ISO 17025:2017: Design of the New Calibration Certificate

Abstract

ISO/IEC 17025:2017 will be published by end of 2017. New requirement of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 e.g. is the statement of conformity. It is expected that most of the customers sending in test & measurement equipment for calibration ask for the statement of conformity. If the calibration order does not contain the technical specification of the item; the calibration lab has to deal with the customer to receive the specification required, and the calibration lab will send back with the price quotation the specification of a routine calibration. As ISO/IEC 17025:20177 does not require the print out of the calibration certificate, but needs to be signed, an electronic signature within an unchangeable electronic document has to fulfill all of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. German armed Forces with NATO partners developed the standard ALogP-33.1 and the national defense standard VG 96910, which are in line with ISO 17025:2017. Statement of conformity should be in accordance with ILAC-G8:2009-03. The presentation will show the concept of this standard, the way of setting up technical specifications (according to ISO 10012 with metrological confirmation) and also discuss problems that arose in getting the standard into service.