ISO/IEC 17024 — Practical worksheet

Practical learning

Develop a personnel-certification scheme with competence criteria, examination evidence and impartial decisions. Compare course completion with independent assessment; a participation certificate is not accredited personnel certification.

Learning outcomes: build a personnel-certification scheme from competence requirements, assessment methods and impartial decision rules. Bring a role analysis, examination blueprint, marking criteria and sample candidate evidence. In the exercise, an exam tests memorised terms but misses the critical practical skill, while the trainer decides certification. Revise validity, practical assessment and decision separation. Assessment requires a reasoned competence-to-exam mapping and impartial decision record; course attendance alone is not personnel certification.

Inputs for this worksheet

Use an anonymised, authorised example and identify the process, product or activity to which the exercise applies. Obtain the referenced edition or programme rules and record the applicable criterion before assessing a gap. Keep source records, assumptions and your proposed next action together. Do not submit confidential or personal records without permission; simulated inputs are suitable for this worksheet.

Check your evidence and its limits

Compare your answer with the stated evidence and failure case. A completed worksheet is a learning aid, not an audit report, an accredited assessment, a certification decision or product market authorisation. Any real decision requires the applicable rules, competent people and the responsible organisation or authority; this exercise creates no professional registration or certification powers. Kayra can discuss general learning objectives and agreed training exercises. This learning role does not include producing management-system manuals or procedures for a particular laboratory or certification body, or designing and implementing its system.

Official references

• ISO — 17024