1. Working Group on Training Coordination
Marian Haire
23 November 2016

2. Training Delivery in 2016 1
Verification of fuel dispensers
Pattaya City, Thailand
Australia
11–13 July 2016 2
Mass standards
Jakarta, Indonesia
Japan
30 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 3
Verification of non-automatic weighing instruments
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia
28 Nov–1 Dec 2016
1 Trainers supplied by developing economies: Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines
Participants represented both legal and scientific metrology – some issues
To be delivered next week with support from Suliana Binti Ghazalli from Malaysia

3. Improvements in course administration
Secretariat capturing procedures for course administration
Survey Monkey used to gather feedback
Google docs used to distribute training materials
Technical member of Secretariat attends all training courses so they can assist trainer when required
Website contains some video footage fro NAWI and fuel dispensers
Collating country reports to assess degree of implementation of OIML recommendations
Summary of procedures trainers are using in each training course
Secretariat following up on action plans

4. Work plan for 2017 Course Host Economy Trainers Schedule
Verification of weighbridges
China
Verification of bulk flow meters for petrol and diesel
Thailand
Australia
24-28 July 2017
Verification and pattern approval of water meters
Malaysia
2017 (3 days)
Verification of rice moisture meters ?
Joint APMP/APLMF Workshop – Benefits of Metrology
 Camilla - convener
22-23 May 2017
Online training based on survey results
Secretariat

5. Verification and pattern approval of water meters course Proposed – feedback from WG requested
Course focus
Practicalities of testing water meters
Operating principles of common water meter types, the relevant tests
Typical results and expected failure modes during type approval testing and verification
Practical demonstrations if there are available facilities
Course content
Laboratory design and operation
Reference standards and equipment
Estimation of measurement uncertainty
Meter types and operating principles
Test procedures (type approval and initial verification)
Analysis of results, acceptance criteria and possible failure modes
Test procedures (in-service inspection)

6. Benefits of Metrology Proposed – feedback from WG requested
Workshop focus
Enhance opportunities through increased cooperation
Compile case studies to demonstrate benefits
Greater understanding of challenges facing NMIs and LMOs
Develop ideas for web portal
Workshop content built around 4 themes
Role of metrology within an national quality infrastructure
Legislative framework – what should we regulate, how to measure risk
Traceability
Stakeholder engagement
Keynote
Case studies/Share best practice
Develop concepts for web portal to apply in new areas of metrology

7. MEDEA Project Joint 1 Guide 1
Guide 1 brings scientific and legal metrology together in ONE doc
Explain how a measurement infrastructure operates
Provides accessibility to the myriad of documents currently available
Assists managers to explain benefits of metrology to their governments
Seeks ways for scientific and legal metrology to support each other
Launch will occur in May 2017
Will combine with raising awareness project (web portal)
Invitations to both scientific and legal metrology
Professional convenor
Outcome - greater understanding of what is possible and increased cooperation

8. MEDEA Project Joint 2 Awareness Raising
Joint web portal
Case studies to show how metrology is successful in solving a problem
Share best practice
Identifying studies that show metrology activities support economic growth and wellbeing
Stephen O’Brien to provide more complete report on this project

9. MEDEA Project Joint 3 International cooperation
Ms Weina Che from NIM China spent 1 month at PTB where she analysed the distribution of economies supported by MEDEA in 2016 as follows:
under all ten work packages: the MEDEA project has supported 153 participants from 20 different economies (total number of applicants 215, admittance rate: 71 %)
under work package APLMF1: the MEDEA project has supported 63 participants from 18 different economies (total number of applicants 96, admittance rate: 66 %)
Since the beginning of the MEDEA project in 2014, the project has thereby achieved its largest regional outreach
PTB extends the invitation to APLMF members if they have a staff member who could benefit by spending time at PTB.

10. MEDEA Project Joint 4 Strategic Management using Balanced Score Card
Directors use BSC to develop strategic plans
Offers online counselling for those working
This has not ben a very successful project to date
Do you have any feedback on any further support that is required?

11. Beyond 2018 Any suggestions
Think about your economy’s strategic direction
Is there a training course we need to provide to support you?
Please make your suggestion now

12. Test Procedure Guide Documents Surveys
Trainers produce a summary of the test procedures
Secretariat turns this into a survey for economies to complete
Secretariat produces a Guide document that shows a table compilation of economy reports at the training could and the results of the survey
Guide document provides snapshot of implementation of OIML recommendations within the region
Economies get to view guide documents and suggest amendments prior to publication on the website
Guide docs reviewed on a regular basis
Guide doc used to underpin eLearning modules
Kevin Gudmundsson will walk you through the first draft guide

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