PT results reporting
I don’t know about A2LA’s requirements, however they must be similar to our accrediting body as they are signatories to the same MRA’s.
Our assessor also agreed we could do our proficiency testing in house, however an approved PT company had to create a “Scheme” (interesting choice of word for description of a process don’t you think?) for us to follow. We sent description of the analytical balance (duel range 4 to 5 decimal places) and they sent us a “Scheme”.
Get this…… 8 technicians, 10 weighments each and each weighment containing its own MU.
The calculations are staggering! So..we do as we are told and receive a report back for EACH technician containing 23 pages of information. Yes 23 pages for each technician.
That being said, the data summery report contained the 80 weighments, 78/pass 2/fail and the corrective actions for the failures.
While the whole event(s) surrounding and including PT was a real pain in the butt, it was also an extraordinary learning opportunity. Not only for us, but for all of our technicians. After getting over the initial infliction of pain and insecurity(and the co$ts involved), all of us learned quite a bit.
So I guess I don’t have an answer to your question, only the suggestion that getting around proficiency testing is not always the most beneficial thing for you, your employees, or your customers. This is only my humble opinion. I admit freely and openly I have only recently formed this opinion as a direct result of my painful PT experience