Duration: 8 hours (can be delivered in two half-day sessions)
Format: Online, at the laboratory, or at the client’s site
Date: October 15, 2025

Target audience:
Quality technicians, laboratory operators, designers, process and production managers involved in technical cleanliness and contamination control.

Objectives:
To provide a basic overview of industrial contamination, with reference to ISO 16232:2018 and VDA 19 standards, as well as measurement tools and contaminant data interpretation.

Main topics:

• Basic concepts of contamination (particulates and liquids)

• Measurement methods and tools

• CCC code and reference standards

• Introduction to ISO 16232 and VDA 19.2

Instructor:
Dr. Barbara Bertoncin