Registered Organisation inspection panel resources

This is where RO inspection panel members can find useful resources and guidance.

Organisations are inspected against and registered in accordance with the Code of conduct, Regulations for the registration of organisations, the relevant Standards and guidance, and CIfA policies. All these documents can be found here.

Please use the dropdown menus and links below to view. 

Joining an inspection panel

Here are some introductory documents covering what to expect

Information for panel members (inspection overview) (PDF | 146.88 KB)
Joining a CIfA inspection panel - presentation (PDF | 1.51 MB)
Role description and application (DOCX | 40.74 KB)

Panel members should read and have an understanding of these Guidance notes and take particular note of guidance on registration process and inspections for applicants.

Regulations for the registration of organisations (additional guidance) (PDF | 307.73 KB)
Preparing for the inspection day

Before the inspection day

  • You will receive an Outlook calendar invitation for the inspection day and for a pre-inspection meeting. This is usually scheduled for the Thursday before.
  • Panel members are asked to review two reports in some detail prior to the inspection - please see this video for guidance on reviewing reports.(link is external)
  • Before the pre-inspection planning meeting, review the application form and note any questions on the benchmarking form. After the meeting, you will receive an updated version with all panel members' questions, which will be used on inspection day.
Panel members benchmarking form (DOCX | 32.78 KB)

Guidance and training documents

Examples of inspection questions (for the management team and specialists) (PDF | 370.42 KB)
Preparing to talk to staff at RO inspections (when talking to staff informally) (PDF | 158.02 KB)
Competition law statement (PDF | 564.83 KB)
Paperwork

Where relevant, we also schedule a facilities and site visit and/or specialist report reviews.

In some cases we may get in touch with the inspection panel to see if they are available for this. The relevant forms are below for your reference. 

Site visit checklist (DOC | 476 KB)
Site visit guidelines (DOCX | 31.47 KB)
Facilities visit checklist (DOCX | 435.5 KB)
Geophysical report review (DOCX | 42.2 KB)