Verify what your team actually understands — not just what it was taught.
Training certificates say your people attended. The ISTO Test of Understanding proves what they retained, independently, against an international benchmark, with analytics your auditors can trust.
- ✓Validate training effectiveness with eight-domain group analytics.
- ✓Evidence competence with externally verifiable certificates.
- ✓De-risk audits and the ISO 9001:2026 transition.
The standard is changing. Is your understanding current?
ISO 9001:2026 brings a restructured Annex SL, sharper risk-based thinking and new expectations on organizational context and climate. Every certified organization will re-train. Few will verify the training worked. A misconception that survives re-training walks straight into your next audit.
What teams use it for
Training validation
Run the test after training and the A·C·C·U·R·A·T·E report shows, domain by domain, whether the investment landed, evidence for management review and accreditation.
Audit readiness
Misconceptions surface in audits at the worst possible moment. Find and fix them beforehand, and walk into certification audits with proof of competence.
Recruitment and upskilling
Screen candidates with an independent benchmark, and give existing staff a measurable development path from Practitioner to Professional.
The 2026 transition
ISO 9001:2026 re-training is coming for every certified organization. Verify your team’s understanding of the new edition before it’s tested for real.
How team testing works
Enquire
Tell us how many people, which standards and which levels. One enquiry, one invoice.
Your team sits the test
Online, invigilated through our Global Partner network, in up to 7 languages.
Read the results
Each person receives a certificate and report; you see group analytics across all eight domains.
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