3003-ISO/IEC 17024 Webinar 5 - Assessment Methods and Decision-Making Processes
Objective:
To provide insights into the assessment methods and decision-making criteria as per ISO/IEC 17024.
Overview of various assessment methods, ensuring reliability and validity, setting passing standards, and the decision-making process for certification. The role of statistical analysis of materials in assessment will also be discussed.
Your Instructor
Osman Vural has been doing assessments for IAS since 2014. He graduated from Gazi University in Ankara (Ann Kera), Turkey in 1989 as a Civil Engineer.
He began working at the Turkish Standards Institute after finishing his military service. During this time, he became interested in quality management systems and calibration subjects as well.
In 1997, Osman resigned from his position at the Institute and set up his own consulting business. From 1997 to 1999, he served different industry companies as a management systems consultant. He set up Turkey's 11th calibration laboratory at the end of 1999 and started delivering industrial-level calibration services with his team.
At the end of 2006, Osman set up Turkey’s first private accredited personnel certification body, which widened his companies' field of service. Until 2014, he worked on several academic research projects as well. Osman also provided several training courses on quality, calibration, and management systems.
In addition to these duties, Osman became a member of the International Personnel Certification Association (IPC) in 2007. He was elected as a board member in 2010 and was elected the chairman of the association in 2015, serving two consecutive terms. Osman is still a board member of the IPC.
In 2018, Osman was selected as a Peer Evaluator for the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC).