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We audit your facilities, buildings, suppliers, processes, management systems, etc., so that you can be sure that they are optimized and meet the requirements established by regulations or agreed quality standards. The audit provides reliable information on the audited aspect for decision making and in certain occasions it is a legal obligation.

We carry out mandatory or voluntary audits for various sectors, such as industry or building, and in various fields: supplier evaluation, processes and personnel qualification, energy audit, acoustic audit, waste management, telecommunications infrastructure audit, etc.

Industrial audit

view on a factory
view on a factory

We audit your suppliers so that you can be sure that they provide their services according to quality standards in various fields, including nuclear energy. We also check that your manufacturing procedures are optimized from a technical and quality point of view and certify that welders' qualifications meet the requirements established by the applicable standards.

More information about our auditing services in the industrial field:

Acoustic audit

acoustic auditing in a gas station
acoustic auditing in a gas station

We perform acoustic audits that evaluate the noise generated by your activity. Industrial, commercial or service activities generate acoustic emissions that may exceed the noise levels established by the applicable regulations. The control of these acoustic emissions, the levels of insulation and reception in the environment of any activity likely to generate noise and / or vibration is performed through an acoustic audit and in certain autonomous communities is a necessary requirement to develop the activity.

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Waste: audit of urban environmental

urban environment

street cleaning machine
street cleaning machine

We evaluate the quality of urban environmental services provided in your municipality, analyzing the operational efficiency of waste services, focusing on three fundamental blocks:

  • Coverage of waste collection and street cleaning services, including control of equipment, control of service provision and control of the Fouling Index and/or efficiency (quality of containerization points and monitoring of waste collection vehicles).
  • Operation of the clean point.
  • On-site evaluation of parks and gardens.

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Telecommunications

telecommunications tower
telecommunications tower

We carry out quality audits that guarantee the correct state of telecommunications installations, both mobile and fixed, and compliance with technical specifications and applicable regulations. We perform physical and remote technical audits (with our V-Audit application) and document audits. We also evaluate the performance level of suppliers and the training of the resources contributed to the activity.

We also audit the state of mobile and fixed network infrastructures and verify the level and quality of mobile coverage through drive tests.

More information about our auditing services in the telecommunications sector:

Energy audit

light bulb and energy audit
light bulb and energy audit

We carry out energy audits with the purpose of knowing the energy performance of the facilities and the possible improvements in energy efficiency and its benefits, in order to reduce energy consumption and, therefore, expenses. Audits can be classified into investment energy audits for industry and buildings or public lighting. On the other hand, they can be voluntary or mandatory, in compliance with Royal Decree 56/2016, which obliges companies that meet certain requirements to carry out an energy audit of 85% of final energy consumption every 4 years, in case they do not have an ISO 50001 energy management system.

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Audit

of buildings

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magnifying glass on a wall

Knowing the condition of a property serves primarily to support decision-making with regard to transactions, insurance or management and maintenance. The technical due diligence of buildings that we perform analyzes various aspects, such as documentation, structure or facilities, legal-administrative situation and compliance with regulations, purely technical assessment of the state of the building and its facilities and cost estimates.

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CE Marking

Product certification

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We assess the conformity of your products with the requirements established by EU regulations so that they have the CE marking that allows you to market them within the territory of the European Union.

We act as an independent notified body for CE marking in the following areas:

Certification

of persons

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The certification of persons is one of the ways to ensure that the certified person complies with the requirements established in a certification scheme and, therefore, accredits that a professional has the necessary technical competence to perform certain activities. This certification gives the person a differential recognition in the labor market, generating confidence in the performance of their activity before a third party.

The UNE EN-ISO 17024 standard establishes the general requirements for the certification bodies of people, which allows the recognition of the bodies and that they work in a consistent, comparable and reliable way.

Apave has developed the following certification schemes:

Our other services

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Inspection and verification

Testing and measurements

Tests and measurements

technical advice

Consulting and technical support

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Training

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Audit and certification

Why choose

Eurocontrol?

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An extensive offer

Safety training courses in a wide range of topics (electricity, materials handling, first aid, radiation protection, nuclear) with a standard digital offer for all the most requested training courses, and customised with the aid of our subsidiary, WeUp, a digital studio.
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Training courses leading to qualifications in professions

Facing recruitment difficulties or emerging jobs: pragmatic pathways with many practical exercises for a good acquisition of skills
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A network of 145 training centres in France:

There’s always an Apave agency near you which means that trainees don’t have to travel too far to take part in classroom training

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