1. 1 APLAC ISO/IEC 17011 Peer Evaluator Workshop Barry Ashcroft (IANZ) Bangkok, 29 - 31 May 2006

2. 2 Documents for Peer Evaluations ISO/IEC Standards ILACP-seriesG-series IAF Guidance IAF/ILACA-series APLACMR-seriesEAEA-seriesIAACPR/AD-series

3. 3 Documents for Peer Evaluations Primary Document (for APLAC) MR001Procedures for Establishing and Maintaining the APLAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement Amongst Accreditation Bodies Includes Criteria (Section 3) & Processes (all other Sections)

4. 4 Criteria Documents APLAC MR001 calls up … For Accreditation Bodies: (1)  IAF/ILAC A2 (Section 2)  ILAC P1 (Section 5) Which collectively call up (amongst other things) …  ISO/IEC 17011

5. 5 Criteria Documents For Accreditation Bodies: (2)  ILAC-P9 (PT participation)  ILAC-P10 (measurement traceability)  ILAC-G15 (symbol use) – soon to be replaced by ILAC-P8

6. 6 Criteria Documents For Signatory Accreditation Bodies: The mutual recognition arrangements ….  APLAC MR002  ILAC-P5

7. 7 Criteria Documents For Accredited Laboratories:  ISO/IEC 17025 (testing, calibration)  ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO15189 (medical) For Accredited Inspection Bodies:  ISO/IEC 17020  IAF/ILAC A4

8. 8 Criteria Documents For Accredited Reference Material Producers:  ISO Guide 34, in combination with…  ISO/IEC 17025:2005  ISO Guide 31  ISO Guide 35

9. 9 Process Documents: APLAC In order to properly undertake an APLAC evaluation you will need the following documents:  APLAC MR001  IAF/ILAC-A3 (KPIs)  APLAC MR004 (evaluator monitoring)  APLAC MR007 (checklist)

10. 10 Process Documents: Other When undertaking an evaluation of an AB on behalf of other co-operations (as well as APLAC) e.g. IAF, EA, IAAC, NACLA, etc. the following documents may also need to be considered: APLAC  APLAC MR006 (joint evaluations)

11. 11 Process Documents: Other EA  EA-2/02 (MR001 equivalent)  EA-1/01 (the MRA text)  EA-2/05, 2/10, 2/11  EA-3/01, 3/03, 3/08, 3/09, 3/10  EA-4/02, 4/07, 4/16  ILAC-G2(P10), G8, G12, G13, G17, G20

12. 12 Process Documents: Other IAAC  IAAC PR002 (the MR001 equivalent)  IAAC AD009 (the MRA text) NACLA  ??? IAF

13. 13 Evaluation Documents The Accreditation Body under evaluation will also provide you with their own documents for evaluation:  Set A (in MR001)  Set B (in MR001) My Advice:  Buy an extra suitcase;  Bring your credit card for excess baggage allowance

14. 14 Bibliography @ May 2006  See handout provided

15. 15 Thank you again for your attention Questions and Discussion?