ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 Certification Definition

ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 is a company level compliance based on a standard facilitated by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Conference of Standards Laboratories (NCSL) titled "Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment". The standard gives requirements for an organization's calibration system including the test and measuring equipment inventory, calibration requirements, calibration intervals and calibration procedures.

This compliance is for use by organizations that own or use test and measuring equipment to manufacture, modify or test products, or to perform services where the accuracy of measurements is important. The standard gives guidance in areas such as measurement uncertainty procedures, calibration intervals and documentation. One goal of this standard is to have a probability of false acceptance for any test point labeled as "pass" to not exceed 2%.

Compliance to this standard can be evaluated by third party certifying bodies. The ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 standard may be evaluated in addition to an ISO 17025 audit.

Related Certifications
ISO/IEC 17025