Activity Details
ISO/IEC 17025:2017-General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
What?
Learn about the international laboratory competence standard from one of its authors. Learn how to implement it more efficiently. Learn what the requirements actually mean.
Who?
For all laboratory staff who
- Manage the laboratory
- Participate in the operation of the
laboratory quality system
- Conduct tests or calibrations
- Train laboratory staff
How?
This 3-day Training Course examines structural components of the standard. Technical considerations include traceability of measurement and estimations of uncertainty. Quality system discussions include easy-to-understand approaches (with sample forms provided) for continual improvement and handling of customer feedback.
The course contains extensive reference to the accreditation body interpretation and implementation guidance documents
Syllabus
Introduction and Approaches to Learning
Background and Principles
- The scope of lab operations
- Understanding competence
- Principles behind ISO/IEC 17025
Laboratory QMS Requirements
- Management structure
- Documents, records and IT
- Demonstrating Competence
- Acquiring Competence
Laboratory Continual Improvement
- The Seven sources of issues
- Addressing deviations
Internal Audit and Management Review
Basic Technical Requirements
- People, Processes and Plant
- Quality Control and Procedures
- Sampling and Sample Handling
- Reporting the Results
Measurement Requirements
- Uncertainty and Traceability
- Correlations between them.
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">Bio – J.E.J. (Ned) Gravel, CD, PEng, CA-LS, CAE, IPL</span></strong></p> <p>Ned is the Principal of <em>MOTIVA</em> <strong><em>Training Inc</em></strong>., a company dedicated to providing success tools the technical institutions accredited by ILAC Signatory Accreditation Bodies. Ned started in laboratory quality systems in 1992 and spent 16 years in accreditation bodies, leading to service as the Quality Manager of an ILAC signatory body. </p> <p> </p> <p>During this time, Ned served on the ISO/CASCO committees that wrote 17025 and revised it in 2005. He represented ILAC on ISO TC 176, the committee responsible for ISO 9000. Ned facilitated the transition of a Canadian accreditation body from associate member to signatory member of the Asia-Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ALPAC) in under eleven months in 2005 - a record for such activities.</p> <p> </p> <p>Today, Ned serves as a Lead Evaluator for ILAC and APLAC and the trainer for APLAC. A world traveller in the service of the UN, Ned deploys to developing nations to assist in the creation and implementation of conformant accreditation bodies. Closer to home, he currently represents one of the US signatories at both ILAC and APLAC.</p> <p> </p>