Date: 2021-06-09 As the international community celebrates World Accreditation Day (WAD) 2021, the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Laboratory Accreditation Service (TTLABS) has commenced a five-day webinar series highlighting the significant role accreditation plays in strengthening Trinidad and Tobago’s national quality infrastructure. The...
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TTBS Celebrates World Metrology Day 2021
Today, we join the regional and international community in celebrating World Metrology Day, which is commemorated annually on May 20th in recognition of the worldwide measurement system that supports industrial manufacturing and international trade. World Metrology Day recognizes the positive impact of the measurement system in its effect on the...
Ensuring value for money at CNG dispensers
Dispensers at Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)service stations across the country are in the process of being verified by the Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI), a unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS). The LMI recently commenced its verification work on nozzles of dispensers installed and maintained by the...
Webinar in Commemoration of World Metrology Day 2021
Date: Thursday 20th May, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Venue: ZOOM Featured Speaker: Dr Lisa Karam, Senior Scientist – National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST). Click Link to Register: https://tinyurl.com/ttbswmd21 2021 Theme: Measurement for Health Click here to read Message from the BIPM and BIML Directors on...
Virtual Stakeholder Consultation – Laundry Detergent
All manufacturers, importers, distributors, prospective importers and other stakeholders of Laundry Detergent. You are invited to participate in a Stakeholder Consultation on the National Compulsory Standard: TTCS 7: 2020 Laundry Detergent – Compulsory Requirements Date: Wednesday 26th May, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Click Link to Register: https://tinyurl.com/TTCS7...
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021.
Webinar : Enabling safe and resilient workplaces with TTS/ISO 45001:2020, Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use This year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work – Anticipate, prepare and respond to crises – Invest Now in Resilient Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Systems...
T&T Receives International Recognition For Mass And Related Quantities
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) has pursued and achieved international recognition for Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs) in Mass and Related Quantities by participating in the International Committee for Weights and Measures – Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM-MRA). This arrangement has placed Trinidad and Tobago in an internationally...
TTS 171: Part 2: 2002, Trinidad and Tobago Electrical Wiring Code – Part 2 – High Voltage Installations
Introduction TTBS is in the process of revising TTS 171: Part 2: 2002, Trinidad and Tobago Electrical Wiring Code – Part 2 – High voltage installations. The current version was published in 2002 and there have since been significant improvements in technology and practices. Therefore, we would like to hear...
Standards for withdrawal
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) is reviewing its portfolio of National Standards to ensure that it is up-to-date and meets the need of stakeholders. A withdrawal of a National Standard is necessary in the following cases: The existing national standard may be revised or replaced by a...
Schedule of Regulatory Fees – Certification Division
Published in the Trinidad and Tobago Gazette, Vol. 59, No. 209, December 2020