The course will reviews in considerable depth the requirements imposed by ISO standard 17025. Its impact on all aspects of calibration laboratory management is analyzed clause by clause

This course is for individuals who are 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.

Day 1

• Introduction
• Historical and review
• Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis
• Instrumental analysis in laboratory
• Spectroscopic Instrumental Analysis
  • Molecular Spectroscopy analysis
    • UV-Vis spectroscopy
    • FTIR Spectroscopy
  • Atomic Spectroscopy analysis
    • X-ray analysis
    • Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)
    • Atomic Emission Spectrometry (AES)
    • Flame Photometry
    • Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)

Day 2

• Separation Instrument Analysis
  • Gas Chromatography
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • Ion Chromatography
• Electrochemical Instrument analysis
  • pH meter
  • Conductivity meter
  • DO meter
  • KF water analysis
• Comparing Instrumental Techniques
• Choosing the Right Instrument

Day 3

• Chemical laboratory measurement evolution
  • Reporting results
  • Significant Figure Rules
  • Laboratory Certification
  • The Evaluation of Results and Methods
• Instrumentals Calibration, and Standardization
  • History of Calibration Requirements
  • Instruments Calibration and Traceability
  • Standard Reference Materials
  • Correction of errors and improving blank
  • Calibration work instructions
  • Calibration Procedures, Certificate, and Documentation
  • Methodologies for a Calibration Program
    • Standard calibration
    • Internal Standard calibration
    • External Standard calibration

Day 4

•  Calibration Reports: Requirements
• Calibration Records
• Safety Considerations
• Precision Equipment Handling/Storage
• Maintenance and troubleshoting in instumental analysis
  • Routine Maintenance
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Troubleshoting
  • Corrective and Preventive Action
• Quality / Calibration Manual
• Measurement Uncertainly in testing and calibration
• Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty
  • Standard Uncertainty
  • Expanded Uncertainty

Day 5

•  Measurement Traceability
• Instrumentals validation
• Repitability and Reproducibility
• Detection limit
• Error, Accuracy, Precision
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Check Standards in SPC
• Control Chart
• Application for Data Evaluation
• Inter-Laboratory Comparison (ILC)
• Practical exercises for Inter-Laboratory Proficiency Testing
• Confidence Levels
• Practical exercises for Uncertainty & Control Chart
  • Manual Calculation for Uncertainty
  • Used Excel Function for Uncertiainty
  • Drawing Control Chart by Excel

RECTUS certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total tuition hours of the WORKSHOP.