• Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB) is a Personnel Certification Body accredited by The International Accreditation Service (IAS) under ISO/IEC 17024 – Requirements for bodies operating certification of persons.
• PECB is a full member of International Personnel Certification Association (IPC).
• IPC Management System Auditors certification scheme is endorsed by IAF MLA from 30 October 2017.
• PECB becomes an IPC MLA Signatory Member from 2018.
• PECB becomes a Licensed Partner Publisher of CMMC-AB from 2020.
• PECB becomes a member of CPD Certification Service from 2021.
• DQS-HK is a Training Partner authorized by PECB.

a) The service processes are as stated above.
b) An initial online exam or a retake, if required, can be appointed at PECB website by the participant, without charge.
d) For an exam or an exam retake in paper in DQS office, or rescheduling an exam in paper, if required, a handling fee of HKD 300 will be applied, with appointment at least 10 working days in advance.
c) After receiving an email from PECB with exam passing result, the participant can reply to PECB with with request for a training certificate by PECB.
d) Upon request, an additional certificate in pdf by DQS Academy can be provided for a self-study course with exam passed, with charge of HKD 300.
e) The CPD credits mentioned in course brochure is not applicable to self-study or eLearning courses.
Refer to the CPD Policy for PECB qualifications about the CPD hours from traditional self-study courses or eLearning courses.
f) For a course or exam affected by bad weather, DQS HK will reschedule the part of affected activities.
g) Above listed prices include:

• Access to training materials and exercises in English by PECB during course period
• An examination by PECB normally within 4 months
• A retake by PECB, if required, normally within 3 months after initial exam
• Initial qualification registration fee by PECB, if applicable, within 3 months after passing exam

h) DQS HK doesn’t get involved in other service processes directly between PECB and the participant.
i) More terms for above PECB recognized self-study courses are specified in the Individual Training Service Terms posted at https://www.dqsglobal.com/en-hk/legal-aspects/training-service-terms.

• shall have received 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine with record shown to the responsible DQS staff in advance,
• shall keep wearing their face masks during the event in office,
• shall have their body temperatures measured before entrance with result no higher than 37 oC,
• shall not drink or eat within the training venue or office of DQS HK, and
• agree that service fee refund is not applicable if the participants can’t attend or complete a scheduled course or exam because they fail to meet above requirements.

Due to the serious situation of the pandemic, the course or exam in DQS HK office is NOT available at present.