Managing Proficiency Testing

Laboratory and Quality Management|3 days|Classroom or live online

This programme is for the person accountable for the work rather than the person doing it. It covers non-conformance management and root cause analysis from the position of someone who must review, approve and answer for the output. Managers carry this because an accreditation finding can stop a laboratory trading in a way no other quality failure does, and the accountability does not delegate cleanly. Delegates leave able to work confidently with proficiency testing, laboratory safety and laboratory design in their own organisation.

What delegates leave able to do

Bring proficiency testing into line with current good practice, measured against ISO 9001
Improve laboratory safety within their own organisation
Make a decision about laboratory design without waiting for a specialist
Review method validation and say plainly whether it is working

What the course covers

Non-conformance management
Root cause analysis
Proficiency testing
Laboratory safety
Laboratory design
Method validation
Measurement uncertainty

Who should attend

laboratory managers
laboratory technicians
internal auditors in laboratories
technical signatories
analytical chemists

Fees

South Africa	R13 000
Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf	USD 1 500
Live online	USD 900

Per delegate, for the full 3 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

23 to 25 Nov 2026	Cape Town	R13 000
11 to 13 Jan 2027	Accra	USD 1 500
15 to 17 Feb 2027	Johannesburg	R13 000
29 to 31 Mar 2027	Pretoria	R13 000
3 to 5 May 2027	Lusaka	USD 1 500
21 to 23 Jun 2027	Durban	R13 000
2 to 4 Aug 2027	Online	USD 900
30 Aug to 1 Sep 2027	Pretoria	R13 000
4 to 6 Oct 2027	Johannesburg	R13 000
15 to 17 Nov 2027	Pretoria	R13 000

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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