Calibration Certificate Review Checklist

Purpose

The review gate completed by the authorised signatory for every certificate before authorisation and release, verifying the certificate against the job file and the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 clauses 7.8.2 and 7.8.4, SOP-18 and SOP-29. A completed checklist is filed in the job file (FRM-42).

What it covers

• Job file and records
• Technical content
• Certificate elements (7.8.2 / 7.8.4)
• Release
• Summary, actions and sign-off

How to complete it

1. 1.The reviewer must be an authorised signatory for the discipline and, where staffing allows, must not be the person who performed the calibration.
2. 2.Review against the worksheet and job file, not from memory; recompute at least one point.
3. 3.Any 'No' must be resolved before authorisation, or the certificate is withheld and the issue handled under SOP-08.
4. 4.Tick each item; record the certificate number and reviewer; file with the job.

Before you use it

• Replace every square-bracket token, starting with [LABORATORY NAME], [ADDRESS] and [EFFECTIVE DATE]. The full token list is in GD-01 Read Me First.
• Have the content technically reviewed against how your laboratory actually works, then approved by the responsible manager before it becomes a controlled document.
• Update the Word fields after editing so the table of contents and page numbers are correct: select all, then press F9.
• Record the document in your own document register and set its review date.

Related documents

• QM-01

  Quality Manual

  Top-level description of the management system against every clause of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

• SOP-18

  Reporting of Results and Calibration Certificates

  Content, review, authorisation, issue and amendment of certificates and reports, including opinions and interpretations.

• SOP-29

  Decision Rules and Statements of Conformity

  Selecting, agreeing, applying and reporting decision rules, guard bands and conformity statements.

• SOP-31

  Use of the Accreditation Symbol and Reference to Accreditation

  Rules for using the accreditation body's symbol and claiming accredited status on certificates and marketing.

• FRM-48

  Certificate Amendment and Reissue Record

  Control of amended, reissued or withdrawn certificates.

• FRM-29

  Calibration Certificate Template

  Certificate layout containing every element required by clause 7.8.2 and 7.8.4.

• CHK-01

  ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Gap Analysis and Self-Assessment

  Clause-by-clause self-assessment with evidence, gap and action columns.

• CHK-02

  UKAS Initial Assessment Preparation Checklist

  Everything to have ready before the pre-assessment and initial assessment visits.