According to the work program of 2012, the Macedonian Association of laboratories MAKLAB has organized a two day training with the theme of “Application of the standard МКС EN ISO/IEC 17025:2006 for testing and calibration laboratories”.

The training took place in the Training center of IAEM on 04th and 5th of July 2012. The training was organized in order to enable the interested laboratories to familiarize themselves with the standard МКС EN ISO/IEC 17025:2006 and its application in testing and calibration laboratories.The training was organized with the principle of training course, where participants through lectures, practical exercises and exchange of experiences have gained new and upgraded their previous knowledge of:

– management demands according to point 4 of the standard and
– technical demands according to point 5 of the standard

Lecturers of the training were Mr. Trpe Ristovski – director of IARM, Mr.. Dragan Veleveski – manager of the sector for accreditation of calibration laboratories, Ms. Anita Talaja Borota – manager of the sector for accreditation of testing laboratories and Mr. Vladimir Janevski – coordinator for accreditation of the laboratories as most competitive in regards of the presentation of demands of the standard 17025.

Participants of this training were students of testing and calibration laboratories of many areas that is ultimate indicator of the interest for this type of training. After the end of the training the participants received Certificates for successfully completing this training.