Fundamentals of Sample Management

Laboratory and Quality Management|2 days|Classroom or live online

Fundamentals of Sample Management is built for delegates who need to be useful in this area quickly. It starts at first principles and works through sample handling and chain of custody and quality management systems without assuming prior specialist training. The programme exists because quality managers are often appointed from the bench without management training, and because capability in this area is usually built on the job with no structure behind it. Delegates leave able to work confidently with technical record keeping, equipment calibration and internal auditing in their own organisation.

What delegates leave able to do

Put technical record keeping on a footing they can defend to a reviewer, measured against SANAS accreditation requirements
Bring equipment calibration into line with current good practice
Take ownership of internal auditing rather than escalating it
Improve proficiency testing within their own organisation

What the course covers

Sample handling and chain of custody
Quality management systems
Technical record keeping
Equipment calibration
Internal auditing
Proficiency testing
Supplier qualification

Who should attend

laboratory managers
technical signatories
quality assurance officers
quality managers

Fees

South Africa	R10 000
Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf	USD 1 100
Live online	USD 900

Per delegate, for the full 2 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.

Scheduled dates

12 to 13 Oct 2026	Windhoek	USD 1 100
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Pretoria	R10 000
25 to 26 Jan 2027	Cape Town	R10 000
1 to 2 Mar 2027	Harare	USD 1 100
12 to 13 Apr 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000
17 to 18 May 2027	Cape Town	R10 000
21 to 22 Jun 2027	Windhoek	USD 1 100
19 to 20 Jul 2027	Port Louis	USD 1 100
30 to 31 Aug 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000
11 to 12 Oct 2027	Lagos	USD 1 100
15 to 16 Nov 2027	Online	USD 900

Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.

How to book

Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.

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