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A laboratory does not achieve accreditation by collecting procedures. Its system must support competent personnel, appropriate methods, suitable equipment, metrological traceability, controlled conditions, reliable technical records, and results that customers can trust.
This online Implementer course shows you how to coordinate that work. You will learn to interpret ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for your laboratory's scope, translate its requirements into workable processes and documented information, address impartiality and risk, establish controls for technical activities, and manage the project through accreditation readiness. Sample documents help you apply the lessons without beginning with a blank page.
The course is entirely online and self-paced. After passing the included examination, you receive an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Lead Implementer Certificate of Attainment.
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An effective implementer translates ISO/IEC 17025 requirements into a practical system that supports competent work, consistent laboratory activities, and valid results. You will learn to:
Ten focused sessions take you from ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and documented information through decision rules, risk, management review, measurement uncertainty, and accreditation preparation. The course includes:
Session 1: Overview of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Laboratory Management System
An introduction to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard – its purpose, scope, and importance for testing and calibration laboratories. You'll understand what accreditation means, why it matters for demonstrating technical competence, and how the 2017 revision strengthened requirements around risk-based thinking, impartiality, and decision rules.
What you'll learn: The role of ISO/IEC 17025 in demonstrating laboratory competence and supporting global acceptance of results.
Session 2: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Requirements
A comprehensive clause-by-clause review of the standard. You will examine its general, structural, resource, process, and management system requirements and learn how to translate them into laboratory practices that support accreditation.
What you'll learn: Detailed understanding of all ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and how to translate them into practical laboratory processes.
Session 3: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Documented Information
A focused examination of documented information requirements specific to laboratories. Learn the critical differences between management system documents and technical records, and how to establish proper document control systems.
What you'll learn: How to develop and control laboratory documentation that meets ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.
Session 4: Summary of Changes in ISO/IEC 17025:2017
The 2017 revision introduced significant changes including impartiality requirements, risk-based thinking, the decision rule, and the process approach. This session examines these key changes and what they mean for laboratory implementation.
What you'll learn: The key differences between the 2005 and 2017 versions and how to address new requirements during implementation.
Session 5: Decision Rule
Decision rules describe how measurement uncertainty is accounted for when stating conformity with a specified requirement. This session explains how to establish and document decision rules for your laboratory.
What you'll learn: How to develop and apply decision rules for statements of conformity in test and calibration reports.
Session 6: Risk and Opportunity
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 applies risk-based thinking throughout the laboratory system. This session explains how to identify and address risks to impartiality, the validity of results, and consistent operations.
What you'll learn: How to integrate risk management into laboratory processes and document risk-based decisions.
Session 7: Management Review for the Laboratory Management System
Management review is a strategic requirement of ISO/IEC 17025. This session explains how to plan, conduct, and document management reviews that evaluate the laboratory management system's continuing suitability and effectiveness.
What you'll learn: How to establish an effective management review process that satisfies accreditation requirements.
Session 8: Basic Concepts and Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty
Measurement uncertainty is central to many testing and calibration activities. This session introduces its fundamental concepts, sources of uncertainty, when it must be evaluated, and the basics of establishing a suitable approach.
What you'll learn: The basic concepts of measurement uncertainty and how to approach evaluation in a laboratory setting.
Session 9: Measurement Uncertainty – Practical Examples (Testing)
Building on Session 8, this session uses practical testing examples to illustrate how measurement uncertainty is calculated and reported. Real-world scenarios help clarify what can be a complex topic.
What you'll learn: Practical application of measurement uncertainty concepts through worked examples.
Session 10: Steps for Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017
The final session examines the complete accreditation pathway, from initial gap analysis through to the accreditation assessment. Learn about project planning, documentation development, and selection of an accreditation body.
What you'll learn: A practical roadmap for achieving ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for your laboratory.
The course gives you more than instruction alone. Its downloadable resources help you apply the lessons and avoid beginning your laboratory system with a blank page:
This course is designed for professionals responsible for building, coordinating, or improving an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory management system. It is particularly suited to:
No previous implementation role is required. The course begins with ISO/IEC 17025 fundamentals before progressing to documented information, technical controls, measurement uncertainty, project planning, and accreditation preparation.
This is the right course if your responsibility is to establish or improve the laboratory management system. If your primary role is evaluating it, choose ISO/IEC 17025 Auditor Training or ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Auditor Training.
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.
After passing the final examination, you receive an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Lead Implementer Certificate of Attainment documenting successful completion of the training and assessment. The certificate bears the IACET accreditation mark, and the course awards 2.4 IACET CEUs.
Download your digital certificate directly from your course dashboard to print, share with employers or clients, and add to your LinkedIn profile.
Preparing an implementation team to build or improve your laboratory management system? Purchase multiple seats in one transaction and manage enrollment across your organization from a central dashboard.
Whether you’re training a single laboratory manager or building a team across multiple facilities, the manager dashboard makes it easy to assign seats and track each learner’s progress.
Course access, materials, certificate plus manager dashboard for bulk enrollment.
Self-paced learning – fit the 24-hour program into your schedule without disrupting business.
Instructor access and technical support whenever you need assistance.
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Nigel Farnsworth
March 3, 2025
Content was decent but the platform kept freezing during critical audit simulation exercises. The risk evaluation techniques were useful for our calibration lab, but the ...
Sarah Chen
November 8, 2024
Perfect for our food testing lab's transition from ISO 9001 to 17025. The PDCA cycle explanations were brilliant, and the decision rules section saved us ...
Practical Laboratory Implementation
Translate ISO/IEC 17025 into workable responsibilities, technical controls, documented information, and improvement processes.
Built for Accreditation Readiness
Connect technical competence, impartiality, equipment, methods, records, and corrective action in a system assessors can evaluate.
Adaptable Sample Documents
Use the included manual, procedures, forms, risk assessment, and management-review example instead of beginning with a blank page.
Technical Topics Made Practical
Dedicated sessions explain decision rules, risk, and measurement uncertainty through practical laboratory examples.
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.
Yes. The course covers the complete implementation pathway and prepares you to coordinate the project, translate ISO/IEC 17025 requirements into laboratory processes, establish documented information and technical controls, engage laboratory personnel, and guide the laboratory toward accreditation readiness.
Adaptable laboratory-system examples. The course includes:
They directly affect how many laboratory results are interpreted and reported. Measurement uncertainty must be evaluated when applicable, while decision rules define how uncertainty is considered when a laboratory makes a statement of conformity.
Implementers need to establish suitable processes for both when they apply.
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 foundations.
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.
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.
After passing the final examination, you receive a digital ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Lead Implementer Certificate of Attainment.
It documents successful completion of the training and assessment, bears the IACET accreditation mark, and can be downloaded, printed, and added to your LinkedIn profile. The course awards 2.4 IACET CEUs.
Implementer Training focuses on establishing, documenting, and improving the laboratory management system.
Auditor Training focuses on evaluating whether that system conforms to ISO/IEC 17025 and supports competent, consistent laboratory activities. Choose this course when your primary responsibility is building or coordinating the system.
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