Any laboratory wishing to achieve accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is required to have, and to apply, policies and procedures for the estimation, use and reporting of uncertainties of measurement for any tests or calibrations covered by their scope of accreditation.

Benefits
This 3-Day residential course combines the popular Uncertainty of Measurement Calibration and Testing courses and provides delegates with an appreciation of the concept of uncertainty of measurement in both a testing and calibration environment, taking them through the process of calculating uncertainties using a combination of lectures, interactive exercises and demonstrations.

Course Outline

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Day 1

• Introductions and briefing
• I think we may have dropped one! - A live witnessed test
• Appreciation of Uncertainty: Individual Exercise in Open Session
• History and Background
• Traceability, calibration, corrections and SI units  
• Definition of Metrological Terms  
• Classifications of Uncertainty - Type A & Type B
• Discovering Distributions
• Symbols and Equations Part 1
• Combination of Uncertainties
• Pre-course Work - De-briefing
• Calculation of Uncertainty for a Measurement
• Report Back on Calculation and Introduction of Forms/Excel for calculating uncertainties.

 Day 2

• Ensuring understanding of material covered in Day One
• Calculation of Uncertainty for a Measurement
• Example of a test with influence quantities
• Sources of Uncertainty
• Exercise – Uncertain about methods?
• Correlated Contributions
• Human Factors
• Exercise - Measurement of Body Mass Index with uncertainty estimate
• Exercise: Calibration of weighing machines

 Day 3

• Ensuring understanding of material covered in Day Two
• Pooled Standard Deviations
• Approaches to Evaluating sources of uncertainty
• Exercise - Sources of Uncertainty and Report Back
• Normal or not? - situations where a normal distribution cannot be assumed for the combined uncertainty
• Symbols and Equations Part 2
• Exercise - Effective Degrees of Freedom
• How Many Measurements?
• Stochastic modelling of uncertainty in quantitative measurements
• Sampling, Destructive Testing, Non-numeric Results
• Statements of Uncertainty and Compliance
• An introduction to Bayesian Statistics

When	Where	Fee	How to book
12-14 November 2008 15 - 17 July 2009 18 - 20 January 2010	All course to be held at Sunningdale Park, Ascot, Berkshire	£1200 + VAT *Note: from April 1st 2009 price is £1300 + VAT	Email training@ukas .co.uk Telephone 020 89178488 Book online  to download a booking form click here

Fee includes comprehensive course materials and refreshments and lunch on all days of the course. It also includes dinner, accommodation and breakfast for two nights