While (for America) the NIST has not said that IEC/ISO 17025 accreditation is required for cal labs, is required that your calibration contractor, and your facility, be accredited if you expect an NCB to accept your test data under the SMT or TMP programs.
The certificate will list the basis (scope), and typically defines the activity performed. For Product Safety and/or EMC testing, the cert will list the applicable standards, and sometimes delineates individual tests, for which the "lab" has demonstrated competency. Reference IECEE 01, 02, 03 (on their web site). luck, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Joe P Martin [ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ISO 17025 0Greetings, Is compliance with ISO 17025 General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories a requirement for calibration and testing laboratories, or is it voluntary? Are the requirements dependent on the type of testing or Directives that the lab is testing to? All responses are appreciated. Regards Joe Martin Applied Biosystems |-------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
