| Aim: |
To provide training in the Laboratory Accreditation/Assessment Standards and UKAS methodology |
| Who should attend: |
UKAS Assessment Managers, potential UKAS Assessors and senior laboratory staff who will be carrying out internal assessments |
| Duration: |
A three-day programme |
| Where: |
Ascot, Berkshire |
| Tutors: |
The tutors are selected from trainers amongst current or immediate past assessment or accreditation managers of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service |
| Pre-course exercise: |
As preparation for this course delegates are required to complete a pre-course exercise. A debriefing of this exercise is undertaken on a group basis during the first afternoon of the course |
| Day One |
- Introduction and briefing
- Background to accreditation, UKAS and the
international scene
- Feedback on pre-course exercise
- Accreditation standards - 1
- Overview of the process of accreditation
- Exercise : Accreditation standards - 2
- Accreditation Standards
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| Day Two |
- Steps in the accreditation process
- Steps in the accreditation process – pre assessment
activities
- Quality system documentation and documentation review
- Exercise: Initial documentation appraisal
- Method of reporting document review findings
- Exercise: Detailed documentation review
- Steps in the accreditation process - assessment
- Introductory meeting
- Observation of the organisation at work
- Recording observations
- Exercise: Recording observations
- Preventive and corrective action
- Report back on observations exercise
- Exercise: Witnessing tests
- Exercise: Accreditation standards - 3
- Dinner: Human aspects of assessment
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| Day Three |
- Areas of assessment
- Calibration and traceability
- Exercise: Calibration
- Internal audit and quality system review
- Steps in the accreditation process - assessment (cont’d)
- Final meeting
- Exercise: Preparation for final meeting
- Exercise: Final meeting role-play
- Discussion and feedback
- Post assessment activities
- Open forum
- Close of Course |
When |
Where |
Fee |
What Delegates Say |
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22-24 Sept 2008
16-18 March 2009
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All courses to be held at Sunningdale Park, Ascot, Berkshire
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Course fee £1200 + VAT.
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NOTE: For delegates who attend the Assessor and Lead Assessor courses consecutively a special combined fee of £1,900* + VAT is available, for further details contact the training team. (*fee increases to £2000 from 1st April 2008)
Fee includes comprehensive course materials and refreshments. Also included is accommodation for two nights, breakfast and dinner on the two days and lunch on each day of the course
UKAS reserves the right to amend the content of their training programmes or the trainers involved.
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