In-house testing refers to the most common testing scenarios whereby, for many reasons, testing of a sample (or samples) of the product is conducted at the QPS laboratories.
Testing can be conducted at the manufacturer's (applicant) facility for a variety of reasons. As an example, the size of the product intended for testing may be too large to bring to, and handle at the QPS lab. This option entails the following:
Testing is performed by QPS staff.
The facility must meet certain environmental conditions.
The test equipment is either supplied by QPS or by the customer.
Where the customer's test equipmet is used, it must be properly calibrated and suitable for the test(s) involved.
This program takes you one step further to being in charge of your own destiny. It comprises of the following elements:
Testing is conducted by personnel of the manufacturer, using the manufacturer's test facility and test equipment.
The testing process is witnessed by QPS.
Testing can be witnessed remotely using an electronic medium such as video camera, provided certain conditions are met.
To qualify for the program, the manufacturer must meet certain qualification criteria pertaining to personnel, facility, test equipment, and calibration.
If you want to be more involved in the process and wish to undertake more of the conformity assessment work, and if you meet specific qualification criteria, then you can choose the QPS SMT program, whereby: You Will:
In order to get closer to customers and serve them locally, QPS allows and enables local independent laboratories to do work on QPS's behalf, provided they qualify. The qualification criteria takes into account the experience of the lab personnel and are based on the applicable requirements of the international ISO/IEC standard 17025 (general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories).
Hazardous Locations Testing and Certification
A faster way to get approval for the U.S (including MSHA), Canada, Europe (ATEX) and the international IECEx Scheme.
