Course Overview

In today’s highly competitive market environment, where fast and reliable laboratory results play an important role in decision making and process control, it is of paramount importance that laboratory personnel are adequately trained on the fundamental principles of laboratory operation.This training course will assist in keeping up to date with current laboratory operation principles and international guidelines, while at the same time stressing the importance of and providing valuable advice on the most critical areas of testing laboratories operation.These will include, but not be limited to, the areas of method development and method validation, environmental conditions, equipment maintenance and control, quality assurance of test results, measurement uncertainty and sample traceability, personnel training, internal audits, proactive/preventive actions and root

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the trainees will be aware and understanding of the following:

• Define the role and objectives of their laboratory within an organization
• Understand the importance of quality control
• Develop their skills in method development and method validation
• Improve their skills in the area of equipment maintenance and operation
• Realize the need for data control and method documentation
• Understand the concept of traceability within laboratory activities
• Be able to raise Corrective/Preventive actions and subsequent root cause analysis
• Perfect their skills in conducting Internal Audits and Management Reviews

Course Contents

Module (01) Personnel skills

• Understand the importance of quality control in Production laboratory.
• Perfect laboratory personnel skills in conducting Internal Audits.
• Develop laboratory personnel skills in method development and method validation.
• Improve laboratory personnel skills in the area of equipment maintenance and operation.

 Module (02) Basic Safety Provisions

• Health and safety considerations/Emergency response team
• Chemicals handling and storage
• Ventilation and air conditioning requirements

 Module (03) Method Development

• In-house developed versus Standard versus Rapid-screening methods
• Analytical method validation and verification
• Method documentation and assuring traceability – control of data
• Method Quality Control (QC) – use of reference materials (CRMs)
• Internal/external QC
• Introduction to Uncertainty of Measurement (UoM)/Legal implications

 Module (04) Laboratory Accreditation

• Introduction to Laboratory Accreditation
• Management requirements of accreditation bodies
• Internal audits
• Corrective/preventive actions – root cause analysis
• Management reviews
• Technical requirements of accreditation, including sampling activities

 Module (05) Analytical Chemistry

• Analysis of Water
• pH acidity and alkalinity
• Turbidity
• Total Solids (TS)
• Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
• Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
• Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
• Organic contaminants
• Toxic Organic Compounds
• Radioactive contaminants
• Microorganisms (SRB )
• Nutrients
• Chloride
• Sulfite
• Oil and Water

 Module (06) Standard Solution & Calibration

• Standard Solution
• Type of Standard Solution:
  • Primary & Secondary
• Preparation, Handling, and Storage of standard Solution
• Calibration, and Standardization:
  • Understand, use, maintain and troubleshoot
  • Instruments Calibration and Traceability
  • Calibration work instructions
  • Calibration Procedures, Certificate, and Documentation
  • Reference Standard Materials
  • Correction of errors and improving Blank