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TRAINING MATERIALS - 2007 CAEAL ASSESSOR TRAINING
The links below will download the .zip files containing materials (in PDF format) presented during the 2007 CAEAL Assessor Training held in Ottawa on 28 to 30 March 2007. You will need the following software to open these materials:
- Decompression software able to extract (open) .zip files such as WInZIP (See your IT administrator if you are unable to open/extract the .zip files)
- Adobe Acrobat. (See the Adobe Acrobat link on our Table of Contents page - www.caeal.ca)

These documents are provided to CAEAL assessors for training purposes only. All documents below are drawn from the work of other authors or other agencies. All documents below have been copyrighted by their authors and may not be reproduced for sale or for distribution other than personal use, without the express written consent of the author.

Item Number

Topic Breakout Discussion and Decisions/Presenter
1 Opening Plenary  
2 Organic Chemistry Harold Schwartz
3 Inorganic Chemistry James Downie
4 Microbiology Colleen Cotter
5 Toxicology Paula Jackman
6 Mineral Analysis Wes Johnson
7 Bulk Asbestos Thomas Pang
8 Philosophy of Assessing Ned Gravel and Dallas Takeuchi
9 Interpretation of Requirements Ned Gravel
10 Calibration and Traceability Janet Dickson and Ned Gravel
11 Report Writing Colleen Cotter
12 Sampling Ed Paski
13 Process Auditing Judy Waher
14 Method Validation/Control Charting Harold Malle
15 Root Cause Analysis Ned Gravel and Ken Middlebrook
16 Lead Assessor Training CAEAL Staff
17 Closing Plenary  

TRAINING MATERIALS - 2005 CAEAL ASSESSOR TRAINING

The links below will open the .pdf documents that were created from the material presented during the 2005 CAEAL Assessor Training held in Ottawa on 4 and 5 April 2005. You will need Adobe Acrobat to open these files. (See the Adobe Acrobat link on our Table of Contents page - www.caeal.ca) These documents are provided to CAEAL assessors for training purposes only. All documents below are drawn from the work of other authors or other agencies. All documents below have been copyrighted by their authors and may not be reproduced for sale or for distribution other than personal use, without the express written consent of the author.

Topic

Breakout Discussion and Decisions/Presenter
Analytical Chemistry Wes Johnson
Microbiology Michael Brodsky
Toxicology Guy Gilron
Preparation/Extraction Methods Harold Malle
CCME Methods Janet Dickson
Acquiring Evidence of Estimation of
Uncertainty
Wes Johnson
Interpretation of Requirements Traceability Ned Gravel
Understanding Lab QMS (Traceability, Case
Study)

NRC Calibration Intervals
Ned Gravel
Report Writing Colleen Cotter
QA/QC Issues (Lab Controls as Duplicates,
Calibration Curves)
Ed Paski
Action Items Resulting from Biennial Colleen Cotter

TRAINING MATERIALS - 2003 CAEAL ASSESSOR TRAINING

The links below will open the .pdf documents that were created from the material presented during the 2003 CAEAL Assessor Training held in Ottawa on 23 to 24 February 2003. You will need Adobe Acrobat to open these files. (See the Adobe Acrobat link on our Table of Contents page - www.caeal.ca) These documents are provided to CAEAL assessors for training purposes only. All documents below are drawn from the work of other authors or other agencies. All documents below have been copyrighted by their authors and may not be reproduced for sale or for distribution other than personal use, without the express written consent of the author.

Topic Breakout Discussion and Decisions/Presenter
Chemistry Breakout Discussion and Decisions
Microbiology Breakout Discussion and Decisions
Toxicology Breakout Discussion and Decisions
MU_Microbiology Measurement Uncertainty in Microbiology
Joint Assessments Colleen Cotter and Jim Somers
Draft Guidelines for Validation of Test Methods Valerie Martz
Report Writing Colleen Cotter
Guidance for CAN- P- 1510D and Appendix Colleen Cotter
Assessment Process Colleen Cotter
Ontario Safe Drinking Water Legislation and CAEAL Assessments
Assessor Form (.pdf)
Assessor Form (.doc)
Cammy L. Mack
Interpretations of 17025 Ned Gravel
Leading an Assessment Team Ned Gravel
New Draft PALCAN Policy on Lab use of IT Ned Gravel
Measurement Uncertainty for Microbiology Michael Brodsky
Measurement Uncertainty for Chemistry Wes Johnson
Record of Discussion  


TRAINING MATERIALS - 2001 CAEAL ASSESSOR TRAINING

The links below will open the .pdf documents that were created from the material presented during the 2001 CAEAL Assessor Training held in Ottawa on 11 to 13 February 2001. You will need Adobe Acrobat to open these files. (See the Adobe Acrobat link on our Table of Contents page - www.caeal.ca) These documents are provided to CAEAL assessors for training purposes only. All documents below are drawn from the work of other authors or other agencies. All documents below have been copyrighted by their authors and may not be reproduced for sale or for distribution other than personal use, without the express written consent of the author.

Topic/Download

Breakout Discussion and Decisions/Presenter
17025 Training
Section 1
Section 2
Ned Gravel
APLAC Guidance Documents
Internal Audits
Management Reviews
Ned Gravel
CAEAL Processes
New Assessor Training Session
Day 2
Colleen Cotter
Uncertainty
NRC presentation
Eurachem Guide (1.2MB)
VAM Guide
Mohammed Foroutan's Simplified approach
Lu Yang and Scott Willie
V J Barwick and S L R Ellison
Mohammed Foroutan
Calibration and Traceability
Calibration Traceability Policy - D92.8
CAEAL Policy on Calibration
 
Exercise Handouts
Training Exercises
Ned Gravel
LIMS Robert A. Booth

 

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