It covers international standards, statistical tools, validation protocols, traceability concepts, and practical techniques needed to ensure accurate, reliable, and defensible laboratory results.

• Understand the principles and importance of measurement uncertainty in testing labs.
• Learn statistical tools used to estimate measurement uncertainty (GUM approach).
• Perform method validation using accepted international guidelines.
• Identify uncertainty contributors and construct uncertainty budgets.
• Apply method validation parameters such as accuracy, precision, LOD, LOQ, linearity, and robustness.
• Improve laboratory quality systems and decision‑making through validated data.

• Laboratory Analysts and Technicians
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control Personnel
• Lab Managers and Supervisors
• Metrologists and Calibration Specialists
• Personnel involved in ISO/IEC 17025 compliance
• Anyone responsible for validation or measurement uncertainty calculations

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include:
• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Day 1: Fundamentals of Measurement Uncertainty & Laboratory Quality

• Introduction to measurement uncertainty concepts
• Traceability and calibration principles
• ISO/IEC 17025 requirements for uncertainty and validation
• Error types and sources of uncertainty
• Overview of GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement)

Day 2: Statistical Tools for Measurement Uncertainty

• Basic statistics: mean, SD, variance, confidence intervals
• Probability distributions and significance testing
• Type A and Type B uncertainty evaluations
• Combining standard uncertainties
• Expanded uncertainty and coverage factors

Day 3: Methods Validation Principles & Procedures

• Purpose and scope of method validation
• Validation parameters (accuracy, precision, specificity, linearity)
• Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ)
• Robustness and ruggedness testing
• Preparing method validation protocols

Day 4: Practical Application in Testing Laboratories

• Constructing an uncertainty budget
• Data analysis for method validation
• Hands-on examples: chemical, biological, and mechanical testing
• Documenting validation results
• Case studies from ISO/IEC 17025-accredited labs

Day 5: Workshop, Exercises & Reporting

• Complete uncertainty calculation exercise
• Group work: developing a validation plan
• Interpreting uncertainty results for decision-making
• Preparing laboratory reports with uncertainty statements
• Final review, assessment, and course wrap-up

A RECTUS attendance certificate will be awarded to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total course duration.