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Accreditation Levels
Accreditation Process
 

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 Phase 1 — Pre-Audit

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 Phase 2 — Selecting the audit firm

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 Phase 3 —
The onsite audit

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 Phase 4 — Post-audit

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 Phase 5 — Request for accreditation
   



 HOW THE SRO WORKS >ACCREDITATION PROCESS > PHASE 3

Phase 3 – The Audit

This phase is the onsite portion of the audit. Your chosen audit firm will use the password-protected ATA SRO web site to enter the information they gather during their onsite visit.

To ensure consistency among audit firms, the audit methodologies have been standardized. Your audit firm will work with approved audit methods for each rated area.

Each audit item also uses a standardized rating scheme.

RATING
STANDARD
Best Practices
Exceeding SRO benchmarks
Compliant
Fully compliant with all applicable SRO requirements
Not Compliant
Not meeting SRO requirements (auditor comments to further explain the deficiencies found)
Not Applicable
Item not applicable to this audit

Proceed to Phase 4 – Post-audit.


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