develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
Audit Sample Program is to develop consensus standards for the manufacture and analysis of audit samples for source emission testing.
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.Educational Delivery System
Current education and training opportunities are presented below. Both upcoming live training and on-demand training is available. If you would like your training opportunity to be listed here, please submit a proposal or application online (click here). Contact Ilona Taunton with any questions (ilona.taunton@nelac-institute.org).
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Upcoming Live Training Events
| Title | Start Date | Presented By | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Laboratory Assessments - Basic Assessor Training: Virtual Event | 20-Mar-2023 | Marlene Moore | Webinar |
Assessment On-Demand Training
| Title | Date | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| Assessor On-Going Training - 2016 TNI Environmental Laboratory Standard | 23-Apr-2019 | Marlene Moore |
| Assessor Technical Training: Asbestos | 21-May-2018 | Marlene Moore |
| Assessor Technical Training: Microbiology | 01-Jun-2019 | Marlene Moore |
| Implementing and Assessing the Environmental Laboratory Standard Interpretations | 13-Jul-2017 | Marlene Moore |
| Internal Audits: Auditing the Management System in Environmental Analytical Laboratories | 21-Oct-2018 | ANAB |
| NEFAP Assessor Training - TNI FSMO Standard Volume 1 (2014) | 03-Mar-2017 | Marlene Moore |
| Remote Assessments Series - AB Assessments | 07-May-2020 | Marlene Moore |
| Remote Assessments Series - Laboratory and Client Audits | 07-May-2020 | Marlene Moore |
| Remote Assessments Series - All three classes | 12-Jul-2020 | Marlene Moore |
| Remote Assessments Series - Information Communication Technology | 07-May-2020 | Marlene Moore |
Conference Learnings On-Demand Training
| Title | Date | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| Leading Through Effective Communication | 04-Aug-2021 | Rick Parmely |
| TNI Assessment Forum Summer 2021 – Unmasking the 2016 TNI Standard | 05-Aug-2021 | TNI Assessment Forum Summer 2021 |
| TNI Mentor Session Summer 2021 – Laboratory Quality: Are You in Jeopardy? | 03-Aug-2021 | TNI Mentor Session Summer 2021 |
Field Activities On-Demand Training
| Title | Date | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| Applying Data Integrity to Field Activities | 01-Nov-2022 | Silky and John Labie |
| Good Laboratory Practice Series: Principles of Sample Collection-Full Series - 1-3 | 08-Apr-2019 | Silky Labie |
| Good Laboratory Practice Series: Principles of Sample Collection-Sessions 1 and 2 | 08-Apr-2019 | Silky Labie |
| Good Laboratory Practice Series: Principles of Sample Collection-Sessions 1 and 3 | 08-Apr-2019 | Silky Labie |
| NEFAP as seen through the FOG - Quality for Field Operations | 09-Aug-2013 | Marlene Moore |
| Scared Straight - Ensuring Competency for FSMOs | 10-Aug-2016 | John Moorman, South Florida Water Management District |
GLP On-Demand Training
Management On-Demand Training
| Title | Date | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| Analyst Competency Beyond the Demonstration of Capability | 01-Nov-2022 | Tony Francis |
| Ensuring Ethics in Your Testing | 06-Jun-2019 | Marlene Moore |
| Leading Through Effective Communication | 04-Aug-2021 | Rick Parmely |
| Lowering the Cost of Poor Quality with an Effective Quality Management System and Integrating Risk Management Principles | 04-Mar-2021 | Scott Siders |
| Managing an Environmental Laboratory - Five Part Series | 13-Mar-2019 | Marlene Moore |
| Managing Laboratory Support Equipment - Calibration, Verification, and Maintenance | 01-Nov-2022 | Tony Francis |
| Preventative Action: How to Implement New Regulations (e.g., 2017 Method Update Rule (MUR)) and Changes in Your Lab/Organization | 19-Sep-2017 | Marlene Moore |
| Testing Requirements in EPA Regulations | 09-Oct-2015 | Jerry Parr |
| What Does QC Data Tell Me...and Why Should I Care? | 14-Nov-2017 | Silky Labie |
Regulatory On-Demand Training
| Title | Date | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| Good Laboratory Practice Series: A History of EPA Regulations and How They Created the Environmental Testing Industry | 04-Dec-2020 | Judy Morgan and Jerry Parr |
| Good Laboratory Practice Series: Choosing the Right Analytical Protocol | 31-Oct-2022 | Jerry Parr, Judy Morgan, and Kirstin Daigle |
| The 2017 EPA Method Update Rule | 18-Jan-2017 | Jerry Parr |
| The 2021 EPA Method Update Rule | 22-Jun-2021 | Jerry Parr, Catalyst Information Resources; Patsy Root, IDEXX; and William Lipps, Shimadzu |
| The New MDL Procedure | 12-Sep-2017 | Former members of TNI's Chemistry Committee and Adrian Hanley, EPA |
Technical On-Demand Training
TNI Standard On-Demand Training
Free On-Demand Training
| Title | Date | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| Accreditation Programs Overview | Marlene Moore | |
| LAMS Practical Users Guide | 04-Aug-2014 | Dan Hickman |
| Navigating the TNI Website | 05-Jan-2021 | Jerry Parr |
| Why NEFAP? | NEFAP |
