For adopting TQM, the manufacturing sector has to establish an efficient and effective control in measurement system that includes Laboratory Measurement System. This results in producing products with decreasing rejections and is more acceptable to customers.

In order to establish a control on measurement system in the laboratory ISO / IEC has brought out a standard ISO/IEC 17025:05 for developing competence and carry out tests and / or calibration including sampling. This standard covers testing and calibration using standard methods, non-standard methods and laboratory development methods. This standard is applicable to first, second and third party laboratory carrying out tests and / or calibration. This international standard is for use by laboratories in developing their management system for quality, administration and technical operations.

This programme will enable participants understand the requirements of all clauses of ISO/IEC 17025:05 for personnel competency and lab capability that are to be implemented and maintained by laboratories intending to generate testing and / or calibration report / certificate acceptable by customers nationally and internationally.

While the course objective included

• Design and implementation of ISO / IEC 17025:05 requirements for laboratories.
• Enabling participants to develop quality system documentation as required by the standard.
• Learning about Internal Auditing – types, stages, phases, conducting audit & reporting.

The methodology adopted included presentations, interactive sessions, group exercises, case studies followed by a mock laboratory audit on the last day.

28 participants from 20 organisations, trained by Mr B Singh, NABL panel trainer, received a “Certification of Participation” having covered the following topics

• Basic Quality concepts
• National / International relevance of Accreditation
• History and Evolution of ISO / IEC 17025:05
• Understanding Management Requirements – Clause 4.1 to 4.15
• Understanding Technical Requirements – Clauses to 5.1 to 5.10
• Documentation – Structuring and Developing Quality Manual procedure.
• Internal Audit – Understanding types, stages, phases and conducting audit
• Hands on training on Auditing Laboratories & Audit reporting
• Accreditation Process details

For more details about the programme please contact r.n.chowdhury@cii.in

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