ACLASS National Environmental Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Accreditation
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NEFAP FSMO accreditation
requirements
The purpose of the National Environmental Field Activities
Program (NEFAP) is to establish and implement an accreditation
program for field sampling and measurement organizations
(FSMOs).
The TNI Standard for FSMOs is modeled after ISO/IEC 17025:2005,
General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
Laboratories. TNI Standard Volume 1 is the FSMO Competency
Standard, which is the same international standard for fixed
laboratories. TNI Standard Volume II is the FSMO Accreditation Body
(AB) Requirements to Accredit FSMOs. The AB Standard is based on
ISO/IEC 17011:2004, Conformity Assessment - General Requirements
for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Conformity Assessment
Bodies.
The TNI standard is intended as an application of ISO/IEC
17025:2005(E). The ISO/IEC clauses are provided in italics with the
additional TNI clauses in normal font. Users of this standard
should make the following substitutions and recognize that the
context may require minor variations to these terms:
Laboratory('s) or Laboratories Field
Sampling and Measurement Organization('s), FSMO(s)
Test and/or calibration
Environmental Sampling and Field Measurement
Tests and/or calibrations
Environmental Sampling and Field Measurement Activities
Unless the contrary is clearly
indicated, all references to singular nouns include the plural
noun, and all references to plural nouns include the singular. Some
clauses in this Standard contain notes. The notes are used to
explain a particular requirement or to provide clarifying examples.
The notes do not supersede or modify requirements of the Standard
and do not convey any additional requirements.
The specific criteria for field sampling and measurement
activities are contained in The NELAC Institute Field Sampling and
Measurement Organization (TNI FSMO) Volume 1, adopted May 1, 2007.
This document is available from The NELAC Institute (TNI), PO Box
2439, Weatherford, TX 76086, 817-598-1624, http://www.nelac-institute.org/.
Contact Roger Muse,
877-344-3044, ext. 202, for more information. For technical
questions, contact Geneva Bowman,
877-344-3044, ext. 205.