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Module 2 of 5 · ISO 17025 · Section 2

Resource requirements

The lab needs competent staff, suitable facilities and calibrated, traceable equipment to guarantee reliable results.

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Personnel

Staff competence based on demonstrated education, training, experience and skills, with specific authorization for each activity.

Facilities and environmental conditions

Environmental conditions that don't invalidate results, monitored and logged where relevant to the method.

Equipment and metrological traceability

Equipment calibration and verification with traceability to national or international standards.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • Staff competence and authorization records
  • An environmental conditions log where applicable
  • An equipment calibration schedule with metrological traceability
  • Verification records between calibrations

How to cover resources in Kimobox

  1. 1Log each technician's competence and authorization in the employee portal.
  2. 2Set up the equipment calibration schedule with automatic alerts.
  3. 3Document the environmental conditions relevant to each method.

Every equipment calibration warns you before it lapses, with its metrological traceability linked.

See Kimobox's employee portal

Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

  1. ISO/IEC 17025:2017 — General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories ISO/IEC · November 2017
  2. Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion ENAC · Official portal
  3. ISO/IEC 17000:2020 — Conformity assessment. Vocabulary ISO/IEC · 2020 ed.