Accreditation to the CLOCS-A Standard is awarded based on the compliance achieved against bronze, silver, and gold set criteria requirements.
Progression to Silver and Gold Accreditation will only be achieved by the organisation providing the required minimum level of evidence to demonstrate they comply with the requirement.
As such, an organisation cannot achieve Silver- level accreditation, unless it can demonstrate that the Silver requirements in the CLOCS-A Standard have been met. Likewise, an organisation cannot achieve Gold-level accreditation, unless it can demonstrate that the Gold requirements in the CLOCS-A Standard have been met.
For Transport Operators, the organisation can have a mixed fleet of Bronze, Silver, Gold – level vehicles, but their organisation’s overall accreditation will be granted based on the level of which the majority of vehicles comply with.
Similarly, a construction contractor can have projects / sites operating at bronze, silver and gold- level requirements, but the organisation will only be granted the level at which the majority of projects/ sites comply with.
If the mix of vehicles or projects / sites are even, the accreditation awarded to the organisation will be the lowest of the two.