TECHNICAL POLICY STATEMENTS

Technical Policy Statements (TPSs) are brief announcements on matters of technical policy.  Organisations holding or seeking UKAS accreditation are required to comply with the relevant TPSs.

TPSs will normally have a short life - typically a year or two.  Issue and expiry dates will be printed on TPSs, as will a UKAS contact for further information.

Note: for table below, Labs = Calibration and/or Testing, PT = Proficiency Testing, CB = Certification Bodies, RMP = Reference Material Producers.

Document Ref.	Document Title	Operational Area
TPS 23	Test sieves to EN 933-2 : 1995 for aggregates – nominal sizes of aperture Issued Jan 2002 Expires 31 Dec 03	Labs
TPS 25	Rolling Straight Edge - The Measurement of Surface Regularity of Road Pavement Surfaces - Calibration Requirements Issued: June 2003 Issue 4	Labs
TPS 37	Simplified Test Reports Issued: May 05 Expires: April 2010	Labs
TPS 38	The Implementation of EA-10/13 Calibration of Temperature Block Calibrators Edition 3 Feb 06	Labs
TPS 41	UKAS Policy on Traceability of Measurement. Edition 3 Issued Jun 05	Labs
TPS 42	Calibration of Imperial Measure Gauge Blocks to BS EN ISO 3650 Edition 2 Issued Aug 04	Labs
TPS 43	Testing Hardened Concrete - Guidance on Accreditation to BS EN 12390 Edition 2 Issued December 2004	Labs
TPS 46	Calibration of force-proving instruments (used for the verification of uniaxial testing machines) to BS EN ISO 376 Edition 1 Issued December 2003	Labs
TPS 47	UKAS Policy on Participation in Proficiency Testing Schemes Edition 1 - Issued May 2004	PT
TPS 48	General Principles to be Applied for Multiple Reports from a Single Source of Test Data Edition 1 - Issued April 2004	Labs
TPS 49	Interim Arrangements for IEC 61672 Sound Level Meters - Periodic Tests Edition 1 - Issued April 2004	Labs
TPS 50	UKAS Supervision of a verifier accredited in another EU Member State.	CB
TPS 51	Accreditation of Multi-Site/Group Laboratories (Edition 1, June 2005)	Labs
TPS 52	UKAS Requirements for the Performance of In-House Calibration (Edition 1, June 2005)	Labs & PT
TPS 53	Management system requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - statement for use on accreditation certificates and test/calibration reports/certificates (Edition 1, September 2005)	Labs
TPS 54	UKAS Policy on Traceability of Calibration Gas Standards used in Stack Emission Monitoring (Edition 1, January 2006)	Labs
TPS 57	UKAS Policy on Selection and Use of Reference Materials (Edition 1, August 2006)	Labs & IB

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