[Unpad Media Channel] Universitas Padjadjaran’s Ecology Lab receives a visit from Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), otherwise known as the National Metrology Institute of Germany, at Unpad’s Pusat Unggulan dan Studi Berkelanjutan Building, Bandung, Friday (3/11/2023).
The visit was part of a series of training attended by several Unpad Ecology Lab analysts held by PTB. The visit was also carried out to see the process of service and environmental analysis done by Unpad Ecology Lab as a KAN-accredited laboratory.
The PTB delegates were represented by Project Consultant for Indonesia, Sandra Imelda, and Anteneo De Manila University’s Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Ian Ken D. Dimzon, PhD, as was reported in the news release received by Unpad Media Channel.
Unpad Ecology Lab representative, Mochamad Candra Wirawan Arief, PhD, added that the visit was very beneficial to ensure and improve the quality of service of the Ecology Lab through the analysts’ increase of knowledge and skill.
Meanwhile, in her welcoming remarks, Sandra expressed that the PTB program titled “Strengthening Quality Infrastructure for the Energy Sector in Indonesia” is currently focused on raising awareness and human resource capacity, especially in environmental industries, one of which being those having to do with water. Bandung has become one of the right places to start this program.
Ian Ken D. Dimzon, Ph.D., added that the role of environmental parameter testing institutions and laboratories has become crucial. This is to ensure all aspects, from analysts, sample collection, tools, to methods as well as standardized testing traceability become of utmost importance.
This visit continued with the review of lab facilities and observing the stages involved in providing service. As a KAN-accredited water environmental parameter testing laboratory, the analysts, which consist of Sovia Endah, Jerry Herdiana, and Siti Nurhayati, received feedback and guidance in color testing firsthand.
Ending their visit, the PTB team has observed that the Unpad Ecology Lab has the potential to keep on widening the scope of testing, be it air parameters or others, by ensuring a good quality of service as well as the improvement of testing facilities in the laboratory. (release)* (ICP)
