Summary
In short
- A laboratory skills training is a training used in KnowTrain that covers sampling technique, aseptic handling, method following and how to report an out of specification result. It is built against ISO 17025 cl.6.2 and forms part of the Laboratory and Testing programme.
- Delivered to laboratory staff. Run by the laboratory lead.
- The template holds 50 fields across 7 sections, with attendance repeating for each entry.
- Scoring is knowledge check score, where high is good.
- ISO 17025 is testing and calibration laboratory competence. What a laboratory must demonstrate to be accredited for the tests it reports.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Sample log, Method verification.
What it is
What it is
What is a laboratory skills training?
A laboratory skills training is a training used in KnowTrain that covers sampling technique, aseptic handling, method following and how to report an out of specification result. It is built against ISO 17025 cl.6.2 and forms part of the Laboratory and Testing programme.
When is a laboratory skills training completed?
A laboratory skills training is completed when someone joins, changes role, or their competency is due to expire. Delivered to laboratory staff.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This training is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this training covers has occurred, or is about to
- The workspace is being set up, or the register needs an entry added or retired
- You are running the Laboratory and Testing programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links sample log, method verification
Not for
- Good Manufacturing Practice Training, which covers hygiene, clothing, jewellery, personal habits and behaviour in production areas.
- HACCP Training, which covers hazard analysis, critical control points, monitoring and corrective action.
- Allergen Awareness Training, which covers which allergens are handled, how cross contact happens and what changeover requires.
- Anything outside KnowTrain, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 17025Testing and calibration laboratory competence
What a laboratory must demonstrate to be accredited for the tests it reports.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the laboratory skills training template based on?+
It is built against ISO 17025 cl.6.2. ISO 17025 is testing and calibration laboratory competence. What a laboratory must demonstrate to be accredited for the tests it reports. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the laboratory skills training contain?+
There are 7 sections: header, content covered, delivery quality, practical, attendance, knowledge check, outcome. Together they hold 50 fields, 44 of which are required.
How many laboratory skills training records should we have?+
This is a singleton. One record per workspace, set up once and maintained, rather than one per event. Other templates refer back to it.
Which programme does the laboratory skills training belong to?+
It is part of Laboratory and Testing, Statutory Safety Training. Results you can defend, and retesting governed by a protocol written before the retest.
How is a laboratory skills training scored?+
Scoring is knowledge check score. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the laboratory skills training template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the laboratory skills training library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowTrain — training and credentials. Induction, competency, toolbox talks, refreshers and expiry tracking.
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Sources
- ISO 17025 — Testing and calibration laboratory competence
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization