Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Accreditation for Engineers

Robert D. (Bob) Hunter, P.E., resides in Austin, Texas and has been involved in standards, conformity assessment and accreditation as a company employee and as a consultant to several technical and computer companies for over 25 years. Bob has served on standards committees at both international and national levels and served on the Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) of underwriters Laboratories (UL) that developed one of the first National standards (UL 1950) that was based on major International Standard (IEC 60950). Bob has written and lectured on standards related subjects in his major fields of interest including product safety, electromagnetic compatibility and regulatory compliance. Bob Hunter is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas. Bob is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Bob’s consulting firm is a member if the American National Standards institute (ANSI) and the American Society for Testing and Materials, International (ASTMI).

ISO/IEC Guide 2 Standardization and Related Activities—General Vocabulary. ISO/IEC 17000 Conformity Assessment—Vocabulary and General Principles. Standards. Standards Development. Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs)—ISO/IEC 17011. International Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Accreditation. Regional Standards and Conformity Assessment. National Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Accreditation Bodies. Provincial (State) and Local Standards and Conformity Assessment. Legal Issues in Standards and Conformity Assessment. Federal Roles in Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Accreditation. Management Aspects of Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Accreditation. Appendices.