Course Description:
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 specifies the requirements for the competence, impartiality and consistent operation of laboratories. This course will equip participants with the competence to plan the implementation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 within a test or calibration laboratory and develop a laboratory management system that meets the requirements of the standard.
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. In this course, the participants will be able to establish their management systems and perform their laboratory activities in compliance with the new standard.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the course the participant will be able to:
- Acquire knowledge regarding the relevant ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements for measurement traceability, assurance and uncertainty
- Learn terminology used in ISO/IEC 17025 as it relates to measurement traceability, uncertainty and assurance
- Understand how to interpret the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025
- Learn how to establish and demonstrate metrological traceability
- Acquire an approach for evaluating uncertainty components and evaluating / estimating measurement uncertainty
- Gain an understanding about the interrelationship between measurement traceability, measurement assurance and measurement uncertainty Understands how each individual step contributes to the measurement uncertainty of the analytical result.
- Learn the benefits of accreditation and the role of accreditation bodies
- Gain insight into the validation and quality assurance of chemical methods of analysis as well as the traceability and measurement uncertainty of analytical results.
- Analyze and explain how typical steps in a chemical analysis, such as sampling sample preparation, instrumental analysis and reporting contribute to uncertainty in the final result
- Explain important routines in a modern accredited analysis laboratory
Course Outlines:
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- General requirements
- Impartiality
- Confidentiality
- Structural requirements
- Resource requirements
- General
- Personnel
- Facilities and environmental conditions
- Equipment
- Metrological traceability
- Externally provided products and services
- Review of requests, tenders and contracts
- Selection, verification and validation of methods
- Selection and verification of methods
- Validation of methods
- Sampling
- Handling of test or calibration items
- Technical records.
- Evaluation of measurement uncertainty
- Ensuring the validity of results
- Reporting of results
- General
- Common requirements for reports (test, calibration or sampling)
- Specific requirements for test reports
- Specific requirements for calibration certificates
- Reporting sampling — specific requirements
- Reporting statements of conformity
- Reporting opinions and interpretations
- Amendments to reports
- Complaints
- Nonconforming work
- Control of data and information management
- Management system requirements
- Options
- Management system documentation (Option A)
- Control of management system documents (Option A)
- Control of records (Option A)
- Actions to address risks and opportunities (Option A)
- Improvement (Option A)
- Corrective actions (Option A)
- Internal audits (Option A)
- Management reviews (Option A)
