Course detail

Testing

FSI-XZK Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester

The subject "Testing" will acquaint the students with EU regulations and the legal systém of the Czech Republic in the area of conformity assessment of specified products. Students will also comprehend the role of state technical inspection of safety of dedicated technical devices. Students will also be familiarized with systemic and practical rules of work in testing and calibration laboratories in a way, that can be practically applied.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Quality management systems. Applied statistics, methods for processing of measurement results. Basic terminology of metrology, technical standardization and statistics. Methods of statistical quality control.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for the award of confidential credit:
Preparation and defence of a term paper on the topic under discussion.
The degree of mastery of the subject is assessed by the teacher with the ECTS classification grade.
The examination course is taught in the form of lectures, no substitution of teaching is required.

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

The aim of the Testing course is to acquaint students with the basic rules of management of state testing in the Czech Republic in accordance with the New Legislative Framework for the Marketing of Products.
Another objective is to introduce students to the State Professional Supervision of Safety of Dedicated Technical Equipment.
The third objective is to familiarise students with the basic rules of management of testing and calibration laboratories, as well as with the technical requirements for the services provided by laboratories.
The Testing course enables students to acquire knowledge in the field of conformity assessment of specified products, state professional supervision of safety of reserved technical equipment and in the field of testing, verification and calibration of measuring instruments.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-KSB-P: Quality, Reliability and Safety, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 4 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Syllabus

1. Testing in the Czech Republic and EU member states
2. Quality and conformity assessment of specified products
3. Modules for conformity assessment
4. Conformity assessment case study
5. State technical inspection of safety of dedicated technical devices
6. Dedicated pressure devices
7. Dedicated lifting devices
8. Dedicated electrical devices
9. Dedicated gas devices
10. Metrological system of the Czech Republic
11. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration
laboratories
12. Calibration procedures for control of measuring devices
13. Statistical tools in the test and calibration laboratory

Laboratory exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Testing in the Czech Republic and EU member states
2. Quality and conformity assessment of specified products
3. Modules for conformity assessment
4. Conformity assessment case study
5. State technical inspection of safety of dedicated technical devices
6. Dedicated pressure devices
7. Dedicated lifting devices
8. Dedicated electrical devices
9. Dedicated gas devices
10. Metrological system of the Czech Republic
11. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
12. Calibration procedures for control of measuring devices
13. Statistical methods in testing