assessment for the additional IVG certification against the relevant WCD requirements;
- issue an IVG Certificate of Approval following a positive outcome;
- evaluate how the IVG is implemented through a practical assessment at the client’s site or sites;
- periodically evaluate and reassess the IVG-specific part of the quality management system. This involves an annual document review and an assessment in practice.
In addition to assessing and certifying the IVG’s quality management system, Bureau Veritas supervises the inspections, reports and inspection records for pressure equipment prepared by the client’s IVG Interim repairs to pressure equipment also fall under the supervision of Bureau Veritas.
Why Bureau Veritas?
Bureau Veritas combines expertise in pressure equipment with experience in inspection and management system certification. You have a single point of contact for the preparation, assessment and periodic evaluations and receive clear feedback on the outcome.