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14 Sep 2005
UK Weighing Federation members are facing a strict external audit to ensure they are following their own Code of Practice for the calibration of non-automatic weighing instruments (NAWI).
Members’ compliance with the Code is mandatory and its introduction has been welcomed by a number of trade associations and individual customers. The audit will include a visit to the member's premises, an examination of the documentation and records, a review of the operational procedures and an assessment of the control of the test equipment.
Introduced in January 1997, the Calibration Code of Practice provides a calibration traceable to national/international standards, which will provide the level of accuracy and traceability required by customers whose Quality System is in accordance with the ISO 9000 series of standards. Under the scheme, members will have to demonstrate that they are following all the provisions of the Code.
The Code, which is reviewed regularly, lays down standards of competence that members have to meet when providing calibration services for their customers, and provides recommendations on the tests to be performed, together with required accuracy limits. It sets out the procedures for the calibration of weighing equipment, the selection of personnel and test equipment that should be used and the methods of recording the calibration results.
It also requires that members undertake training programmes.
