The major benefits of participating in the LGC Proficiency Testing Group schemes are:

• Reassurance of working with an accredited PT scheme provider managed in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 43:1 and ILAC Guide G13:2000
• Access to PT schemes provided across different measurement sectors which include environmental, food, beverages and many others
• PT can be used to demonstrate a laboratory’s quality to accreditation bodies, customers and regulators
• Participation in PT schemes enables laboratories to compare their results with peer labs and over time with themselves
• PT is the only tool in the quality toolkit which measures outputs and is best used in conjunction with other quality tools such as Certified Reference Materials and Internal Quality Control Samples
• Access to international experts in many aspects of PT to help with all your needs
• You choose the samples to suit your quality or accreditation needs
• You choose how many or how few distributions to take
• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Finnish, Dutch and Polish documentation available
• Proves performance, safeguards reputation, product quality and profit