DAP’s areas of operation
- accreditation of:
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Testing laboratories against
ISO/IEC 17025 |
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Medical laboratories against
ISO 15189 |
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Certification bodies for
management systems according to ISO/IEC 17021 |
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Certification bodies for
persons against ISO/IEC
17024 |
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Certification bodies for products against
EN 45011 / ISO/IEC Guide 65 |
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Inspection bodies against
ISO/IEC 17020 |
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Providers of
proficiency testing against ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO/IEC 17020
having regard to ISO/IEC Guide 43-1 and ILAC Guide 13 |
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Producers of
reference materials against ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO Guide 34 |
Activity as recognized accreditation body (Conformity Verification Body)
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of the CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) |
The technical fields are among others:
see also
DAR Directory Reference System for Structuring the Areas
of Testing
| Acoustics and vibrations |
Maritime technology and wind energy |
| Air analyses and fibrous particles |
Mechanical-technological testing |
| Assisted reproductive technologies |
Medical diagnosis |
| Beef labelling |
Medical engineering |
| BSE tests |
Metrology in testing |
| Certification of products and services |
Non-destructive testing |
| Chemical analyses and sampling |
Occupational medicine and occupational safety |
| Clearing of weapons |
Organic certifiers in the foodstuff and feedstuff area |
| Commodity testing |
Pathology / neuropathology |
| Construction engineering and fire protection |
Providers of interlaboratory comparisons |
| Environmental protection and contaminated sites |
Testing laboratories for drinking water |
| Food analyses |
Welding technology |
| Organic production of agricultural products and animal husbandry |
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Accreditation activities not listed above such as in the areas of electrical, electronic and information technologies, are carried out in cooperation with other accreditation bodies.
Sector Committees
(Responsible at DAP) |
Scopes |
Air analysis and fibrous particles
SK-Luft
(Hossein Pour Tabrizi) |
Sampling and analysis of inorganic and organic gaseous and particulate air constituents, of emissions, immissions,
measurements at the working place and in inner rooms.
Calibrations and functional tests of continuously working measuring devices for air constituents;
Odorimetry; analysis of fibrous particles in air, fluids and solid |
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
SK-ART
(Dr. Manke) |
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Certification (of products and services); inspection bodies
SK-ZE/IS
(Dr. Höhne) |
Technical and organisational aspects for the accreditation of inspection bodies against
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020 and of certification bodies against DIN EN 45011 within DAP activities |
Chemistry - analysis and sampling
(environment - materials - products)
SK-C
(Quantz) |
Chemical tests including sampling of media relevant to the environment, of raw materials, intermediate products, of chemical products,
metallic and non-metallic materials, of technical gases, fuels, construction materials and aggregates, as well as tests of ecotoxicological,
biological and biotechnological appraisals of the bioavailability |
Construction engineering, fire protection, acoustics and vibrations
SK-B/BS/GS
(Zimmermann) |
Tests of building materials and components, of products and types of building material components, of structural and extension works;
tests of portable and non-stationary fire extinguishing equipment including fire fighting appliances and extinguishing agents;
tests of machine acoustics, noise immissions at the workplace and in the neighbourhood, of building acoustics, of vibrations in mechanical engineering, in the instrument technology, in the construction engineering and at the workplace |
Food analysis
SK-Leb
(Dr. Menkhaus) |
Physical, physico-chemical, chemical, biological, microbiological and biotechnological,
virological and molecular-biological, toxicological and ecotoxicological, physiological, histological, sensologic and sensory
tests of products in the areas of foodstuff, foodstuff additives, drinking water, table water, mineral water, medicinal water and
process waters in the foodstuff industry, of wine, commodity goods, toys, cosmetics, tobacco products, animal feeding stuffs, seed,
compost, biological materials and biological test systems |
Forensic
SK-For
(Dr. Potzies) |
General material investigations; toxicological studies; firearms, ammunition and ballistics, explosives and igniter; fire investigations; electronics; forensic ICT; serology and DNA analysis; specific crime scene investigation (eg, photo technique, photogrammetry); micro traces / general biology; technical trace evidence; documents, writing, speech, voice; dactylogram / detection service. |
Medical engineering
(Dr. Manke) |
Test activities on medical-technical instruments put into operation; medical devices by after-sales services of the manufacturers, specialized trade by technical service providers and facilities of the hospital's own |
Medical laboratories
(joint Sector Committee with ZLG, DACH and KL-Mess under overall charge of ZLG)
SK-MedLab
(Dr. Manke) |
Test activities in the areas of endocrinology/diabetology,
haematology; hygiene, immunology, clinical chemistry, laboratory medicine, microbiology/virology, statistical quality assurance, transfusion medicine |
| Certification issues; inspection bodies SK-ZE/IS (Dr. Höhne) |
Technical and organizational aspects for the accreditation of inspection bodies against DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020 and of certification bodies for products against DIN EN 45011, management systems against DIN EN ISO/IEC 17021 and persons against DIN EN ISO/IEC 17024 within DAP’s activities |
Non-destructive testing and joining technology (joint Sector Committee with TGA for certification of personnel)
SK-ZfP/FT
(Zimmermann) |
Non-destructive material tests, X-ray structural and fluorescence analyses and optical / optoelectrical tests on building elements, components, single parts of objects and finished products, as well as measuring of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation;
test in the areas of welding engineering, thermal cutting, soldering, thermal spraying |
Pathology/neuropathology
SK-Path
(Dr. Manke) |
Tests and assessments of tissues, cell materials and body fluids with the test methods of
macroscopy, histology, immunohistology, cytology, immunocytology, cytometry, molecular pathology and postmortem examination |
Contaminated sites (joint working group with DACH and DASMIN)
GemAG
(Küchler) |
Sampling,
sample conditioning and chemical test methods on Federal Real Estate |
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