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The National Institute of Standards, Office of Weights and Measures has been working the last few years toward compliance with several educational standards in support of our training program for the legal metrology and laboratory metrology community. By complying with some rigorous models, this will guide the Office to provide excellent training opportunities for our stakeholders.
Hockert, C.
and Harris, G.
(2012),
Training Excellence: What Does Success Look Like?, PML/Office of Weight and Measures, [online], http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/index.cfm
(Accessed October 7, 2025)