Components of a Calibration Certificate

A calibration laboratory providing calibration services to internal or external customers fill out a calibration certificate to convey information about the calibration. Several components listed below are typically provided (directly or indirectly) by this report. If the laboratory is accredited to ISO-17025 a number of requirements are met by documenting these items.

The following topics will be covered in this section:

ISO-17025 requirements
Traceability
Uncertainty
Reliability
Accuracy (Tolerances)
Recalibration
Typical examples
Certificate of Compliance