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Why should you attend?
The ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor training enables you to effectively lead a laboratory towards the ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation by enhancing your understanding of the laboratory’s quality, administrative and technical operations. This training course will equip you with the necessary skills and expertise to plan and lead an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation assessment.
Based on practical exercises, you will be able to master the assessment techniques and become competent to assess the compliance of laboratories with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.
After mastering the necessary concepts related to the requirements of this standard, you can sit for the exam and apply for a “PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor” credential. By holding a PECB Lead Assessor Certificate, you will demonstrate that you have the capabilities to assess the competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories to provide reliable results based on best practices.
Who should attend?
- Individuals seeking to perform and lead an accreditation assessment of testing and calibration laboratories
- Managers or consultants seeking to master an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation assessment
- Laboratory technicians responsible for maintaining conformance to ISO/IEC 17025 requirements
- Technical experts seeking to prepare for a testing, sampling and/or calibration laboratory accreditation assessment
- Learn how to interpret the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025
- Understand the operations of testing and calibration laboratories based on ISO/IEC 17025
- Acknowledge the correlation between ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 9001 and other standards and regulatory frameworks
- Understand the assessor’s role in planning, leading, and following-up on assessments and accreditation
- This training is based on both theory and best practices used in the accreditation assessment of testing and calibration laboratories
- Lecture sessions are illustrated with practical questions and examples
- Practice tests are similar to the Final Exam
A fundamental understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 and comprehensive knowledge of assessment principles and techniques.
Day 1: Introduction to Laboratory Management Systems (LMS) and ISO/IEC 17025
Day 2: Principles, preparation and launching of an assessment
Day 3: On-site assessment activities
Day 4: Closing the assessment
Day 5: Final Exam
The “PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor” exam fully meets the requirements of the PECB Examination and Certification Programme (ECP). The exam covers the following competency domains:
Domain 1: Fundamental principles and concepts of a Laboratory Management System (LMS)
Domain 2: Laboratory Management System (LMS)
Domain 3: Fundamental concepts and principles of assessment
Domain 4: Preparation of an ISO/IEC 17025 assessment
Domain 5: Conducting an ISO/IEC 17025 assessment
Domain 6: Closing an ISO/IEC 17025 assessment
Domain 7: Managing an ISO/IEC 17025 internal audit program
For specific information about the exam type, languages available, and other details, please visit the List of PECB Exams and the Examination Rules and Policies.
Upon the successful completion of the exam, you can apply for the credentials shown on the table below. You will receive a certificate once you comply with all requirements related to the selected credential. For more information about ISO/IEC 17025 certifications and the PECB certification process, please refer to the Certification Rules and Policies.
The requirements for PECB Assessor Certifications are:
| Credential | Exam | Professional experience | MS audit/assessment experience | Other requirements |
| PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Provisional Assessor | PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor Exam or equivalent | None | None | Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
| PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Assessor | PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor Exam or equivalent | Two years: One year of work experience in Laboratory Management | Assessment activities: a total of 200 hours | Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
| PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor | PPECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor Exam or equivalent | Five years: Two years of work experience in Laboratory Management | Assessment activities: a total of 300 hours | Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
| PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Senior Lead Assessor | PECB Certified ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor Exam or equivalent | Ten years: Seven years of work experience in Laboratory Management | Assessment activities: a total of 1,000 hours | Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
For more information about the PECB certification process, please refer to Certification Rules and Policies.
- Certification and examination fees are included in the price of the training course
- Training material containing over 450 pages of information and practical examples will be distributed
- An attestation of course completion worth 31 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credits will be issued to the participants who have attended the training course.
- In case of exam failure, you can retake the exam within 12 months free of charge
To access your training, you’ll need a PECB account:
- If you don’t already have one, please register here: https://sso.mypecb.com/Account/Register
- After registering, send us the email address you used along with your full name (Name and Surname) to admissions@cybertech.academy
- Once we receive your details, we will push the training to your account within 12 hours.
Check Language Availability for PECB Trainings and Exams
Before enrolling, you can verify in which languages the PECB training materials and exams are available.
Use the official PECB resources below for the most accurate and up-to-date information.
Official PECB Resources
- Exam Languages (List of PECB Exams):
https://help.pecb.com/index.php/list-of-pecb-exams/ - Training Material Languages (List of PECB Courses):
https://help.pecb.com/index.php/course-version/
How to Use
For Exams:
Visit the List of PECB Exams page and type the ISO standard code (e.g., ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 42001) in the search box.
You can also add a language (e.g., French 9001) to check if the exam is available in that language.
For Trainings:
Visit the List of PECB Courses page to see which training materials are available in specific languages for each course and level (e.g., Foundation, Lead Implementer, Lead Auditor).
Example Searches:
ISO 9001 >> shows all languages available for ISO 9001
ISO 27001 Spanish >> shows Spanish availability for ISO 27001
Important Note:
Exam and training availability may differ.
If an exam is available in a specific language, it does not always mean the training materials are available in the same language.
Please refer to both links above for confirmation.