Example Version Control Document

For your ISO certification you need to have a number of documents that detail how you or your staff should complete your everyday work. A version control document allows you to track any changes you have made to your work processes.

These documents should be updated at regular intervals – eg whenever you create a new process for the task or when an employee’s job description changes. To track these changes, you should use a version control document to keep your documents up to date. A version control documents shows when each document was last amended, who last amended it and who is responsible for maintaining the document.

Version	Date	Status	Author	Reviewer(s)	Approved by	Signed off (Y/N)
1	20/11/23	e.g. initial draft	Creator of the document	Team or person responsible for reviewing the author’s work	Person with relevant authority that can approve the document created	Y
1.00	21/11/23	e.g. released	n/a	Team or person responsible for reviewing the author’s work	Person with relevant authority that can approve the document created	Y
1.01	22/11/23	e.g. minor amends	Person responsive for this version	Team or person responsible for reviewing the author’s work	Person with relevant authority that can approve the document created	N
1.02	01/01/24	major rework of section 2.1	John Smith	Corporate Team (DB)	Richard Scales	Y
1.03	02/01/24	additions made in section 1	Julia Jones	Richard Scales	Richard Scales	N