ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Auditor Training

Learn to look beyond procedures and determine whether laboratory processes support technically valid results. This 16-hour self-paced course covers ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, measurement uncertainty, decision rules, impartiality, audit techniques, and evidence-based findings.

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About This Course

Duration: 16 hours

A laboratory can have complete procedures and still produce unreliable results. An effective internal audit must follow the evidence behind those results – from personnel competence and method suitability to equipment, traceability, measurement uncertainty, decision rules, technical records, and reporting.

This online Auditor course teaches you how to examine that evidence systematically. You will learn to interpret ISO/IEC 17025:2017 from an auditor's perspective, prepare for internal audits, ask productive questions, evaluate laboratory processes, and document findings that support meaningful corrective action. Two sessions address measurement uncertainty through both concepts and worked examples, while a 200+ question checklist gives you a practical starting point for your own audits.

The course is entirely online and self-paced. After passing the included examination, you receive an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Auditor Certificate of Attainment bearing the Exemplar Global logo, providing professional recognition and a pathway toward relevant Exemplar Global personnel certification.

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If the course is not right for you, request a full refund within 30 days, provided you have not completed it.

What Makes an Effective Laboratory Internal Auditor

An effective laboratory auditor combines knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 with technical awareness, professional curiosity, and disciplined evidence gathering. You will learn to:

  • Interpret ISO/IEC 17025 requirements – understand the standard's general, structural, resource, process, and management system requirements in a laboratory context
  • Evaluate technical competence – assess personnel authorization, method selection and validation, equipment suitability, and metrological traceability
  • Understand measurement uncertainty and decision rules – evaluate how they affect reported results and statements of conformity
  • Assess impartiality and risk-based thinking – verify that the laboratory identifies threats to impartiality and addresses risks to valid results
  • Gather objective evidence and document findings – ask effective questions, distinguish facts from assumptions, and write clear nonconformities

Course Content

Eight focused sessions take you from ISO/IEC 17025 requirements through audit preparation, evidence gathering, reporting, impartiality, decision rules, and measurement uncertainty. The course includes:

  • Audio-visual lectures:  Clear explanations of ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, laboratory concepts, and internal-auditing techniques.
  • Knowledge checks:  Short exams confirm your understanding as you progress.

Session 1:  ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Laboratory Management System Overview

An introduction to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard – its purpose, scope, and importance for testing and calibration laboratories. Understand what accreditation means and why internal audits are critical to maintaining it.

What you'll learn:  The role of ISO/IEC 17025 in demonstrating laboratory competence and the purpose of internal audits.

Session 2:  Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Laboratory Management System

A comprehensive clause-by-clause review of the standard. You will examine its general, structural, resource, process, and management system requirements and learn what constitutes acceptable evidence of conformity in a laboratory setting.

What you'll learn:  Detailed understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and how to evaluate conformity during an internal audit.

Session 3:  ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Documentation

A focused examination of documented information requirements specific to laboratories. Learn the critical differences between management system documents and technical records, and how to audit document control systems.

What you'll learn:  How to verify that laboratory documentation meets ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.

Session 4:  ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Internal Audit Process

This session introduces the complete internal audit cycle, from planning through follow-up. Learn audit methodologies, how to prepare for a laboratory audit, and how to conduct audit activities professionally.

What you'll learn:  How to plan and conduct internal audits of laboratory management systems.

Session 5:  ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Audit Records and Audit Checklist

Audit proceedings and findings must be properly documented. This session covers audit preparation, evidence gathering, audit reporting, and completion with follow-up activities. Learn how to use and adapt a comprehensive audit checklist.

What you'll learn:  How to properly document audit activities and effectively use audit checklists.

Session 6:  Impartiality, Risk Management, Decision Rule and Process Approach

The 2017 revision of ISO/IEC 17025 introduced key changes including impartiality requirements, risk-based thinking, the decision rule, and the process approach. This session examines these concepts and what auditors need to verify.

What you'll learn:  How to evaluate impartiality, risk management, and the application of decision rules during audits.

Session 7:  Basic Concepts and Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty

Measurement uncertainty is central to many testing and calibration activities. This session introduces its fundamentals, when it must be evaluated, and how auditors should assess a laboratory's approach.

What you'll learn:  The basic concepts of measurement uncertainty and what to look for during an audit.

Session 8:  Measurement Uncertainty – Practical Examples

Building on Session 7, this session uses practical examples to help clarify measurement uncertainty concepts. Real-world scenarios illustrate how laboratories calculate and report measurement uncertainty.

What you'll learn:  Practical understanding of measurement uncertainty through worked examples.

Course Materials

The course gives you more than training alone. Its downloadable resources support your learning now and remain useful references for future laboratory audits:

  • Handouts:  140+ pages of downloadable PDF materials covering all eight sessions.
  • Audit checklist:  More than 200 questions organized by ISO/IEC 17025 clause and laboratory department – a practical starting point you can adapt for your own audits.

