Training and Certification

12-6 The Main Elements of a Point-of-Care Testing Training Program 

Patient preparation required—relevance of diurnal variation 

Sample requirement and specimen collection Preparation of analytical device— machine and/or consumables Performance of test Performance of quality control Documentation of test result and quality control result Reporting of test result to appropriate personnel Interpretation of result and sources of advice Health and safety issues e.g disposal of sample and test device, cleaning of machine and test area) 

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Training and Certification Using Eddy-Current Simulators on the Internet. 

Edcfy-cufrent NDT inspections using spatial data (sampled scans) ha >e many benefits. They separate the two conflicting aspects of an inspection scanning and signal interpretation. An instrument/display (client/server) based NDT inspection based on sampled scan data aides in the training and certification of inspectors. It can be used over the Internet or in-house Intranet networks to train or examine inspectors at multiple or remote sites. This saves travel time and resources as defects, instrumentation and teaching can all be consolidated Samples can be maintained and distributed from a central certification body providing more control andflexibility. 

Addresses the instruction, training and certification of drivers of road vehicles used for the carriage of dangerous goods. 

The National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) in the USA has a comprehensive process for the training and certification of painting inspectors. The following are their typical duties ... 

Ensure proper training and certification of all personnel in institutions who administer chemotherapeutic agents. 

Human error is the most frequent cause of the loss of containment. Training and certification of personnel on critical procedures are permanent considerations. Also some other inherent safety principles, like ease of control, making status clear, tolerance and making incorrect assemply impossible, come into play here. 

Once active, you must meet further requirements to maintain active status. These include completion of technician-level training and certification in hazardous material (hazmat) operations. In addition, after becoming a member, you must also attend a minimum of 50% of all drills conducted by F.A.S.T. and go to at least one F.A.S.T. conference. You may qualify for alternative credit for drills by proving previous experience in actual hazmat emergency response. 

Quality assurance includes all the quality controls, the generation of expectations (acceptance limits) from the quality controls, plus a great number of other activities, such as (1) analyst training and certification (2) data review and evaluation (3) preparation of final reports of analysis (4) information given to clients about tests that are needed to fulfill regulatory requirements (5) use of the... 

EN473 Training and certification of personnel for nondestructive testing (including leak test) 7/93... 

Joint training and certification of FDA PAT review, inspection, and compliance... 

The common VOCs observed in the SPME-GC headspace analysis of the explosive samples were presented individually, and combined, to previously trained and certified explosive detection canines that previously had only encountered actual explosives in training and certification. Chemicals that illicit a response from certified explosive detection canines can be considered explosive odorants, whereas chemicals to which canines do not alert may be considered as inactive VOCs. It should be noted that an inactive VOC might still have the potential to enhance the response by a canine to known odorants. In addition, inactive VOCs for the canines tested might be odorants to other canines trained in different ways and with different target materials. Finally, inactive VOCs might be useful target vapor chemicals for instrumental detectors. 

If costs for training and certification are high, certification schemes may act as a preventive measure by discouraging the use of a particular product or process. 

Under FIFRA, the states have been given responsibility for training and certification of pesticide applicators. Moreover, under Section 24c of FIFRA, a state can register a pesticide for special local needs provided the intended use is not different from a use approved by EPA, the EPA sees no imminent health hazard in the use, and a tolerance for the pesticide has been established on the crop. 

The scope of the transfer should be provided with respect to what laboratories and analysts are affected by the transfer. In some cases, direct analyst-to-analyst transfer might be necessary due to method complexity or the use of new or unfamiliar equipment. In the case of automated methods, transfer from specific robots or workstations in R D to comparable systems within operations would need to be performed. The subject of analyst training and certification will be discussed later in this chapter. 

Regulated background security, training, and certification requirements for transportation companies and operators... 

Operator training and certification requirements production related tasks... 

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