Laboratory management –ISO/IEC 17025

UKAS provides this course. 

Course programme

All laboratories need to have sound business processes to enable them to deliver technically sound calibrations and tests to their clients. When a laboratory is seeking to have its competence recognised through accreditation by UKAS, these processes must also enable the laboratory to meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.

What are the benefits?

This course will help you:

• Understand how the business processes of your laboratory can be combined effectively with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025
• Understand the roles of quality manager and technical management.

Contents

The course will cover:

Day 1

• Laboratory structure and roles of QM and TM
• Organisation charts
• Quality management system
• Job descriptions
• Laboratory facilities, services and supplies
• Equipment and reference materials
• Purchasing equipment and calibration programme.

Day 2

• Personnel training and records
• Requests, tenders, contracts and subcontracting
• Documentation and document control process
• Test and calibration methods
• Method validation
• Customer samples and items.

Day 3

• Calibration and test performance
• Work sheets
• Management controls (QC and internal audit)
• Audit schedule planning
• Non-conforming work
• Records (including opinions and interpretations).

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Who should attend?

This course is aimed at personnel from accredited or applicant laboratories who have responsibility for the technical or quality management of the tests or calibrations performed.