Proficiency Testing Australia

CCATM China – PTA present...

Philip Briggs, PTA General Manager will be attending the Fifteenth CSM Conference and Exhibition on Analysis & Testing of Materials in Beijing, China on 13 - 15 September 2010. The conference proceedings includes events on the monitoring of quality for metallurgy manufacturing and its products. A paper will be presented titled PTA Proficiency Testing for Non-Destructive Testing Laboratories. Full Story

Soils Proficiency Testing...

Proficiency Testing Australia (PTA) conducted a survey of companies involved in the Soils Construction Material Testing proficiency testing program.

The survey was conducted in February - March 2010 by PTA's Quality - Business Development Manager, Frances Ward. Download to read the full survey report.

How confident are you of your testing and measurement results?

Proficiency testing is a means of assessing the ability of laboratories to competently perform specific tests and measurements.

Proficiency Testing Australia is a subsidiary of the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia.

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Programs PTA offers

PTA offers Testing Programs involving the distribution of sub-samples of a material for testing by participating laboratories, Measurement Programs involving the circulation of a measurement artefact among a group of laboratories or a single laboratory, and customised programs, for industry organisations.

For Testing Programs, a laboratory’s performance is normally a comparison to consensus values calculated from the results submitted.

For Calibration Programs, laboratory results are compared to values established by a reference laboratory, taking into account measurement uncertainties.

Confidentiality

All information supplied by a laboratory as part of a proficiency testing program is treated as confidential.

Training and consultancy

PTA provides training courses and consultancy services on proficiency testing and statistical applications.