Validation Corner Archives
AGSC to Begin Publishing List of Members Who Have Forfeited Their Registration by Refusing Validation or Failing to Correct Noncompliances
November 9, 2016
The Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) has published and distributed its Annual Membership Directory for 2016. Read More
Can My Location Have Observers at the Validation?
August 24, 2016
During an Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) validation, a location is allowed to have people observe the validation. The observers may be anyone a location selects, and the observers may watch part or all of the validation process. Read More
ANSI/AGSC/AGRSS 003-2015 Validations Underway
May 24, 2016
The AGSC has completed its first cluster of validations to the new ANSI/AGSC/AGRSS™ 003-2015 Standard. Read More
Validation Essentials
February 16, 2016
In April, the Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) will begin its 2016 validations. This will be the first year that validations are conducted to ANSI/AGSC/AGRSS™ Standard … Read More
Will I Lose a Whole Day’s Work During a Validation?
November 17, 2015
We recently heard from a shop owner who was worried that his business would lose a whole day’s work during its upcoming Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) validation. This is not the case. The validation process is designed to minimize business disruptions. Read More
Most Common Validation Noncompliances
July 28, 2015
We recently conducted an analysis of the last four years of data from the Auto Glass Safety Council™’s (AGSC) third-party validation reviews and have identified the most common validation noncompliances. These areas may also be opportunities for improvement for your own organization. Read More
Transitioning to the Revised AGRSS® Standard
March 26, 2015
2015 validations have begun. As in previous years, the validators will be conducting 2015 validations to the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS®) ANSI/AGRSS 002-2002 version. We … Read More
What, You Again?
November 5, 2014
At Auto Glass Week™, I was speaking with a representative of an Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) Registered Member Company that had been recently validated. … Read More
An Overview of the Validation Process
May 14, 2014
While most Registered Member companies are familiar with the Auto Glass Safety Council™’s (AGSC) on-site validation review program, often representatives new to the process are … Read More
Continual Improvement
October 17, 2013
Looking back at the 2012 validations to the AGRSS Standard, we can identify areas where some companies have had opportunities to improve their operations. It would be good practice for all Auto Glass Safety Council (AGSC)-Registered Companies to review these topics to ensure that these types of errors are not also occurring in their own operations.
The most commonly occurring nonconformities found during 2012 validations were:
· Location didn’t have all the required DOT and/or windshield part number records; Read More