Committee Ballot of ISO/IEC 17020

In 2022, ISO voted to revise ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.  Recently, the Committee Draft (or CD) ballot of the revision of ISO/IEC 17020 was completed.

In this webinar, ANAB staff with expertise in ISO/IEC 17020 and direct participation in ISO CASCO Working Group 31 will provide an overview of the CD ballot stage in the overall revision process, and more importantly, the type and extent of changes in the CD version of the standard compared to the current published standard.  This information will provide a general overview of the parts of the standard which could change significantly.  In other words, the CD version of the standard provides some general advanced notice of significant changes for inspection bodies that fulfil the standard as well as those who rely on the standard as effective requirements for competence, consistency and impartiality of inspection bodies.

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Paul Matera, Senior Manager of Accreditation, Inspection, Laboratories, and Related Activities

Paul Matera, ANAB Sr. Accreditation Manager who heads up ANAB’s Inspection Body program, and is a US expert to ISO CASCO WG 31 revising ISO/IEC 17020.  Paul is currently serving as the Chair of the Task Group on Risk in WG 31, and represents ANAB on the ILAC Inspection Committee, as well as other Inspection Committees for other Regional Cooperation Bodies worldwide.  He has over 30 years experience in the inspection field. He will be joined by Keith Mowry, a Sr. Manager in ANAB’s training group, as well as ANAB’s representative on the ANSI International Conformity Assessment Committee (ICAC) – the national mirror committee to ISO CASCO.  He served as ICAC Chair for over 20 years and has over 30 years experience with ISO Standards & Guides for conformity assessment. Together they will provide an update on the revision to ISO/IEC 17020:2012.