Implementation of ISOIEC 17025

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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025
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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

• BRIEF HISTORY
• 1953 Company formed by Plessey
• 1960 Air Registration Board / Ministry of
  Aviation accredited
• 1982 NATLAS accredited, later NAMAS then UKAS
  (No. 0141)

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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

• BRIEF HISTORY (contd)
• 1993 Purchased former BT Test Lab at Bearley
  (also UKAS accredited)
• 1994 Purchased former Westal lab at Swindon
  (non-accredited)
• 1994 Gained UKAS accreditation for calibration

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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

• BRIEF HISTORY (contd)
• 1998 Three manuals combined (all addressing
  M10)
• July 1999 1377 Group formed (Bearley and
  Swindon)
• Jan 2001 0141 Group formed following purchase
  of Havant facility
• July 2002 Both merged as 0141 Group

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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

• IMPLEMENTATION
• Dec 1999 ISO/IEC 17025 1999 published
• April 2000 UKAS workshop
• May 2000 Assessment visit 1377 Group
• Sep 2000 Assessment visit 0141/0369
• 2005 Update to ISO/IEC 17025 2005

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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

• ACTIONS
• No changes to documentation prior to assessment
• Several Cat 1s raised to reflect requirements of
  ISO/IEC 17025
• All cleared at first attempt
• Sister companies world-wide took much longer!

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Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

• ISSUES
• Inconsistency between Accreditation Bodies (e.g.
  UKAS, DAR A2LA)
• Inconsistency between Assessors and between
  sites
• Multiple UKAS Accreditations requires duplication
  of effort
• Tie-up between ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025.

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Contact Details

• Tony Pither
• Quality Manager
• Octagon House, Concorde Way, Segensworth North,
  Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5RL, United Kingdom
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email tpither_at_tuvps.co.uk