ISO/IEC 17024:2003
Released in 2003, ISO/IEC 17024 is designed to harmonize the personnel certification process worldwide. In the European Union ISO/IEC 17024 replaced EN 45013 (1989), which was published in the UK as BS 7513:1989.
The issues that ISO 17024 tackles can be summarized as
- Defining what it is you examine (the competencies)
- Knowledge, skills and personal attributes
- Examination must be independent
- Examination must be a valid test of competence
where competency is typically described as “the demonstrated ability to apply knowledge, skills and attributes”.
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