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Method Validation and Verification (ISO/IEC 17025:2017)

Show, with records an assessor accepts, that each method is fit for its purpose.

A practitioner course on method validation and verification under ISO/IEC 17025:2017: when to verify and when to validate, planning a study, the performance characteristics from selectivity to robustness, the validation report, and keeping a method valid in routine use.

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Standard and editionISO/IEC 17025:2017

Last updated4 October 2026

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Learning outcomes

Knowledge you can put to work.

Connect the subject to the responsibilities and decisions people encounter in their roles.

  • Decide whether a method needs verification or validation
  • Plan a validation study with fitness-for-purpose criteria set in advance
  • Evaluate selectivity, working range, linearity, limits of detection and quantification, trueness, precision and robustness
  • Write a validation record and report that an assessor can follow
  • Keep a method valid through quality control, proficiency testing and change

Part of: Laboratory Quality and Competence Training

Inside the course

A clear path through the essentials.

16 modules, 16 practice checkpoints and a final exam. Video runtimes are approximate; allow additional time for the practice questions and the final exam.

Part 1Module 1Approx. 7 min
  1. Why fit-for-purpose methods matter7 min
  2. Practice: Why fit-for-purpose methods matter3 questions
Part 2Module 2Approx. 7 min
  1. Verification or validation?7 min
  2. Practice: Verification or validation?3 questions
Part 3Module 3Approx. 8 min
  1. Planning a validation8 min
  2. Practice: Planning a validation3 questions
Part 4Module 4Approx. 7 min
  1. Selectivity and specificity7 min
  2. Practice: Selectivity and specificity3 questions
Part 5Module 5Approx. 7 min
  1. Working range and linearity7 min
  2. Practice: Working range and linearity3 questions
Part 6Module 6Approx. 7 min
  1. Detection and quantification7 min
  2. Practice: Detection and quantification3 questions
Part 7Module 7Approx. 7 min
  1. Trueness and bias7 min
  2. Practice: Trueness and bias3 questions
Part 8Module 8Approx. 7 min
  1. Precision7 min
  2. Practice: Precision3 questions
Part 9Module 9Approx. 7 min
  1. Robustness and carry-over7 min
  2. Practice: Robustness and carry-over3 questions
Part 10Module 10Approx. 7 min
  1. Techniques and uncertainty7 min
  2. Practice: Techniques and uncertainty3 questions
Part 11Module 11Approx. 7 min
  1. Verifying a standard method7 min
  2. Practice: Verifying a standard method3 questions
Part 12Module 12Approx. 7 min
  1. Calibration labs7 min
  2. Practice: Calibration labs3 questions
Part 13Module 13Approx. 7 min
  1. Records and the report7 min
  2. Practice: Records and the report3 questions
Part 14Module 14Approx. 7 min
  1. Keeping a method valid7 min
  2. Practice: Keeping a method valid3 questions
Part 15Module 15Approx. 7 min
  1. Sector notes7 min
  2. Practice: Sector notes3 questions
Part 16Module 16Approx. 7 min
  1. Findings and your part7 min
  2. Practice: Findings and your part3 questions

Assessment & completion

Complete the learning.
Keep a verifiable record.

Learners who complete the course and its final exam receive a numbered Sterling Academy Certificate of Completion with online QR verification.

This records course completion. It does not confer ISO certification or a professional auditor qualification.

Pass mark
70%
Prerequisites
None
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