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For people, place, prosperity and planet, we deliver impact with measurement science

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Providing science, technology and engineering skills and experts.

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Upskilling people for productivity and profitability 

Good metrology and measurement practices can have a direct impact on productivity and profitability. Our flexible, expert-led courses enable learners to make a difference within their workplaces, giving them the opportunity to generate a return on training investment by improving their organisation’s measurement capability.

Getting best practice right from the beginning enables businesses to bring the best and most reliable products and services to market, giving them the confidence to innovate. Our courses help companies have confidence in their quality control and quality assurance.

Training covers the importance of metrology, advancements in measurement science and engineering, and the application of best measurement practice across a wide variety of disciplines.

Many of our training courses were developed in collaboration with academia, industry and government specialists. Our training is focused on directly meeting national and international scientific and engineering skills gaps.

 

This among many NPL courses helps me to fill in the existing gap between what I have learned from the college and what am supposed to do on my daily tasks as a weights and measures officer.

Anonymous learner

   

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Our flagship e-learning course, 'Introduction to Measurement and Metrology', provides learners with the overarching principles of measurement and metrology. This course includes overviews of important concepts such as the SI units, measurement uncertainty, calibration and traceability.

We also have a three-course learning pathway for anyone interested in developing their knowledge around measurement uncertainty. In order of increasing technical difficulty, the courses are: 'Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty', 'Understanding Uncertainty Budgets' and  'Understanding and Evaluating Measurement Uncertainty'.  

These courses provide a great jumping off point for learners to explore courses we offer in more specific fields, such as:

  • AI and machine learning
  • Dimensional and advanced manufacturing
  • Energy and environment
  • Health and life sciences
  • Quantum, and time and frequency
  • Temperature and humidity

Our new ‘Fundamentals of Metrology’ online lecture series is a suite of courses available for private cohorts from industry and academia. This series is made up of seven deep dive modules into each of the SI units, including how they are defined, realised and applied.  

Fundamentals of Metrology’s core purpose is to underpin metrology and best practice to upskill our population as well as support the STEM skills gap and address a gap in metrology teaching at postgraduate level, 

With more than 8,000 learners worldwide and more than 50 courses for them to choose from, we welcome new and existing learners to find out more about our range of training courses on our NPL Training website.

 

Prosperity

Underpinning growth for the UK.

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Planet

Innovating and developing the technologies to ensure our future.

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Our research and measurement solutions support innovation and product development. We work with companies to deliver business advantage and commercial success.
Contact our Customer Services team on +44 20 8943 7070