Accreditation Schemes

The Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) operates a range of accreditation programmes that provide independent assessment and formal recognition of your organisation’s competence in performing specific types of testing, calibration, inspection, certification and other related activities.

The SAC operates the following accreditation schemes:

Accreditation Scheme
Field/Area
Calibration and testing laboratories
  • Calibration & Measurement
  • Chemical & Biological
  • Civil engineering
  • Electrical testing
  • Environmental testing
  • Functional food testing
  • Gaming testing
  • Information technology security
  • Mechanical testing
  • Medical testing
  • Medical imaging
  • Non-destructive testing
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
Facilities
  • Analytical and clinical chemistry associated with non-clinical studies
  • Environmental toxicity studies on aquatic and terrestrial organisms
  • Mutagenicity
  • Physical-chemical testing
  • Residue studies
  • Studies on behaviour in water, soil and air bioaccumulation
  • Studies on effects on mesocosms and natural ecosystems
  • Toxicity studies
Inspection Bodies
  • Cargo inspection
  • Central alarm monitoring stations inspection
  • Hook-lift & Container inspection
  • Marine & Offshore inspection
  • Motor Vehicles inspection
  • Pressure vessels / Lifting equipment inspection
  • Site investigation
  • Structural steelwork inspection
  • Technical audit of extension schemes for pressure vessels
Management System Certification
Bodies
  • Anti-bribery
  • Asset management
  • Business continuity management system
  • End-of-Life ICT equipment
  • Energy management system
  • Environmental management system
  • Food safety management system
  • Good distribution practice for medical devices
  • Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) based Food
  • Information security management system
  • Learning services providers
  • Management system
  • Medical device quality management system
  • Multi-tiered cloud computing security
  • Quality management system
  • Water efficiency management system
Personnel Certification Bodies
  • Business consultants
  • Counterterrorism professionals
  • Financial planners
  • Medical technologists
  • Non-destructive testing (NDT) personnel
  • Rope Access personnel
  • Welding personnel
Product Certification Bodies
  • Building & Construction
  • Electrical & Electronics products
  • Fire safety products
  • Food products
  • Gas appliances and accessories
  • Green products
  • Medical devices
  • Organic foods
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Ready-mixed concrete
  • Structural steelwork fabricators
  • Telecommunications
  • Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS) products
Proficiency Testing Providers
  • Clinical markers
  • Cosmetics and toiletries
  • Food
  • Water
Auditing Organisation
  • Bulk storage terminal
  • Chemical manufacturing plant
  • Construction
  • Metal work and shipyard
  • Oil refinery
  • Petrochemical plant
  • Pharmaceutical plant
  • Semiconductor wafer fabrication plant
  • Workplace health and safety
Greenhouse Gas Validation
and Verification
  • Aviation

For more information on SAC accreditation schemes click here.