Call for Laboratory Equipment Seeding
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa is taking the opportunity of informing its membership and all its associates of a very interesting opportunity which is being offered by Seeding Labs. This US based non-govermental organisation seeks to make a difference in the area of scientific research being conducted at universities. Their Laboratory Access program […]
SANS 17025:2018ED.3 Published
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa is very pleased to advise all members that the latest version of ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories has now been published as a South African National Standard. This version is identical to the ISO/IEC version and can be obtained from SABS […]
Africa Food Safety Workshop
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa is pleased to advise all those who have an interest in Food Testing and related issues that the National Metrology Institute South Africa (NMISA) will be hosting the following workshop. Further details, including registering for the event can be found by clicking on the image below. The updated […]
Pesticides in Fruit – Proficiency Testing Scheme
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa (NLA-SA) is pleased to advise readers that the National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) will conducting a Pesticides in Fruit Proficiency Scheme during 2018. Should you be interested in participating you can find the protocol as well as all the details, including the costs, by clicking on […]
Symposium – Uncertainty of Measurement
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa was extremely pleased to host a very informative day’s symposium at which some of the world’s experts on measurement uncertainty presented both an update on the direction and development of the GUM, as well as some other very interesting related topics. It is not often that such highly […]
Establishing a Gas Flow Laboratory
On Thursday the 17th, September 2015 an extremely successful morning was hosted by the NLA-SA at which the NMISA (National Metrology Institute of South Africa) Gas Flow Lab, headed by Eddie Tarnow explained what are the requirements to establish a commercial gas flow laboratory. This initiative was specially aimed at the requirements for calibrating “bubble […]
NMISA Gas Flow Workshop – REVISED DATE
NB: Further to the post on the 18th July 2015 . Please note; the date for this workshop has been moved to the 17 September 2015. The National Laboratory Association – South Africa (NLA-SA) is pleased to advise that it will be hosting a workshop on behalf of the National Metrology Institute of South Africa […]
NMISA – Gas Flow Workshop
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa (NLA-SA) is pleased to advise that it will be hosting a workshop on behalf of the National Metrology Institute of South Africa on the 1st September 2015 which may be of interest to all calibration laboratories, especially those who are SANAS accredited and would like to consider increasing […]
Job Positions and CV’s
The National Laboratory Association – SA is extremely pleased to announce the availability of a new service for laboratories and laboratory personnel. For many years the NLA-SA has been requested by many of those involved in both Testing as well as Calibration Laboratories to provide an easy to use mechanism to match those seeking employment […]
Reference materials – Needs analysis workshop
The NMISA is hosting a needs analysis workshop in order to help it establish and prioritize its development of Reference Materials for Food and Feed testing. Please click on the image for a larger view. Venue Directions : TheInnovationHub _Map