Learn about laboratory management systems laid out by the ISO 17025 international standard in this free online course. This short course is designed for individuals and laboratories looking forward to their standardisation. We explain management standards defined by the ‘ISO/IEC 17025 general requirements for testing and calibration laboratories competence’ devised by ISO. This comprehensive course explains all the basic and essential requirements of the standard. It also provides a simplified clause-by-clause explanation of its four main sections.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define the aims and objectives of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 • Discuss the benefits of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation • Recognise the verbal forms used throughout ISO/IEC 17025:2017 • Summarise the four main sections of ISO/IEC 17027:2017 • Separate the requirements of impartiality from the requirements of confidentiality in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 • Discuss the resource requirements given in Clause 6 of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 • Recognise the ISO/IEC 17025:2017's requirements listed between sub-clause 7.1 and sub-clause 7.8 • Explain the complaint-handling requirements given in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 • Identify the framework schedule for non-conforming work • Define the ISO/IEC 17025:2017's requirements for information and data control • Discuss the process requirements in Clause 7 of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 • Evaluate the actions for correction |
| Course Code | 4701 |

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