Metrology technicians at the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) are pressing home the validity of the work that they do in a local competition to mark World Metrology Day 2023. The competition was intended to encourage such measurement specialists to write articles which contribute to their development and...
Meeting in the Middle on M4M Project
Meteorologists and Metrologists Collaboration Takes Root Regional meteorologists were able to take advantage of 10 weeks of training in Quality Management. It was accomplished thanks to a collaboration between the weather experts, and metrologists, the measurement experts. Concluded only a week ago, the series of 10 training sessions was part...
Laboratories Get In-Depth Quality Training
The competencies of lab technicians in Barbados, Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis were given a boost when a cadre of them undertook training in the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard which delves into the specifics for laboratories. The training in the standard which examines the general requirements for the competence, impartiality...
Scientists Building a Safer Region with Reliable Measurement
Caribbean metrologists are recommitting themselves to seeing a safe CARICOM region, with the continued development of the measurement sciences, especially in light of recent challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic and the volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent. As the world celebrates World Metrology Day 2021 under the theme “Measurement for Health”,...
Metrology
Metrology is the science of measurement and is divided into three fields: • scientific or fundamental metrology; • applied or industrial metrology; and • legal metrology. Scientific Metrology Scientific (or Fundamental or General) metrology deals with the organisation and development of measurement standards (SI Units) and with their maintenance. There...
