The 5-day ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and internal auditing course is designed to promote a thorough understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 standard requirements and to impart internal auditing knowledge and skills to calibration/testing laboratories staff to monitor compliance with ISO/IEC 17025. The course will cover the following main topics:
- Competence of a laboratory
- Structure of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard (New standard)
- Understanding ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard requirements
- Developing a suitable Quality Management System
- Understanding impartiality
- Basic understanding of method validation and uncertainty of measurement
- Basic understanding of process approach and risk-based thinking
- Internal auditing tools, techniques, and process
- Maintenance and improvement of a laboratory quality management system
- Accreditation process
- Who should attend?
Who Should Attend?
Management and staff of calibration/testing laboratories involved in the implementation and maintenance of the laboratory system as well as those involved in monitoring system compliance through internal audits.
SADCAS draws its Trainers from a pool of qualified and experienced experts from the SADC region who have up to date involvement in accreditation matters be it system implementation and/or assessments.