Has anyone found CEU-eligible courses that go beyond theory into real lab procedure — think EPA Method 537.1 sample prep, MDL verification, and ISO/IEC 17025 internal audit practice? I’m trying to bank hours before our April state audit and would value programs with hands-on chain-of-custody and corrective action exercises; I can share notes from an 8-hour QC statistics session I took last winter…
ANAB’s ISO/IEC 17025 Internal Auditing + Corrective Action courses are CEU-eligible and run realistic mock audits with documentation drills that mirror ‘chain-of-custody’ and CAPA workflows — a fire drill for audits: https://anab.ansi.org/training. Caveat: instrument-vendor 537.1 prep clinics are super practical but often non-CEU — are you after PFAS-specific 537.1 reps or broader QA hours?
I banked most of my hours before a spring audit by taking The NELAC Institute’s MDL/LOQ workshop plus their 17025 internal-audit practicum — both CEU-eligible — and they make you build the MDL spreadsheet and practice ‘chain-of-custody’ error documentation that rolls into CAPA records. If you specifically need EPA Method 537.1 sample prep, I paired it with a Waters PFAS prep lab (IACET CEUs) for hands-on SPE and contamination controls, but scheduling can be tight before April; the TNI calendar is here: https://www.nelac-institute.org/content/training/calendar.php.
, finding anything that drills ‘MDL verification’ and custody paperwork is tough, but A2LA WorkPlace Training’s Root Cause & CAPA paired with their Measurement Uncertainty lab practicum gave us realistic record reviews and sample custody trails, and they issued IACET credit my state accepted before our April audit. For 537.1 specifics, I’ve had analysts watch EPA’s method notes then do a supervised SPE/LC-MS/MS dry run against our SOPs; method page: https://www.epa.gov/dwanalyticalmethods/method-5371-determination-selected-per-and-polyfluorinated-alkyl-substances. Do you need virtual only, or can you swing a one-day onsite to bank hours fa.