Accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories has become a critical mechanism for ensuring technical reliability, regulatory confidence, and international recognition. In the current 2024–2025 environment, ISO/IEC 17025 assessments are expected to go beyond formal compliance and demonstrate credible evaluation of laboratory competence, impartiality, and technical validity. Lead Assessors play a central role in this process.
This four-day ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor course is designed for professionals responsible for planning, conducting, and leading accreditation assessments of laboratories. The training focuses on how laboratories actually operate, covering quality management elements, administrative processes, and technical activities such as method validation, equipment control, measurement traceability, and competence of personnel.
Participants learn how to translate ISO/IEC 17025 requirements into structured assessment criteria and how to evaluate conformity through objective evidence. The course follows the full assessment lifecycle, from preparation and document review through on-site assessment activities, evaluation of findings, and assessment closure. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based judgement, consistency of conclusions, and clear, defensible reporting.
Practical exercises are integrated throughout the course to reinforce assessment techniques, interview skills, sampling approaches, and formulation of nonconformities. By the end of the training, participants are prepared to lead accreditation assessments with confidence and professional credibility.
The certification exam is included, delivered online in English, and has a duration of three hours.
