Activity Details

The course objective:

Obtain understanding of the requirements and accepted procedures for proficiency testing.   This will include demonstration of competence in these requirements and procedures.

Who should attend?

Technical experts from accreditation bodies and from proficiency testing providers; technical assessors of proficiency testing providers; policy makers from accreditation bodies that need to acquire a better understanding of the Standards.

The course outlines:

• Introduction to Proficiency Testing
• ILAC Policies
• International Standards - history, current application, other Standards
• Introduction and Definitions
• Management System requirements - special considerations for PT
• Technical requirements - Personnel, Accommodation, Planning and Design
• Technical requirements - Operation of PT, Packaging and Labeling, Reports
• Selection and Use of PT (Informative Annexes A and C)
• Class exercise in design and planning
• Technical requirements - Statistical design, Informative Annex B
• Technical requirements - Homogeneity and Stability, Data analysis, Evaluation
• Statistical methods for PT - determining assigned value and evaluation statistics
• Revision of ISO 13528
• Class exercises in homogeneity and data analysis with robust statistical procedures.
• Examination and discussion of examination answers