Course Instructor

TBA

Course Schedule

12 - 16 Oct 2026
8AM - 3PM

Course Fee

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Course Duration

5 Days

Location

DUBAI, UAE

Course Description

This practical, intensive and highly interactive ISO 17025 Lead Auditor training course is designed to develop delegates’ auditing skills to conduct Quality Management System (QMS) audits against the ISO 17025 requirements, in order to promote the role of audits within the management system programme and the role of auditors in supporting laboratory compliance and competency improvements; to objectively assess compliance of laboratories to meet accreditation body requirements; and to fulfil the training requirements to register as an CQI and IRCA 17025 Lead Auditor. This five day ISO 17025 Lead Auditor training course is designed to equip delegates with an in-depth knowledge of the requirements and principles of QMSs and how ISO 17025 is incorporated into the overall quality system. It is based around the new structure of ISO 17025:2017, aligned with other conformity assessment standards as well as the process approach and risk-based thinking from ISO 9001:2015.Completion of this training course provides laboratory/quality practitioners and systems auditors with the understanding and skills necessary to professionally audit a laboratory management system.

Course Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:

  • Get amiliarize with ISO/IEC17025:2017Laboratory Accreditation principles.
  • Understand the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle of standard requirements.
  • Familiarize yourself with the high-level structure and the framework of the laboratory management system.
  • Understand the ISO/IEC17025:2017 requirements clauses and sub-clauses.​
  • Understand organizational issues and context of the organization.
  • Know about leadership, planning, and support clauses.
  • Know about technical requirements in testing and calibration laboratories.
  • Know about the operation and performance evaluation clauses.
  • Understand how improvement can be achieved in the laboratory and learn to audit with real-time audit example.
  • Understand, maintain and retain documented information list.
  • Get the knowledge of external auditing and use of audit checklist.
  • Understand the processes involved in auditing, including opening meeting and closing meeting and requirements of ISO 17011 for auditing of management system standards.
  • Know about the types of auditing and questioning techniques.
  • Understand how to prepare and maintain internal audit records.
  • Understand the new concepts of risk management and risk evaluation techniques.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for ISO 17025 Implementation Teams, QA Assessors, Quality Managers, Laboratory Supervisor, Managers, Internal Auditors, Project Managers, Quality Executives and ISO 9001 Auditors.

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by the participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage. Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • 40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts, and Approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skills and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction​

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as a reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods, and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why EdTech?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.