Accreditation
Benchmark Laboratories Group Ltd. is accredited by the The Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL).
CAEAL
is a non-profit organization with the mission to help laboratories achieve and demonstrate the highest levels of scientific and management excellence through the combined prinicples of Competence, Consistency, Credibility and Communication.
The following analysis services have been included in the CAEAL schedule of Accreditation for this Laboratory. Those analysis marked with an '*' are currently part of the CAEAL performance testing program. Proficiency testing is a special type of inter-laboratory comparison study. It is a powerful quality assurance tool that enables laboratories to monitor their performance and compare their results against similar laboratories. CAEAL's Proficiency Testing Program is accredited to ILAC:G13 (and ISO Guide 43) and consists, in general, of four samples per study, two studies per year . The analyte concentrations in these samples are unknown to the participating laboratory, which analyses the samples and reports the results for evaluation. Successful participation results in the laboratory obtaining proficient status for the analytes analysed and is used as one of the surveillance tools in support of laboratory accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025.
- (Feed and Compost) Copper
- (Feed and Compost) Iron
- (General) Major Cations - Potassium
- (Soil) Aluminum *
- (Soil) Antimony*
- (Soil) Arsenic*
- (Soil) Beryllium*
- (Soil) CCME Tier 1 F1 *
- (Soil) CCME Tier 1 F2
- (Soil) CCME Tier 1 F3
- (Soil) CCME Tier 1 F4
- (Soil) Copper
- (Soil) Manganese *
- (Soil) Mercury*
- (Soil) Strontium *
- (Soil) Vanadium*
- (Water) Barium
- (Water) Benzene
- (Water) Beryllium
- (Water) Boron
- (Water) BTEX
- (Water) Cadmium
- (Water) CCME F1
- (Water) CCME F2
- (Water) Chromium
- (Water) Cobalt
- (Water) Copper
- (Water) Electrical Conductivity*
- (Water) Ethylbenzene
- (Water) Lead
- (Water) Major Anions - Chloride
- (Water) Major Anions - Nitrate
- (Water) Major Anions - Phosphate *
- (Water) Major Anions - Sulphate *
- (Water) Major Cations - Calcium *
- (Water) Major Cations - Magnesium *
- (Water) Major Cations - Potassium
- (Water) Major Cations - Sodium
- (Water) Mercury
- (Water) Molybdenum
- (Water) Nickel
- (Water) Perchlorethylene*
- (Water) Selenium
- (Water) Silver
- (Water) Surrogate Recovery
- (Water) Tetrachloroethylene*
- (Water) Thallium
- (Water) Total Dissolved Solids
- (Water) Total Xylenes*
- (Water) Trichloroethene*
- (Water) Uranium
- (Water) Vanadium
- (Water) Zinc