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VERIFICATION OFFICER [1 record]

Record 1 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Officer of the national service of legal metrology authorized to exercise the functions of verification.

OBS

These officers constitute a graded corps.

CONT

This Recommendation applies to the 'metre standard' used by Verification Officers for verifying: line, or end length, rigid measures, for which the maximum permissible error exceeds 300 micrometres per metre (ie 0.03% in relative value).

OBS

In the United Kingdom the function of the Verification Officers is carried out by the Weights and Measures inspectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Agent du Service national de métrologie légale habilité à exercer les fonctions de vérification.

OBS

L'ensemble de ces agents constitue un corps hiérarchisé.

CONT

La présente Recommandation s'applique au «Mètre étalon» utilisé par les Agents de vérification pour vérifier : les mesures de longueur rigides à bouts ou à traits, pour lesquelles l'erreur maximale tolérée est supérieure à 300 micromètres par mètre (soit 0,3 % en valeur relative).

OBS

agent de vérification : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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