◦ More than 35 years expertise in conformity assessment, market surveillance and general Quality Assurance, EMC/EMI (all civil, military, avionic, automotive standards), Low Voltage electrical safety (LV Directive), Microwave, Radio, Electric Generation and Distribution;
◦ More than 8 years of experience in implementation of ErP conformity assessment procedures in scope of Eco design and Energy Labelling Directives;
◦ In-depth knowledge of Cenelec (EU) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards related to electrical and electronic products, knowledge of the correspondence between them and Underwriters Laboratories (USA –UL) and Federal Communication Commission (USA – FCC) standards;
◦ In-depth knowledge of EU directives and regulations related to electrical and electronic equipment (EMC, LV, Radiocom/Telecom (R&TTE), Machinery, Medical, Automotive, Measuring Instruments Devices (MID), General Product Safety (GPSD), Risks of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directives…), Eco design;
◦ Extensive experience within electrical low frequency (LF) and Radio frequency (RF) metrology, FCC, UL, Military (MIL-STD, GAM, DEF-STAN), NATO (STANAG), Avionic (EUROCAE and RTCA DO160), Civilian (IEC and EN), Automotive (ISO) standardization and conformity assessment;
◦ Worked together with / consultant for French standardization bodies / committees (France Télécom: Comité de Spécification des Équipements, now European Telecommunication Standards Institute - ETSI), IEC and Union Technique de l'Électricité - UTE;
◦ Fully qualified to review and advise on standards towards harmonization with EN and IEC;
◦ Partnership founder for DGPT – ART (now ARCEP: French telecom authority), RA (now OFCOM:UK telecom authority), CETECOM France and APAVE (French designated bodies) in market surveillance for machines, electric products / installations, telecom and radio terminal equipment;
◦ Technical Manager and General and Quality Manager of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) and accredited bodies during more than 15 years taking into account the France Telecom Quality assurance implementation system for sub contractors;
◦ Experience on Metrology, Standardization, Testing and Quality (MSTQ) analysis and advices (Morocco, Bulgaria, Turkey, Philippines, Benin, Algeria) in the framework of EuropeAid contracts).
◦ Extensive experience in laboratory testing:
◦ Expert in building, organizing and conducting accreditation of test and measurement or conformity assessment laboratories;
◦ Knowledge of EU/EC tender procedures for the supply, installation and acceptance of laboratory equipment in electrical and electronic domains (for projects in Turkey, Morocco, Philippines, Indonesia, Benin);
◦ Lab quality management expert (EN 45001, ISO 17025, ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and similar quality management systems standards);
◦ Vast experience in accreditation of laboratories testing the following products to harmonized standards under Eco design and Energy Labelling: TV, simple set top box, air conditioners, electrical ovens, washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, tumble driers, space heaters, water heaters and for standby and off mode of electrical and electronic household equipment as well as Lamps and Luminaires, no experience for circulators and space heaters burning solid fuels);
◦ Owner of a metrology laboratory which has all the necessary measurement and qualification equipment from DC to 40 GHz in transmission, reception, measurement of scalar and vectorial parameters: Spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, harmonic analyzers, digital and analogue oscilloscopes, frequency standards (primary cesium standards, secondary rubidium standards), power measurement probes, etc. in numerous exemplars and in redundancy, The lab is able to intervene for any expertise in the fields of low currents, high currents, radio; electromagnetism, lightning, EMP (N HA), computer and digital networks, anti-compromission (TEMPEST), determination and resolution of malfunctions in electrical and electronic systems. RF Consulting also owns an electrical and microwave metrology and calibration laboratory.