Who and what is NPL?
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), headquartered in Teddington, Middlesex, is the UK’s National Measurement Institute and a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology. NPL sits at the heart of the National Measurement System. It is the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills’ (DIUS) main provider of measurement and materials research programmes and infrastructure, working with business to ensure measurement accuracy. NPL has over 100 years of experience in the development and application of measurement techniques, but the pursuit of measurement has often taken it beyond its core measurement discipline. The four levels Level 1 (Measurement User) is a 3-day course made up of four modules; Level 2 (Measurement Applier), also complete and about to be further piloted, is a 4-day course comprising six modules; Level 3 (quality control manager/chief metrologist); Level 4, is more of a thesis-bas
