Information on setting up an asbestos fibre count laboratory

Task No. 180213HG1

Link to the NATA (How to become accredited) page, this link is a summary of the accreditation process on the NATA website.

https://www.nata.com.au/nata/accreditation-info/how-to

The following document includes NATA’s accreditation criteria and steps to accreditation:

AboutNATA and accreditation

NATA provides more than 18 different types of accreditation for testing. For asbestos testing we will require Chemical Testing. Below is the link to what documents are needed for the Chemical Testing checklist.

https://www.nata.com.au/nata/accreditation-publication/which-documents-do-i-need?id=734

When setting up a laboratory there are many fees involved, which include advisory fees, application fees etc.

Below is an attached document outlining all the fees for Australian based facilities for the period 2017-2018.

2017-2018FeeSchedule-Australian_facilities

Attached below is a list of documents recommended by NATA for chemical testing, specifically relevant to asbestos testing.

Chemical-Testing-ISO-IEC-17025-Application-Document

Chemical-Testing-Annex-M-Investigative-Testing-in-the-Field-of-Chemical-Testing

Chemical-Testing-Annex-B-Asbestos-fibre-counting

Chemical-Testing-Annex-A-Asbestos-identification-in-bulk-samples