Sign In

Join ASQ!

Chat with a Customer Care Representative

Live chat by Boldchat

Live chat by Boldchat

Calibration Technician Certification - CCT - References

References

These references support the topic areas in the CCT Body of Knowledge. They are used to write and review the questions in the test question pool. To determine which references you need, review the CCT Body of Knowledge. Determine which topic areas you need to study further. Then review this reference list to identify those that support your needs.

Note: ASQ Certification Board does not endorse any one particular reference source.

  • 29 CFR part 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards
    Available online.

  • ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2008: Quality management systems — Requirements

  • ANSI/NCSL Z540.2-1997 U.S. Guide to Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement
    To purchase: Go to ncsli.org.

  • ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment  To purchase: Go to ncsli.org.

  • Any first year college algebra textbook.

  • Any first year college physics textbook.

  • ASQ Code of Ethics.

  • Brase, Charles Henry, and Corrine Pellillo Brase, Understanding Basic Statistics: Concepts and Methods, 2nd ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. ISBN 0618054707

  • Brassard, Michael and Diane Ritter, The Memory Jogger™ II, 1 st ed., GOAL/QPC, 1994.

  • Bucher, Jay L., The Quality Calibration Handbook, Developing and Managing a Calibration Program, Milwaukee, WI, ASQ Quality Press, 2006.

  • Bucher, Jay L., ed. The Metrology Handbook, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ASQ Quality Press, 2004.

  • Calibration: Philosophy in Practice, Fluke Corp, 2nd ed., 1994. ISBN 0963865005.

  • Doebelin, Ernest O., Measurement Systems: Application and Design, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. ISBN 0070173389.

  • Dotson, Connie, Roger Harlow, and Richard Thompson, Fundamentals of Dimensional Metrology, 4th ed., Albany, NY: Thomson Learning, 2003. ISBN 0766820718.

  • EA-4/02, Expressions of the Uncertainty of Measurements in Calibration, December 1999. (previously EAL-R2). Available online (Click on “Documents”): www.european-accreditation.org.

  • EA-4/07, Traceability of Measuring and Test Equipment to National Standards, November 1995. (previously EAL-G12). Available online (Click on “Documents”): www.european-accreditation.org.

  • Griffith, Gary, Quality Technician’s Handbook, 5th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2002. ISBN 0130416797.

  • Gryna, Frank M., Richard Chua, and Joseph Defeo, Juran’s Quality Planning and Analysis for Enterprise Quality, ed. 5, New York: McGraw-Hill Co, 2007.

  • ILAC-G2:1994 Traceability of Measurements
    Available online (click on “Publications”): www.ilac.org
    Download PDF file directly.

  • ISO 10012: 2003, Measurement Management Systems-Requirements for measurement processes and measuring equipment, 2003.

  • ISO, International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology (VIM), 1993. ISBN 9267010751. To purchase: physics.nist.gov.

  • ISO/IEC 17025-2005, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQ Quality Press.

  • ISO/IEC Guide 43-1:1997, Proficiency Testing by Interlaboratory Comparisons Part 1: Development and Operation of Laboratory Proficiency Testing. To purchase www.iso.org.

  • ISO Guide 99:2007, International Vocabulary of Metrology — Basic and General concepts and associated terms (VIM)

  • ISO 17011: 2004 Conformity assessment — General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies(replaces ISO Guide 58)

  • Kimothi, S.K., The Uncertainty of Measurements: Physical and Chemical Metrology: Impact and Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQ Quality Press, 2002.

  • Metzger, Daniel L., Electronics Pocket Handbook, 3rd ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0137841906.

  • Morris, Alan S., Measurement and Calibration Requirements for Quality Assurance to ISO 9000, Revised ed., New York: Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0471976857.

  • NCSL International*, Recommended Practices 1995 – 2009

  • NCSL International, Catalog of Intrinsic and Derived Standards, 1999.
    To purchase: www.ncsli.org.

  • NIST Handbook 150, Laboratory and Test Facility Design and Operation, 2001.
    To purchase, visit www.nist.gov and click on “Publications” and then “NIST Technical Publications Database”.

  • NIST Technical Note 1297 1994 Edition, Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
    Available online (bottom of page): physics.nist.gov
    To download the PDF file directly.

  • Taylor, Barry N., ed., NIST Special Publication 330, The International System of Units (SI), 2001. PDF file available online.

  • Taylor, Barry N., NIST Special Publication 811: Guide for Use of International System of Units (SI),1995. PDF file available online.

  • U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR 820 – Quality System Regulation (QSReg)
    Available online www.gpoaccess.gov.

  • Veley, Victor, Benchtop Electronic Handbook: 260 most common electronics topics, McGraw-Hill: New York, 1998. ISBN 0-07-0674960-5

  • Wildi, Theodore, Metric Units and Conversion Charts: A Metrication Handbook for Engineers, Technologists, and Scientists, 2nd ed., New York: IEEE Press/McGraw-Hill, 1996. ISBN 0780310500.

Some items with links are available from ASQ Quality Press.

*All NCSLI Recommended Practices are available to purchase at: www.ncsli.org

Return to "Prepare for the exam."