ISO 17025 36 (hr) Lead Auditor/Assessor

Days: 5  • Price: $2195
Day 1-4 11am – 5pm ET
Day 5 Exam Only

Detailed Course Description

Develop your expertise and value as an ISO 17025 specialist. Review, write, and understand ISO 17025 nonconformances. Hone your skills; understand the rigors of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard. Consultants will benefit from this course to help transition clients from other ISO standards to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.This course can also be invaluable as a refresher for long-time assessors of the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

Learning Objectives

• Understand all of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 elements.
• Cover the full range of assessment techniques and good practices.
• Benefit from practical assessment exercises.
• Gain an understanding and assessing uncertainty, traceability, and PT/ILC.
• Get practical experience of planning, running, and reporting on assessments.

Who Should Attend

This course is for laboratory managers, laboratory technicians and laboratory technical staff, prospective assessors and consultants, and auditors of all types who want or need to learn better audit practices and want an appreciation for the technical demands of ISO/IEC 17025.

This course will help you:

• Understand all of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 elements.
• Cover the full range of assessment techniques and good practices.
• Benefit from practical assessment exercises.
• Gain an understanding and assessing uncertainty, traceability, and PT/ILC.
• Get practical experience of planning, running, and reporting on assessments.

Prerequisites

All attendees are required to bring their own copy of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard to this course. These will not be provided for you. You can purchase a copy of this standard from ASQ (Item #T804).

Agenda

1. Background of ISO 17025:2017
2. Definitions, Terminology: ISO 9000, VIM etc.
3. Assessment and Auditing Requirements: ISO 17011:2017, ISO 19011:2018, ISO 10012:2003
4. Logo and Symbol Use/Opening and Closing Meetings
5. ILAC, IAAC, APLAC Recognition and Oversight
6. ISO 17025 Requirements/Accreditation Requirements
   1. Clause 4 Review
      1. Case Studies on Clauses 4
      2. Review Clause 4 Case Studies
      3. Evening Assignments – Clause 4
7. Accreditation Stages
8. Document Review Exercise – Clause 5
9. Auditing Guidelines – ISO 19011
10. ISO 17025 Requirements
    1. Clause 5 Review
    2. Uncertainty (NIST 1297)- includes budgets and examples
11. Traceability and PT/ILC
12. ISO 17025 Scope of Accreditation
13. Opening Meeting Activities
14. Assessing ISO 17025 Using a Checklist
    1. Includes method witnessing /role playing
15. Uncertainty Budget Software and example
16. Case Studies: Uncertainty/PT/ILC/Traceability/Calibration Certificates
17. Review of Assessment Case Studies and Certificate Shortcomings
18. Assessment report Preparation
19. Closing Meeting Participation Exercises
20. Review of Standards and Assessment Requirements
21. ACLASS-specific training, report types, assessor duties and resources available
22. Practice Exam and Review
23. Exam
24. Audit Checklists and Audit reports
25. Review of Standards and Internal Auditing issues
26. Exam

As a member of your ISO 17025 project team, you gain critical knowledge to move your company ahead in today’s competitive marketplace. ISO Management Representatives will gain the credibility and prestige to effectively interact with certification bodies, customers, and suppliers. 

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This class is being taught and certified by ANAB.