ISO/IEC 17024

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ISO/IEC 17024:2003 is an International Standard which sets out criteria for an organization's certification program for individual persons.

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[edit] ISO/IEC 17024:2003

Released in 2003, ISO/IEC 17024 is designed to harmonize the personnel certification process worldwide,.[1] In the European Union ISO/IEC 17024 replaced EN 45013 (1989), which was published in the UK as BS 7513:1989.

The issues that ISO 17024 tackles can be summarized as:

  • Defining what it is you examine (the competencies)
  • Knowledge, skills and personal attributes
  • Examination must be independent
  • Examination must be a valid test of competence


Where competency is typically described as:

“The demonstrated ability to apply knowledge, skills and attributes”

[edit] Guidance

Each accreditation body provides various levels of guidance around compliance and the implementation of ISO 17024. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the more in-depth references:

[edit] IAR Accreditation Services, LLC (USA)

http://www.iar-online.com/Overview_Personnel_en.html

[edit] American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

[edit] International Accreditation Service (IAS)

[edit] Standards Council Canada (SCC)

[edit] Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAZ-ANZ)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Davies, S: "Easy reference for ISO 17024", Personnel Certification and Training, June 2007

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