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Accreditation

Accreditation brings together testing laboratory accreditation and inspector qualification.

STAauthorityUnion-wide competence

The public purpose

Accreditation brings together testing laboratory accreditation and inspector qualification.

Operational teams

STA.05.01
Testing laboratory accreditation

Accredit a laboratory only for methods and ranges it can independently reproduce.

STA.05.02
Inspector qualification

Recognise inspectors' demonstrated competence for a specified sector and assessment task.

Programme responsibilities

Assessment evidence
Testing laboratory accreditation; Inspector competence recognition
Accountable output
Accreditation integrated programme finding
Programme custodian
Accreditation
Independent review
Union Ombudsman

Requests and referrals

SVC-057
Accredit a calibration laboratory

A reproducible accreditation finding and published competence scope.

INT-007
Publish a shared engineering standard

A versioned standard with bounded scope and transition dates.

INT-018
Publish a federated statistical release

A joint release preserving sparse-community privacy.

Accreditation / division of work

STA.05.01

Testing laboratory accreditation

Accredit a laboratory only for methods and ranges it can independently reproduce.

Accountable output
Testing laboratory accreditation
STA.05.02

Inspector qualification

Recognise inspectors' demonstrated competence for a specified sector and assessment task.

Accountable output
Inspector competence recognition

Authority for accreditation integrated programme finding

Subject-specific assessment
A laboratory extends its badge to an untested analytical method
Shared legal framework
Standards, Time & Measurement Authority / powers
Handling complaint
Union Ombudsman
Contested legal finding
Union Court of Justice

Choose your route

Office output: Accreditation integrated programme finding