If and when an instrument should be calibrated
This course offers help if you are responsible for the measurement or calibration system in your company, regardless of what you want to have calibrated. You learn to determine yourself which instruments need to be calibrated and how often, but also which instruments do not need to be calibrated. You learn the background of, and the rules regarding, "acceptable traceability".
Subjects
- recognition systems (RvA, Cofrac, NAVLAB, UKAS, A2LA, NATAS, DAkkS, INAB,..)
- units and quantities
- international and national traceability
- measurement standards and written standards (normative references)
- certificates, calibration, verification, validation
- recognising acceptable calibration certificates and traceability
- ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 10012
- ISO/EIC 17025 accredited or ISO 9001 certified. What is the difference?
- reading a calibration certificate, understand the specified uncertainty
- deciding on a decision rule for conformity to specification
- which instruments need to be calibrated: selection using an expert diagram
- how often do instruments need to be calibrated
- examples / exercises of measurement problems based on a practical exam
E-learning
This course is a full online course. You will work through the topics in a few hours and answer some questions. You end the course with a test.
Optionally, you can extend this course with a workshop or have the full course on-site where we learn you to apply our expert system in your case studies.
This course is for
- all starting employees in a certified or otherwise recognized company who are responsible for the calibration of equipment.
- all employees working to ISO 9001; FDA; HACCP; IATF 16949; ISO/IEC 17025 and are involved in / responsible for measurement equipment.
After this course
- You are more critical of your measuring instruments.
- You can read and review specifications and certificates.
- You have the tools to evaluate which instruments need to be calibrated and how often.
- You keep your access to the Kelvin-Training information site with this course, which is regularly updated.
- You will become more proficient in metrology through our other courses, for example the introduction to measurement course.
Other
- The online course takes approximately 3 hours and the test 1 hour.
- Online E-learning course costs € 325.00 excl. VAT. For alternatives, please contact us for information.
- You will receive information about the access of the Elearning course from us after your registration.
- You receive a certificate with the results of the test or a declaration of participation
- you can download a general metrology booklet (language: English)
- optional is the half-day workshop that is given on location, request a quote for this
- A discount applies to four or more participants from one company, request information from us
