The promotion of Caribbean Regional Quality Infrastructure (RQI) has gone global. A podcast series, entitled The Quality Link, was launched in late July and will be featuring the network of national standards bodies, that are part of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ). The first episode in...
GNBS Boosts Capacity to Verify Electric Meters
Submitted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has increased its capacity to verify electricity meters.This is made possible with the acquisition of a modern Electricity Test Bench capable of verifying five (5) meters simultaneously, and the requisite training for GNBS Legal...
Labs Preparing for Equipment Arrivals
Three metrology labs in the region are about ready to begin receiving equipment that will provide their local industry players with measurement-support services. The labs, in Barbados, Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis, have been upgrading their physical plants to be able to adequately house and use the equipment that...
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...
