Change description : 2026-07-01 08:30:00: Replaced 2 of the documents with updated versions: the ‘ACS assessment: Visit plan template’ and the ‘ACS assessment: Assessor guide’. [Guidance and regulation]
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ACS assessors should plan their assessment to ensure that it covers everything it needs to.
Use the ‘Assessor guide’ to better understand the ACS standard and how the applicant can demonstrate conformance to it.
Use the ‘Licence Management guide’ to understand what you should consider when assessing companies that use or wish to use our Licence Management service.
Use the ‘Visit plan template’ to plan your ACS assessment visit.
Use the ‘Visit plan guidance’ to understand how to complete your ACS assessment visit plan.
Use the ‘Visit plan example’ to see a completed example of an ACS assessment visit plan.