Achieving More Through Collaboration with Medtronic’s Walter Nowocin

Achieving More Through Collaboration with Medtronic’s Walter Nowocin

AWPT values its customers not only for their patronage, but for the insight they give us on our products and the opportunities they provide us for collaboration. Medtronic is a longtime AWPT client, and Medtronic’s now-retired Senior Engineering Manager Walter Nowocin was instrumental in the development of two of our current e-learning course options. Mr. Nowocin, whose career in calibration has spanned more than 40 years, advocated for the use of AWPT e-learning courses at Medtronic and over the course of many years provided feedback on what subjects he felt needed to be added to our course catalog.

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What You Need to Know About the FSMA Laboratory Accreditation Rule

What You Need to Know About the FSMA Laboratory Accreditation Rule

Food testing labs will soon see their regulatory environment change somewhat as part of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which seeks to implement its own laboratory accreditation program for food testing labs. The goal of this program is to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply and protect U.S. consumers by helping ensure appropriate oversight of certain food testing that is relevant to public health. It will also ensure that the testing is done according to appropriate model standards which will help produce consistently reliable and valid test results.

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Industry Spotlight: E-Learning Applications in Aerospace

Industry Spotlight: E-Learning Applications in Aerospace

Self-paced e-learning has been part of the public consciousness for a few decades now. In fact, the idea was popular even before the internet was commonplace, when courses were delivered to users on compact disks. Although the premise is simple, there’s a good reason e-learning has persisted and evolved with the available technology, even as other remote training options have also become available. E-learning is a flexible and uniquely scalable training delivery method for subjects like metrology and calibration training, which makes it a practical choice for large organizations where many employees need to learn the same information in a standardized way. Unlike with instructor-led training, any employee can take e-learning courses at any time, rather than waiting for a scheduled class. Further, the organization can be certain that the training for all employees across is consistent, even if it is accessed at different times and in different locations. A2LA WorkPlace Training clients have put e-learning to use in an incredible array of industries, and it has proven especially popular for large-scale applications in the aerospace field.

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What is World Metrology Day and Why is it Important?

What is World Metrology Day and Why is it Important?

Calendars are rife with interesting and obscure modern holidays, from National Donut Day to Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. The cynics among us know that most of these “holidays” exist mostly to sell you something, but a few are genuine in their efforts to raise awareness of an important concept or teach the public something valuable. May 20th of each year – the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875 - marks one such obscure but helpful holiday: World Metrology Day. Most people rarely think about the concept of metrology. In fact, outside of a few specific industries few people even know exactly what metrology is, but it’s truly crucial to nearly everything we do in the modern world.

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Virtual ISO/IEC 17025 Class Provides New Opportunities for Cannabis Labs

Virtual ISO/IEC 17025 Class Provides New Opportunities for Cannabis Labs

In response to the travel and public gathering restrictions put in place due to COVID-19, A2LA WPT has made many of our most popular courses available online through our Virtual Classroom platform. All of our Virtual Classroom sessions have been well-received, but for MS 113 in particular, some unique advantages associated with the online format have become clear.

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