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"Ivan brings over fifty years experience as a quality practitioner and ten years as a bench analytical chemist. He has been Training Manager for Australia’s laboratory accreditation organisation, NATA and has written and presented ..."
 
Ivan R. Waples
IVAN R. WAPLES - Consultant

Ivan R. Waples

Ivan brings over fifty (50) years experience as a quality practitioner and ten (10) years as a bench analytical chemist. He has been Training Manager for Australia’s laboratory accreditation organisation, NATA and has written and presented training courses based on ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 14001, and the ISO 9000 series both nationally and internationally, including the IQA-IRCA registered QMS auditor/lead auditor training course. Ivan has been audit team leader on more than 450 laboratory accreditation assessments.

EDUCATION
  • ASTC Diploma of Applied Chemistry, Sydney Technical College 1959.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Fifty years experience as a quality practitioner and ten years as an bench analytical chemist.
  • Thirteen years as training manager for Australia’s laboratory accreditation organisation, NATA.
  • Over 450 laboratory accreditation assessments as audit team leader.
NATA (1987-2000) Training Manager

Author and principal presenter of training courses related to the implementation and assessment of quality systems in manufacturing and service industries (including laboratories) as follows:

Testing, measurement & calibration laboratories.

  • Establishment, documentation and auditing of laboratory quality systems based on ISO/IEC Guide 25 and ISO/IEC 17025, incorporating requirements of ISO/IEC Guide 58 as relevant.
  • Integration of ISO 14001 environmental management systems into laboratory quality systems based on ISO/IEC 17025.
  • Assessment of technical operations in laboratories by technical experts.
  • Specialist courses on measurement concepts and laboratory quality control.

Manufacturing & service industries.

  • Establishment, documentation and auditing of quality systems based on the ISO 9000 series.
  • IQA-IRCA registered QMS auditor/lead auditor training course A2460.

Nationally.

Presentation of courses as above throughout Australia, both as public sessions and as specially commissioned tailored sessions for individual corporations, companies and laboratories.

Internationally.

  • Canada
  • Indonesia
  • Sweden
  • China PRC
  • Mexico
 
  • Thailand
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Papua New Guinea
  • U.S.A.
  • Finland
 
  • Singapore
  • Vietnam
  • Hong Kong
  • South Africa
NATA (1973-1987)

Responsibilities associated with NATA's laboratory accreditation activities, including acting as assessment team leader in approximately 450 assessments of calibration, measurement and testing laboratories

 
British Paints (Australia) Pty Ltd (1963-1973)

Quality assurance and quality control responsibilities related to incoming, in-process and finished products associated with paint manufacturing.

 
Australian Forge & Engineering (1959-1963)

Quality control responsibilities related to manufacture of ferrous and non-ferrous components for aviation, automotive and general purpose use.

 
Metal Manufactures (1953-1959)

Analytical chemist in quality control functions associated with the production of copper, bronze and aluminium tubes, wires and cables.

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