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The science of metrology relies on the knowledge of its practitioners. Ever-changing standards require retraining your teams regularly. You need to develop the technical knowledge of your staff and ensure their certification so that you can rely on your results. Founded in 2010, the Trescal Institute provides tailored training courses and a staff of experts to assist with your instructional requirements. We partner with clients to understand their goals, define learning objectives and help evaluate training effectiveness for their measurement needs. We provide over 30+ training courses in every area of validation, qualification and calibration.

Training courses include

  • Principles of Calibration
  • Science of Measurement
  • History of Measurement
  • Measurement Terms and Concepts
  • Making a Measurement
  • Reading Instrument Indicators
  • Troubleshooting
  • Measurement Uncertainty
  • Uncertainty Terms and Concepts
  • Math Basics
  • Uncertainty Contributors
  • Budgeting/Analysis
  • Tools – Software and Spreadsheets
  • Measurement Error Analysis
  • Mathematical and Charting Techniques
  • Level of Competency Studies
  • Bias, Repeatability, Reproducibility, and
  • Stability Studies
  • Process and Procedural Development
  • Gage R&R Studies (SPC and MSA)
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management System
  • Technical Competency Requirements of
  • ISO/IEC 17025 and the ANSI Documents
  • 17025 Quality Systems and Accreditation
  • Quality System Development and Gap Analysis
  • Third Party and Internal Auditing
  • Calibration Program Management
  • Measurement Risk
  • How to read a gage
  • Checking straightness, flatness, parallelism, alignment, beam, gib screws, variance, etc.
  • Disassembly and cleaning
  • Federal standards and tolerances
  • Temperature effects

Metrology fundamentals

Measurement uncertainty

Measurement systems analysis

ISO/IEC 17025 & ANSI/NCSL Z540 Series Documents

Gage block training

Accreditations and Standards

Client results

50 training centers in Asia, Europe and North America
30+ training courses, including several certifying
1000+ people trained yearly

Specialized training

Gage calibration

Benefit from an intensive 3 day "hands-on" training for the calibration of physical dimensional gages such as calipers, OD/ID/depth micrometers, length standards, dial and digital indicators, snap gages, height gages and bore gages

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