ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - Awareness

FSMQC offers ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - Awareness as a separate awareness course. Participants study the subject modules below and apply them through the selected training track. Completion of one track does not automatically award the other tracks.
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Catalogue code: I06-A. Contact FSMQC to confirm the course dates, entry requirements, delivery language and applicable assessment route.

Explain the factors affecting a trustworthy result and identify a missing technical record. Complete a knowledge check and a laboratory scenario.

Laboratory managers, technical personnel and quality staff. FSMQC confirms course readiness, language and learner support needs before enrolment.

Module 1. Impartiality and laboratory scope
Explain impartiality, confidentiality, agreed work and the laboratory’s defined activities. Identify pressures that may affect results and the responsibilities for maintaining reliable service.
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Module 2. People, facilities and equipment
Evaluate competence and authorisation, environmental conditions, equipment suitability and metrological traceability. Explain why calibration status alone does not establish fitness for a particular measurement.
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Module 3. Methods and technical records
Distinguish method verification and validation, consider sampling and handling, measurement uncertainty and reporting. Maintain enough technical detail to understand how a result was produced.
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Module 4. Validity and improvement
Explain quality control, proficiency testing where appropriate, review of results and nonconforming work. Connect internal audit, complaints, corrective action and management review to reliable operation.

FSMQC uses instructor-led explanation, guided discussion and course-specific applied practice.
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A fictional laboratory result released despite an unresolved equipment suitability issue. Use an FSMQC authored, fictional case with sufficient facts and records for independent learner work.
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Learning resources: Sample register, method record, equipment history, QC results and report template. Provide a learner explanation, agenda, authorised reference access, exercise instructions and feedback.
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Assessment: A knowledge check and a workplace scenario response assess understanding and individual responsibilities. FSMQC course completion does not confer ISO certification, registered auditor status or accreditation. The licensed reference and applicable amendments control delivery.

Training centre opening hours: Monday-Friday, 08:00-17:00. International venue times are local and confirmed before booking.
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Daily sessions are arranged within the opening hours, with up to 7.5 learning hours and 1.5 hours of breaks on a full day. Shorter courses and final days finish once the required learning and assessment hours are complete.
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Catalogue duration reference: 8 scheduled hours / 1 day. Required contact/learning hours are retained; scheduled days may be adjusted. Total qualification time and independent study are not automatically classroom hours.
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2026 proposed cohort 1: 24 Aug 2026, 25 Aug 2026. Venue: Manchester, UK (venue to confirm).
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Dates before 23 October 2026 are historical planning entries, not confirmation of completed delivery. Contact FSMQC for current availability and written confirmation before making travel arrangements.
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Other eligible locations may be requested in UAE, UK, Australia or Egypt, subject to course-specific delivery approval and venue availability.

Contact FSMQC for current course fees and a written quotation. The quotation confirms dates, delivery language, learning materials, assessment arrangements and applicable charges before enrolment.