SATS Certification is governed by a Governing Board, comprised of:

• Four members representing the industrial member laboratories
• Three members representing independent member laboratories
• Three members representing end user organisations

A technical committee comprised of representatives from all member laboratories acts as an advisory to the Governing Board regarding certification, testing and standardisation. Two members of the technical committee represents SATS in the STL Technical Committee.

The Senior Executive is responsible for the daily operation of SATS.

SATS Inspectors witness all tests and co-sign the test reports on the basis of which the Senior Executive issues certificates and reports.

All SATS personnel are independent of manufacturers and have no commercial interest in the certified products.