Auditor rotation requirements
FSC·clause 7.4.2·p.24
The requirement
FSC-STD-20-001 General requirements for certification bodies clause 7.4.2 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
a) with more than twenty (20) certificate holders: no auditor shall serve as a member of the audit team for more than three (3) consecutive audits of the same organization; b) with eleven (11) to twenty (20) certificate holders: no auditor should serve as a member of the audit team for more than three (3) consecutive audits of the same organization. Where the organization is audited by the same auditor on more than (3) consecutive audits, the certification body shall provide a justification why it was not possible, or feasible to rotate the auditor and shall demonstrate how an impartial and objective evidence-based audit has been ensured; c) with less than ten (10) certificate holders: auditor rotation after three (3) consecutive audits is recommended.
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
Cite this clause
FSC · FSC-STD-20-001 General requirements for certification bodies · version FSC-STD-20-001 V5-0 · clause 7.4.2 · page 24 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/2d3e6f93d2149f7b
Record details
Page 24, 7.4 Evaluation. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
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