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for professionals who perform assigned audit activities as members of an ISO/IEC 17025 internal audit team. It is particularly suited to:

  • New and existing internal auditors responsible for auditing laboratory processes, controls, records, and technical activities
  • Laboratory quality managers and accreditation coordinators who conduct or support internal audits and corrective-action follow-up
  • Technical managers, scientists, engineers, and laboratory personnel moving into auditing who need both ISO/IEC 17025 and audit-process knowledge
  • Consultants and supplier or client auditors who evaluate testing and calibration laboratory processes

No previous auditing role is required. The course begins with ISO/IEC 17025 fundamentals before progressing to audit preparation, evidence gathering, reporting, and corrective-action follow-up.

This is the right course if you will perform assigned activities as part of an internal audit team. If you need to plan complete audits, lead audit teams, communicate results to laboratory management, or manage an audit program, choose ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Auditor Training.

Examination

The course includes session assessments and a comprehensive online final examination. All assessments use a multiple-choice format. A score of 60% or higher is required, and unlimited retakes are included at no additional charge.

Certificate of Attainment

After passing the final examination, you receive an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Auditor Certificate of Attainment bearing the Exemplar Global logo. It provides internationally recognized evidence of your professional training and opens a pathway toward relevant Exemplar Global personnel certification.

The certificate also bears the IACET accreditation mark, and the course awards 1.6 IACET CEUs.

Certificate ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Auditor Training

Download your digital certificate directly from your course dashboard to print, share with employers or clients, and add to your LinkedIn profile.

Enrolling Your Audit Team

Training multiple internal auditors for your laboratory or laboratory network? Purchase multiple seats in one transaction and manage enrollment across your organization from a central dashboard.

  1. Select the number of learners using the quantity selector and click “Enroll.” Volume discounts are automatically applied.
  2. Designate a course manager during checkout and complete your purchase.
  3. Your course manager has up to 12 months to enroll the team if learners are not enrolled during purchase. Each learner then receives up to 3 months of access; access ends after the final examination is passed. Extensions are available upon request for an additional fee.

Whether you’re training one internal auditor or building a team to cover your full laboratory scope, the manager dashboard makes it easy to assign seats and track each learner’s progress.

What's Included

Course access, materials, certificate plus manager dashboard for bulk enrollment.

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Self-paced learning – fit the 16-hour program into your schedule without disrupting business.

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Why This Auditor Training Stands Out

Laboratory Audit Focus

Built for Laboratory Auditing
Learn to evaluate competence, impartiality, methods, equipment, traceability, result validity, and management-system controls.

Exemplar Global

Professional Credential
Earn an ISO/IEC 17025 Auditor Certificate of Attainment bearing the Exemplar Global logo, with a pathway toward relevant personnel certification.

Laboratory Audit Checklist

200+ Audit Questions
Use the clause- and department-based checklist during training, then adapt it for audits of your own laboratory.

Measurement Uncertainty

Measurement Uncertainty in Practice
Two dedicated sessions combine the essential concepts with worked examples relevant to testing and calibration.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do I have access to the course?

Once enrolled: You receive up to 3 months of course access. Access ends when you pass the final examination. Extensions are available upon request for an additional fee.

Before enrollment: If the learner is not enrolled during purchase, the course manager has up to 12 months to enroll them.

What is the difference between ISO/IEC 17025 Auditor and Lead Auditor training?

Auditor Training focuses on conducting assigned audit activities as a member of an internal audit team.

Lead Auditor Training adds the skills needed to plan complete audits, lead audit teams, communicate with laboratories and management, report findings, and manage audit programs.

Why does this course include measurement uncertainty?

Measurement uncertainty directly affects the interpretation and reporting of many testing and calibration results. Auditors need enough understanding to evaluate whether a laboratory identifies relevant contributions, uses an appropriate approach, and reports uncertainty when required.

Two sessions combine the underlying concepts with worked examples.

Can I use the audit checklists in my own laboratory?

Yes. The 200+ question checklist is organized by ISO/IEC 17025 clause and laboratory department.

You can adapt it to your laboratory’s scope, methods, equipment, activities, and risks.

What are the prerequisites for this course?

No formal prerequisite is required. Laboratory experience or familiarity with management systems and the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle will help you progress more easily, but the course begins with the necessary ISO/IEC 17025 and auditing foundations.

Is there a money-back guarantee?

Yes. You can evaluate the complete course under our 30-day money-back guarantee.

If it is not right for you, request a full refund within 30 days, provided you have not completed it.

Can we purchase this course for an internal audit team?

Yes. Select the number of seats you need and the applicable volume discount is applied automatically.

Designate a course manager during checkout to enroll learners and track their progress from one dashboard.

Does this course provide a pathway to Exemplar Global personnel certification?

Yes. After passing the final examination, you receive an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Auditor Certificate of Attainment bearing the Exemplar Global logo.

It provides internationally recognized evidence of your professional training and opens a pathway toward relevant Exemplar Global personnel certification.

What will I be able to do after completing this course?

Participate effectively in ISO/IEC 17025 internal audits. You will be prepared to perform assigned audit activities as part of an internal audit team, including preparing for audits, gathering objective evidence, evaluating laboratory processes, documenting findings, and supporting corrective-action follow-up.

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