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Training Courses 

NMI offers training in various fields of chemical, physical and legal metrology. Click on the course topics below for more information. In addition to these courses, training can be provided through consultancy arrangements.

If you require training at a location or time that has not been advertised please contact us. Courses may be scheduled by request for five or more participants.

A completed registration form and full payment received two weeks prior to the course date is required to confirm your place in any course.

Refer to the Participants Handbook for an outline of support services for participants and key policies including participant's rights and responsibilities.

Physical Measurement Courses

Location 

Dates
(2012 unless stated otherwise)

Introduction to Estimating Measurement Uncertainty

Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane

6 March
12 April
17 April
2 May
26 June

Calibration of Weights and Balances

Perth

24 October

Coordinate Measuring Machines

 

On request

Dimensional Measurement

Melbourne

10–11 July

Electrical Measurement

Sydney 

31 October – 1 November

Fundamentals of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

Melbourne

24–26 July

Pressure Measurement

Melbourne 

21–22 November

Radiometry

Sydney 

April 2014

Temperature Measurement

Sydney

5–7 June

Time and Frequency Measurement

Sydney

July 2013

Chemical and Biological Measurement Courses

 

 

Analytical Method Validation

Sydney

Melbourne
Perth
Brisbane 

7–8 March
2–3 May
31 July – 1 August
23–24 October

Estimating Measurement Uncertainty for Biologists

Sydney

9 May

Estimating Measurement Uncertainty for Chemists

Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Brisbane 

14–15 March
6–7 June
21–22 August
13–14 November

Legal Metrology Courses

 

 

Verifying Belt Weighers

Perth

11 September

Verifying Bulk Flowmetering Systems — Gravimetric Method 

 

On request

Verifying Bulk Flowmetering Systems — Volumetric Methods

Brisbane
Sydney
Hobart
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney

23 February
22 March
26 April
12 June
12 September
7 November

Verifying Fuel Dispensers

Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Hobart
Sydney
Canberra

16 February
21 March
3 April
10 May
13 June
27 September

Verifying LPG Bulk Flowmetering Systems 

Brisbane

8 May

Verifying LPG Dispensers

Sydney
Perth

21 March
18 September

Verifying Non-automatic Weighing Instruments

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Adelaide
Canberra

7 February
13 March
17 April
22 May
19 June
24 July
21 August
25 September

Verifying Weighbridges

Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Adelaide

14 March
18 April
23 May
20 June
25 July
22 August

Weighbridge Operators

Townsville
Bendigo
Sydney

Brisbane
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Melbourne
Adelaide
Canberra

13 March
15 March
20 March

19 April
24 May
21 June
26 July
9 August
23 August
26 September