WEBINAR

What Is Metrology?

Have you ever considered what metrology is? What a metrologist does? How metrology affects your laboratory or business? Metrology is so much more than “calibration” or “metrological traceability.” Watch this free webinar and learn about:

  • Metrology in everyday life
  • Metrology in business
  • Metrology in industry
  • Traceability and uncertainty

Who Should Watch?

Anyone involved in quality in their industry- including, but not limited to, personnel involved in quality control and quality assurance, engineers, technicians and analysts, testing or calibration laboratory personnel, forensic scientists, healthcare professionals, legal and regulatory professionals, and anyone interested in a career requiring analysis, precision and attention to detail.

Audience Questions

At the end of the webinar, questions were asked by the webinar’s attendees. These included:

  • Could you define metrology? Is it more than just calibration?
  • How does metrology translate to my equipment?
  • What is the best way to approach and uncertainty budget?
  • What are requirements from ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for laboratory developed methods?
  • How often should instruments be calibrated and what factors determine this?
  • How long can I extend the validity of calibration?
  • What is the impact of impartiality in legal metrology?
  • Was it a real of thumb to always convert the measurement result to SI unit?
  • How would you address a drift in a temperature sensor?
  • How do you perform the intermediate verification of calibrated equipment? Must the personnel who perform intermediate checks be certified with some standard?
  • On which type of equipment is intermediate verification of laboratory equipment allowed?
  • If your digital reference thermometer is calculated in Celsius and you have a liquid-in-gas thermometer in Fahrenheit, can you use the reference thermometer that is calibrated only in Celsius and not in Fahrenheit?
  • Which interpolation technique is best for deadweight testers?
  • Is it okay to express the uncertainty of measurement in scientific notation?

Presenter

Randy Long, Associate Director of Accreditation

Randy Long, Associate Director of Accreditation at ANAB, has a wide variety of calibration experiences; as a technician, lab supervisor, and lab manager since 1986, quality manager, technical manager, trainer, and technical writer since 1992, and assessor, accreditation manager, and associate director since 2009.

At ANAB, Randy manages calibration laboratories and EMC testing laboratories where his duties consist of assessment team allocation, assessment package review, assessor evaluation and training, laboratory assessment, internal auditing, and participating in the Accreditation Council (AC). Randy is a qualified assessor for ISO/IEC 17020 (Inspection), ISO/IEC 17025 (Calibration/Testing), ISO 17043 (Reference Materials), ISO/IEC 17043 (PT Providers). Randy is also an ISO/IEC 17011 evaluator for APAC and IAAC peer evaluations of other ABs.

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