By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Review the requirements imposed by ISO standard 17025
• Review the impact on all aspects of calibration laboratory management is analyzed clause by clause

Lab Managers and Supervisors, Chemists and Technicians, Health & Safety and Environmental Professionals, staff responsible for managing hazardous wastes, staff responsible for contamination issues, Laboratory Technicians, Analytical Laboratory Professionals, Laboratory Staff, Superintendents, Supervisors, Engineers, Chemists, Analysts, anyone involved in standards and calibration laboratories and for others who want a clear understanding of the special requirements that must be met by managers and other personnel in standards and calibration work

      Relationship of Metrology and Calibration to Quality System

• Methodologies for a calibration program 
• Metrology glossaries 
• International definitions 
• ISO 9000 quality system 
• Error, accuracy, precision 
• Measurement uncertainty 
• Measurement process 
• Calibration control system 
• Measurement Assurance Process (MAP) 
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) 
• Check Standards in SPC 
• Standard reference materials 
• Quality /reliability goals 
• Risk management 
• Calibration system-purpose and justification 

          Calibration System

• Government agencies 
• History of calibration requirements 
• Conforming to international definitions 
• International standards 
• ISO standard 17025 requirements: management system 
• Laboratory procedures 
• Corrective and preventive action 
• Management review 
• Laboratory personnel job description 
• Test and calibration methods 
• Estimation of measurement uncertainty 
• Measurement traceability 
• Sampling 
• Reporting of results 
• ISO 9000-accreditation, certification, registration 
• Proficiency testing 

         Calibration Program and Metrology Management

• Program manager 
• Technical management 
• Quality manager 
• Quality Systems considerations 
• Documentation requirements 
• Calibration control system 
• Quality / calibration manual 

         New Concepts in Metrology 

• Measurement uncertainty 
• Measurement uncertainty evaluation
• Standard uncertainty 
• Expanded uncertainty 
• Glossary 
• Error sources 
• Type A and type B error evaluation 
• Confidence levels 
• Measurement uncertainty summary 
• Measurement assurance 
• Inter-laboratory testing, calibration 
• Inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) 

           Administrative Considerations in Metrology

• Metrology personnel: technicians, engineers, management and support 
• Metrology document types 
• Test and calibration-procedures 

          Tools of the Metrology Trade 

• Calibration logistics 
• Calibration intervals 
• Calibration status 
• Exclusions from calibration system 
• Tamper proof sealing 
• Recall system 
• Reverse traceability 

         Reports, Records, Safety and Equipment Handling   

• Calibration reports: requirements 
• Calibration records 
• ESD control in the calibration laboratory 
• Safety considerations 
• Precision equipment handling/storage 

• Preventive maintenance (PM)
• Ethical considerations

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.