ISO 17020 Training

Training on ISO 17020 will enable personnel to grasp knowledge of this standard to the uttermost and acquire practical skills for implementing its provisions in practice. This is necessary for the most effective and accurate integration of the established requirements into the business processes of a conformity assessment body.

Atestor offers ISO 17020 training in the following formats, allowing you to choose the most convenient option: offline (in-person), with an expert lecturer visiting your place of business, or offline –distance learning. Trainings, seminars and courses are developed taking into account all the relevant requirements of the standard and practical nuances of implementation in the client’s business. They include feedback and consideration of examples from your operations.

The ISO/IEC 17020 standard is a rather complex, comprehensive document that includes requirements for an extensive list of criteria and components of activities of conformity assessment bodies:

  • administrative requirements;
  • requirements for independence, impartiality and credibility;
  • guarantee of confidentiality;
  • arrangement of the management system;
  • quality management;
  • personnel and equipment;
  • inspection procedures and methods;
  • samples handling rules;
  • recording results and reporting;
  • interaction with subcontractors;
  • procedure for handling appeals or complaints;
  • regulation of relationships with other conformity assessment bodies

ISO 17020 training from Atestor will ensure, depending on the category and function of different personnel groups within the organization, understanding and practical acquisition of the necessary skills, comprehensive implementation of the management system and support of the necessary interaction within the organization for the comprehensive, coordinated and complete fulfillment of the specified requirements.

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