AS9100, AS13100 & ISO standards training.

Quality management for aviation, space and defence.

ISO 9001 in full, plus the sector requirements that sit on top of it: configuration management, product safety, counterfeit part prevention, risk management, first article inspection and control of special processes.

It applies across the aviation, space and defence supply chain — primes through to lower-tier suppliers — and is normally flowed down contractually. Related schemes cover maintenance organisations (9110) and distributors (9120).

On the next revision: the successor is being renamed IA9100, consolidating the regional AS, EN and JISQ variants into a single international document. It has not been published and no transition deadline exists. We'll cover it as soon as there is something real to teach.

AESQ quality requirements for the aero engine supply chain.

Supplemental requirements layered on top of AS9100 and AS9145, written for aero engine design and production. It's structured in three parts: Chapter A supplements AS9100, Chapter B supplements AS9145 for APQP and PPAP, and Chapter C adds the AESQ defect-prevention toolset.

AESQ was founded by Rolls-Royce, GE, Pratt & Whitney and Safran Aircraft Engines, and the standard reaches you by purchase order or contract rather than by choice.

Worth being clear about: AS13100 is not an accredited certification scheme in the way AS9100 is. Compliance is normally demonstrated by self-assessment against RM13009 plus customer or second-party audit. If a provider offers you "AS13100 certification", ask exactly what they mean by it.

Quality management systems.

The baseline for consistently delivering conforming product and service, and frequently a prerequisite in tenders and customer approvals. Around a million certificates are held worldwide.

The 2026 edition: due for publication on 16 September 2026. Expected changes include a clearer separation of risks and opportunities, a stronger emphasis on quality culture and ethical behaviour, strengthened change management, and a new informative annex clarifying terminology and intent. The process approach and core framework are retained, so this is a transition rather than a rebuild. A three-year transition window is anticipated but has not been formally confirmed by the accreditation bodies.

Environmental management systems.

The 2026 edition is published and the 2015 edition is withdrawn, which makes this the most pressing transition on the board. Organisations need to move across by April 2029.

Changes include an expanded view of environmental context — climate change, biodiversity, pollution and resource availability — a clarified lifecycle perspective, stronger change management, and closer integration between environmental objectives and business strategy.

Common in UK tendering: environmental certification is regularly a pre-qualification requirement on public-sector and tier-one work.

Information security management systems.

Establishing and running an ISMS — risk assessment and treatment, and the Annex A control set. The 2024 amendment adds climate-change consideration to the context clauses. The 2013 to 2022 transition closed in October 2025, so all valid certificates now reference the 2022 edition.

In defence and aerospace work it typically sits alongside, not instead of, scheme requirements such as Cyber Essentials — driven by client due diligence and supply chain assurance.

Occupational health and safety management systems.

Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risk, with a heavy emphasis on leadership accountability and genuine worker participation — the part organisations most often under-do.

Revision in progress: currently at draft ballot stage with publication expected in 2027. No transition deadline exists yet, so there is nothing to act on today beyond keeping the current system healthy.

Improving how the work actually runs.

Awareness covers what waste really looks like on a line or in an office, why flow matters more than local efficiency, and the everyday tools — 5S, standard work, visual management — so improvement stops feeling like something done to people.

Practitioner goes into value stream mapping, structured problem solving with A3, changeover reduction, total productive maintenance and how to run a kaizen event that holds its gains once everyone goes back to the day job.

Worth being clear about: Lean isn't a standard and there's no certificate at the end. We also don't run belt-grading — that's a separate certification ecosystem. What you get is a team that can find and fix its own problems, which is the point of it.