IJCA - Volume 2 - Flipbook - Page 20
20 The International Journal of Conformity Assessment
Acknowledgement
I shall acknowledge the content taken directly from
or references from ISO/IEC 17011:2017, ISO 31000,
IAF Mandatory documents, official websites of
ISO, ILAC and IAF was used in order to develop this
write-up.
Author Biography
Mr. L H D Bandusoma is currently working as Deputy
Director (Accreditation) of Sri Lanka Accreditation
Board for Conformity Assessment (SLAB). Mr.
Bandusoma is one of the pioneer members of SLAB
and he counts over 15 years of experience with the
SLAB. While covering duties of the Director/CEO,
SLAB, he served as SLAB’s official delegate for
ILAC, APLAC from 2016-2018. He began his career
in 2003 as Academic Instructor of University of Sri
Jayewardenepura and then moved to Ministry of
Science & Technology as Science & Technology Officer.
Thereafter, with the inception of SLAB, in 2005 he
joined the SLAB as Accreditation Officer and gradually
rose to the level of Deputy Director (Accreditation).
Mr. Bandusoma has a multidisciplinary education
background. He holds a bachelor’s degree in forestry
and environmental science, a Master of Food Science
& Technology from University of Sri Jayewardenepura
(USJP), Master of Public Administration in
e-Government, and Postgraduate Diploma in
e-Government from Institute of Postgraduate Institute
(PIM). He is a qualified auditor as per ISO 14001, Lead
Peer Evaluator of APAC, and has participated in more
than 10 evaluations in different ABs under APLAC/PAC
as well as APAC. During this 17-year period, he was
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involved in the development of accreditation schemes
of SLAB and managed almost all accreditation
schemes of SLAB currently covered under APAC
MRA. He functioned as Technical Manager of Testing/
Calibration Laboratories, Certification Bodies, and at
present functions as Technical Manager of Inspection,
Proficiency Testing, Reference Materials and GLP
schemes. Mr. Bandusoma is a member of National
Mirror Committee on Environmental Management
System, which is directly linked with ISO/TC 207
responsible for ISO 14000 series of standards, and
he functions as a Visiting Lecturer of Corporate
Environmental Management, EMS & QMS as per ISO
14001 & 9001 and Laboratory Quality Management
at Faculty of Science & Faculty of Graduate Studies,
University Sri Jayewardenepura.
References
International Accreditation Forum (IAF), https://iaf.nu/
International Accreditation Forum (IAF), January 2015, IAF MD16:
Application of ISO/IEC 17011 for the Accreditation of Food Safety
Management Systems (FSMS) Certification Bodies
International Accreditation Forum (IAF), May 2019, IAF MD17:
Witnessing Activities for the Accreditation of Management Systems
Certification Bodies
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC),
https://ilac.org
International Organization for Standardization (ISO),
https://www.iso.org
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), November
2017, Conformity Assessment - Requirements for accreditation
bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), November
2017, Risk Management - Guidelines
