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ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Implementer: quality management for testing and calibration laboratories
Trust in laboratory results depends on controlled practices. With ISO/IEC 17025, structure the deployment of your laboratory quality arrangements. Clarify roles, coordinate work and organise monitoring to turn the framework into practices suited to your operations.
- Duration
- 4.5 days 31 hours
- Code
- ISO17025LI Code
- Certification
- ISO/IEC 17025: Testing and calibration laboratory competence Certification
Accredited training for the ISO/IEC 17025: Testing and calibration laboratory competence certification.
Presentation
ISO/IEC 17025 is an international standard for testing and calibration laboratories. It provides rules to improve work process quality. Managers must therefore commit to a quality management approach conforming to ISO 17025:2017.
ISO 17025 Lead Implementer training explains the technical requirements for implementing a Laboratory Management System (LMS). You will master the concepts, approaches and techniques needed to implement an LMS according to ISO 17025 requirements.
By the end of the course, you will be prepared for the examination to obtain one of the 4 PECB ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Implementer certifications. Each demonstrates the knowledge and practical skills required to implement ISO 17025 in a laboratory.
Objectives
By the end of PECB ISO 17025 Lead Implementer training, you will be able to:
- Understand the relationship between ISO/IEC 17025 and other standards and frameworks;
- Master LMS implementation approaches, methods and techniques;
- Understand ISO 17025:2017 requirements;
- Support a laboratory in testing and other operational tasks;
- Advise a laboratory on management system best practices;
- Pass the PECB Certified ISO 17025 Lead Implementer examination and obtain an associated certification.
Program
Day 1: introduction to ISO 17025 and an LMS
- Standards and regulations.
- The role of a management system in a testing and calibration laboratory (review).
- Testing and calibration basics.
- Preparing LMS implementation.
- Understanding organisational structure and defining objectives.
Day 2: planning LMS implementation
- Leadership and approval of the LMS project.
- LMS scope.
- Laboratory policies.
- Defining organisational structure.
- Establishing documentation.
Day 3: implementing the LMS according to ISO/IEC 17025
- Designing controls.
- Defining specific policies and procedures.
- Establishing a communications plan.
- Establishing a training and awareness plan.
- Resource management.
- Customer management.
- Operations management.
Day 4: LMS monitoring, improvement and accreditation
- Monitoring, analysis and evaluation.
- Internal audit.
- Management review.
- Handling issues and nonconformities.
- Continual improvement.
- Preparing for accreditation.
- Competence and evaluation of LMS implementation managers.
Day 5: revision for the certification examination
- Revision exercises
Please note : the PECB ISO 17025 Lead Implementer examination is available in English and French, but course materials are available only in English.
Audience
This course is intended for:
- Professionals working in, or supporting, testing and calibration laboratories;
- Managers and consultants seeking to master laboratory management system implementation;
- Laboratory technicians ensuring compliance with testing and calibration laboratory accreditation requirements;
- Specialist consultants preparing to assess testing and calibration laboratory competence.
Prerequisites
ISO 17025 Lead Implementer training requires:
- Sound knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 and its implementation;
- A good command of English, as course materials are available only in English.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
- Case study
Course highlights
Practical exercises based on real cases with 450 pages of documentation; 31 CPD credits; PECB certification examination included in the course price; if you fail, retake it free of charge within 12 months.
Dates and sessions
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