Mastering ISO/IEC 17025: 2017

Quality management requirements for test and calibration laboratories

Created by: Tim Alcock
Director, Qualimetric Ltd, UK

What Will I Learn?

• The fundamental concepts of quality, quality assurance, management and improvement and how this relates to a laboratory environment
• The relationship between ISO/IEC 17025 and other quality standards and the concept of laboratory accreditation
• The detail requirements of each clause of ISO/IEC 17025: 2017
• Pointers relating to documentation and implementing a Laboratory Quality Management System with a view to obtaining accreditation

Requirements

• No previous knowledge is required, but an understanding of how a calibration or test laboratory organisation operates would be a benefit. It would be useful if participants had access to a copy of the standard available for use during the course. Unfortunately we are unable to provide copies of ISO/IEC 17025 for copyright reasons.

Target audience

• This course provides training in the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 'General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories'. It commences with an overview of the principles of Quality Management and improvement in the context of a calibration or testing laboratory. We then look at the relationship with other ISO standards and the concepts of certification and accreditation. An overview of the content and structure of the standard is then provided, followed by a detailed discussion of the specific requirements and implications of the standard. The course also provides an overview of typical quality management system structures and on the steps required to implement the standard and to obtain accreditation. Short quizzes are included at the end of each modules as part of the video presentation to test your knowledge. It would be useful if participants have a copy of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 when taking the course. Unfortunately this can not be provided as part of the course materials for copyright reasons.