intacs® certified assessors are qualified for all passed PAM specific trainings and passed Extension trainings; domain specific qualifications may apply.
If extensions are assessed in an "official" assessment, one of the assessment team member must be a certified assessor and has taken part in the extension training and passed the exam.
Personal with technical expertise is not a substitute for the additional qualification (extension) for a qualified assessor, and can not be part of the assessment team. They are interview participants, but are not assessor substitutes.
"Official" assessments are those that are carried out by certified assessors according to the valid ISO330xx/intacs® or VDA/intacs® rules and for which EEs are awarded. Please note also the difference between "Certificate of Competence" and a "Assessor or Instructor License" decribed in the current version of procedure "Certification Criteria".