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ISO 130 - ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor/Assessor
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 130 | 14 October 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| ISO 130 | 11 November 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| ISO 130 | 09 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
Course Description
The ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor/Assessor Course is designed to train professionals on the principles and practices involved in assessing and managing a laboratory management system based on ISO/IEC 17025. Throughout the course, participants will gain a deep understanding of the accreditation process, the different standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 17000, ISO/IEC 17043, ISO/IEC 17011, etc.), and the fundamental concepts of ISO/IEC 17025. They will learn how to prepare and launch assessments, conduct on-site assessment activities, and close nonconformities effectively while reviewing relevant root-cause and extend analyses, corrections, and/or corrective action plans and their implementation evidence for ensuring the laboratory meets the required standards.
Learners will develop the skills necessary for the initiation, preparation, and performance of laboratory assessments. This ISO/IEC 17025 LA/A training is ideal for individuals seeking to enhance their auditing/assessing capabilities and ensure laboratories comply with ISO/IEC 17025 standard and ILAC and/or relevant regional accreditation cooperation’s (e.g., EA, APAC, ARAC, AFRAC, etc.) rules.
By the end of the course, the participants will be equipped with the necessary skills and expertise to plan and lead an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation assessment and/or internal audit program, evaluate the competence of other assessors, and contribute to the continuous improvement of laboratory quality. Based on practical exercises, you will be able to master the assessment techniques and become competent to assess the compliance of laboratories with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.
Course Objectives
- Describing the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, including general, structural, resource, process, and management system requirements
- Understanding the benefits of accreditation and the role of accreditation bodies
- Familiarizing with assessment principles, practices, and techniques, including risk-based assessment principles
- Gaining insight into the human aspects of assessment skill development
- Understanding the importance of assessment-management
Who Should Attend?
- Individuals interested in becoming an assessor for an accreditation body,
- Current assessors seeking to further demonstrate the required competencies,
- Internal auditors in laboratories seeking to further develop their auditing skills,
- Individuals who want to understand the assessment process and assessment related activities,
- Employees conducting supplier audits or managing laboratory compliance,
- Professionals responsible for the accreditation, operation, or management of testing and calibration laboratories (e.g., Laboratory quality and technical managers, technicians and supervisors),
- Professionals seeking to gain comprehensive knowledge of laboratory quality management systems.
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Definitions, Terminology: ISO 9000, VIM, ISO 17000 etc.
- Assessment and Auditing Requirements: ISO/IEC 17011, ISO 19011, ISO 10012
- ILAC and relevant regional accreditation cooperation recognition (EA, IAAC, APAC, ARAC, AFRAC, etc.)
- ISO/IEC 17025 Scope of Accreditation (including general information on relevant ILAC documents)
- Traceability and PT/ILC (including general information on ISO/IEC 17043 and relevant ILAC documents)
- Validation/Verification and Measurement Uncertainty – Includes Budgets and Examples (including general information on relevant ILAC documents)
- Accreditation process
Day 2
- ISO/IEC 17025 Requirements/Accreditation Requirements (Clause 4, 5, and 6)
- Review;
- Sub-elements clarified;
- Evening assignment;
- Review case studies;
- Matching the findings with standard clauses
Day 3
- ISO/IEC 17025 Requirements/Accreditation Requirements (Clause 7 and 8)
- Review;
- Sub-elements clarified;
- Evening assignment;
- Review case studies;
- Matching the findings with standard clauses
Day 4
- Qualifications and competencies required for accreditation assessors
- Risk based approach/thinking
- Auditing techniques – ISO 19011
- Distribution of tasks (before, during and after the assessments)
- Document Review Exercises
- Opening Meeting Activities
- Closing Meeting Activities
- Gathering objective evidences (via observation, interviewing, questioning, document/record reviewing, etc.), nonconformity (NC) writing, and classification of findings, evaluation of root-cause analyses, follow-up correction and/or corrective actions, closing NCs, preparation of proposals for accreditation decisions
- Case Studies: Uncertainty, PT/ILC, Traceability, Validation/Verification, Calibration Certificates, Decision Rule
- Case Studies: Uncertainty, PT/ILC, Traceability, Validation/Verification, Calibration Certificates, Decision Rule
Day 5
- Assessment report preparation, note taking, and report writing (assessment report, final report, witness report, etc.),
- Role sharing: Opening/Closing Meetings, Crisis Situations,
- Final Exam
