We have been informed this week that we are the 4th company in the UK to be awarded the BAFE SP205-1 certification via NSI.
It was a taxing 2 days of on site building and office audits. Overall I was very impressed with the whole process and it has raised several points in how we operate and how our systems can be enhanced and improved. There were also observations on our FRA template which we have taken on board and will review in due course.
There were some healthy "debates" over interpretation of some of the Articles in the RRFSO, which has given me food for thought and will be fed back and discussed with others within the company.
I am just hoping that this has been a worthwhile process in terms of the business out there being aware of the 3rd party certification process be in SP205 or FRACS. I haven’t heard much re the SP205 competency document that was being produced for the business sector? Does anyone know where this is up to? However what was interesting is that on the day we achieved certification we had a call from a large UK wide hotel chain that had searched the BAFE site for an SP205 company, so that was a positive start….time will tell.
If anyone is going through SP205 and would like further info about the process then inbox me.