World Standards Day 2024
Shared vision for a better world: Spotlight on SDG 9
Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for peace, prosperity, and the welfare of both people and the planet, each SDG presents an urgent call to action, and achieving them requires our collective effort. International Standards offer practical solutions we can all stand behind. By using international standards, you become a part of the solution.
Goods Inspection
Pre-packaged Goods, Construction Goods, Appliance/Safety Products, Tyres, Starter Batteries, etc.Device Verification
Verification of Fuel Station Pumps, Courier Scales, Supermarket, Goceries and Mini Mart Scales.Certification
Product Certification, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Tourism Certifications, Internal Audits.Search Standards
The TTBS maintains a database of all Trinidad and Tobago voluntary and compulsory standards.Draft Standards
For Public Comment
List of draft standards currently available for public comment:
SLIDING GATES/
TIPS FOR MINIMIZING ACCIDENTS/
TTS 641:2017, Driveway Gates – Specification
This advisory is intended to address the need for greater safety consideration in the design, construction, installation and maintenance of manual and automatic sliding gates.
Lab Services
The Laboratory Services Division of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards provides testing and calibration services to the manufacturing, commercial and public sectors in the country. See below for more.
Electrical Products Laboratory
All tests are conducted in strict accordance with national and/or international standards.Fibre Products Laboratory
All tests are conducted in strict accordance with national and/or international standards.Materials Testing Laboratory
All tests are conducted in strict accordance with national and/or international standards.Chemical Products Laboratory
All tests are conducted in strict accordance with national and/or international standards.Inspection Body Conforms to ISO/IEC 17020:2012
Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection
ISO/IEC 17020:2012 specifies requirements for the competence of bodies performing inspection and for the impartiality and consistency of their inspection activities. It applies to inspection bodies of type A, B or C, as defined in ISO/IEC 17020:2012, and it applies to any stage of inspection.
The Link to Sustainable Development
and Competitiveness
The National Quality Policy (NQP) is an essential instrument to develop a quality culture in all sectors of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy and society, which ultimately supports the diversification and growth of the economy…
LAB
ACCREDITATION
(TTLABS)
TTLABS as the National Accreditation Body for laboratories provides accreditation services to testing laboratories (this includes medical laboratories) and calibration laboratories.
Laboratory Accreditation therefore is a process which gives formal recognition to the technical competence of a laboratory to perform specific tests, types of tests or calibrations.
