Technical information on accreditation

Proficiency testing

Information about a proficiency test must identify the activity, the intended participants and the characteristics of the exercise.

What to identify.

Discipline and object of the exercise.
Characteristics, methods and conditions.
Responsible party and scope of the activity.

Read these details together with the responsible entity, the status and the conditions of the reference you are consulting.

The scope gives the result its context.

Compare the activity you need with the activities expressly declared in the scope. A general reference or an image of the document does not allow coverage of other activities or locations to be presumed.

How to read a scope

Technical references and intended use.

The issuing source allows the document and its scope to be consulted. Acceptance for a contract, a tender or a regulation must be checked against the recipient's conditions.

ISO/IEC 17043 · Official ISO record

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