ISO 17025 Essentials - Part I: ISO 17025:2005 Interpretation, Explanations & Metrology Requirements (RQ155-121-0)

SynopsisISO 17025:2005 is a global standard for technical competence of calibration and testing laboratories. It is also the most important Metrology standard for test and measurement products. Almost all national standards bodies and accreditation agencies around the world have adopted it. A growing number of companies require it and some industries have incorporated it into sector specific standards including electronics, aerospace, automobile and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Most accreditation bodies that recognize the competence of testing and calibration laboratories use ISO 17025:2005 as the basis for their accreditation requirement. This seminar will provide an insight review and in-depth interpretation of each section in the standard from both Quality Management and Metrology System perspectives. Attendees will have appropriate knowledge learnt from this seminar to design, implement, deploy, execute, and maintain a Quality and Metrology control system that meets ISO 17025:2005 standard requirements.

There are two parts for the seminar. The first part is to examine and review the ISO 17025:2005 standard requirements including the management requirements and the technical requirements. The management requirements includes the management system, organization, documentation control, review of contract, subcontractor management, purchasing requirement, customer complaints, control of nonconforming testing and calibration work, improvement, corrective and preventive actions, control of records, internal audit, and management review. The technical requirements include personnel qualification, environmental conditions, test and calibration methods and method validation, estimation of uncertainty of measurement, control of data, equipment, measurement traceability, sampling technique, handling of test and calibration items, assuring the quality of test and calibration results, report the result, calibration certificate, opinions and interpretations, testing and calibration results obtained from subcontractors, electronic transmission of results, format of reports and certificates, and, amendments to test reports and calibration certificates.

The second part of the seminar deals with the Metrology requirements specified in the ISO 17025:2005 standard. We focus on the critical elements that impact measurement results including calibration interval program, in service check, OOT program, recall system, measurement uncertainty requirements, definition of TAR ratio, reliability target, traceability, standard management, test software management, editor file, test procedures, trending, calibration and/or test certificate format, sticker labels, ESD, and environmental requirement. We also will address the definition of the proficiency test program and/or inter-laboratory comparison test program.

What previous participants say about this course
Answers to the question 'what did you like most about the course'

• "Both management and technical requirements" - 3 Sep 2008
• "The vast experience of the instructor, the line tour of Agilent cal lab, the relation of the contents to real-life application (cal cert) " - 3 Sep 2008
• "The experience sharing from Ed (instructor)" - 3 Sep 2008
• "Case studies" - 3 Sep 2008
• "The appendix. The ISO/IEC 17025 clause numbering on the training materials" - 3 Sep 2008

What You Will LearnWe expect that, after attending the seminar, the attendees will obtain a useful high level understanding to design, develop, implement, deploy, and maintain a quality management system and a technical system that complies with ISO 17025:2005 standard to achieve accreditation status.

Who Should Attend

• Calibration laboratory engineers/managers
• Testing laboratory engineers/managers
• Reliability engineers
• Manufacturing engineers
• Product engineers
• Metrologists

PrerequisiteNone

Course MethodologyThe course materials will be presented in an interactive lecture style, as well using class work, exercise, group discussion, and pop quiz to demonstrate the concepts introduced.

Course Duration3 days, 9am-5pm

Course Structure1) Introduction

• Objectives
• ISO 17025:2005 overview

2) Part I: Management and Technical Requirements

• Organization
• Management System
• Document Control
• Review of requests, tenders, and contracts
• Subcontracting of tests and calibrations
• Purchasing services and supplies
• Service to the customer
• Complaints
• Control of nonconforming testing and/or calibration work
• Improvement
• Corrective action
• Preventive action
• Control of records
• Internal audits
• Management reviews
• General Technical requirements
• Personnel Qualification
• Accommodation and environmental conditions
• Test and calibration methods and method validation.
• Equipment
• Measurement traceability
• Sampling
• Handling of test and calibration items
• Assuring the quality of test and calibration results
• Test reports and calibration certificates

3) Part II: Metrology elements:

• Calibration interval program
• Cal Interval Adjustment
• In Service Check (intermediate check)
• OOT
• Recall Program
• Measurement Uncertainty
• TAR ratio
• Reliability target
• Traceability
• Proficiency Test (ILC program)
• Standard Management
• Editor File
• Spec vs Test Program Review
• Test Procedure
• Non standard test
• Trending
• Calibration Certificate format
• Data reporting format
• ESD
• Environmental requirements