1 SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005www.iso.orgwww.iso.orgInternational Organization International Organization for Standardizationfor Standardization2 SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005byby Mr. Sean Mac Curtain Mr. Sean Mac CurtainHea o! Con!ormity A""e""ment / CASCO SecretaryHea o! Con!ormity A""e""ment / CASCO Secretary CASCO/DEVCO workshop, Tunis, Tunisia CASCO/DEVCO workshop, Tunis, Tunisia 12 13 o!"#$"r 200712 13 o!"#$"r 2007 # SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005What is AccreditationWhat is AccreditationISO/IEC 17025 contain" t$e criteria nece""ary !or a %aboratory to im&%ement in orer !or it to &er!orm it" te"t 'or( com&etent%yAccreitation i" ine&enent an !orma% reco)nition o! t$e com&etence a %aboratory to &er!orm "&eci!ic te"t" etc.*$e criteria t$at a %aboratory mu"t com&%y 'it$ to be internationa%%y acce&tab%e i" ISO/IEC 17025.+ SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005ISO/IEC 17025ISO/IEC 170251. hese are the !ase re"#ire$ents necessar% for a la!orator% to !e a!le to i$&le$ent and o&erate to de$onstrate it is co$&etence*$ey are not,"u&er- re.uirement"Co"t /o! com&%iance an/or Accreitation0 i" co"t o! ac$ievin) con"i"tent%y )oo re"u%t"Co"t o! not $avin) con"i"tent%y )oo re"u%t" cou% be muc$ $i)$er2. 17025 foc#s is on' Mana)ement re.uirement" an *ec$nica% re.uirement"Anne1 ACro"" re!erence to ISO 2001Anne1 34uie%ine" !or e"tab%i"$in) a&&%ication !or "ector !ie%"5 SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005I(AC )(A *)#t#al +ecognition Arrange$ent,I(AC )(A *)#t#al +ecognition Arrange$ent,-eer E.al#ation -rocess *ISO/IEC 170/0,Accreditation 0od% in co#ntr% A*ISO/IEC 17011,Accreditation 0od% in co#ntr% 0*ISO/IEC 17011,+ecognition(a!orator% in co#ntr% A*ISO/IEC 17025,est/Cali!ration +es#lts+ecognition ofE"#i.alence(a!orator% in Co#ntr% 0*ISO/IEC 17025,est /Cali!ration +es#lts5 SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005+ecognitionand rade+ecognitionand radeIt i" )enera%%y a)ree by t$e 6*O t$at t$e bi))e"t ob"tac%e to trae i" Non *ari!! *ec$nica% 3arrier" i.e. /*3*7"0It i" in t$e intere"t o! a%% to overcome t$e"e an to eve%o& a mean" o! reco)ni8in) t$e tec$nica% in!ra"tructure an out&ut !rom one country in anot$er country a" bein) e.uiva%ent7 SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005ISO/IEC 17025 1 So$e iss#esISO/IEC 17025 1 So$e iss#esSco&e'Inc%ue" "am&%in)It cover" "tanar met$o"9 non "tanar met$o" an %aboratory eve%o&e met$o"Inc%ue" 1"t9 2n an #r :arty %aboratorie"NO* IN*EN;E; *O 3E CE>*I=ICA*ION O= ?A3O>A*O>IES Cau"e" con!u"ion i! not a$ere to IA= >e"o%ution in Syney ta(en on t$i">e)u%ator" may "&eci!y aitiona% re.uirement" uni.ue to t$eir nee" Meet &rinci&%e" o! ISO 2001.@ SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005ISO/IEC 17025 1 So$e iss#esISO/IEC 17025 1 So$e iss#es/.1)anage$ent re"#ire$ents?e)a% entityCon!%ict o! intere"t e!ine an re%ation"$i& ocumente /:art o! %ar)er or).0Im&artia%ity /+.1.5 b0 an !reeom !rom commercia%/!inancia% &re""ure" '$ic$ mi)$t in!%uence Au)ement !or #r &arty activitie" /Note 20Have &o%icie" in &%ace to avoi invo%vement in activitie" t$at 'ou% ne)ative%y e!!ect con!ience in it" com&etence9 im&artia%ity9 Au)ement or o&erationa% inte)rity. Have Mana)ement an *ec$nica% "ta!! /"u!!icient0 an 'it$ ae.uate aut$ority.2 SMA/November 2007ISO/IEC 17025:2005ISO/IEC 17025 1 So$e iss#esISO/IEC 17025 1 So$e iss#es/.2)anage$ent S%ste$Mu"t $ave im&%emente a MS a&&ro&riate !or it" "co&e an activitie" /ocumente to e1tent nece""ary to a""ure .ua%ity o! re"u%t0ecor va%iationE"timation o!