The Quality Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE) is set to start a new mobile calibration service after the German government, in collaboration with the Engineering Capacity Building Programme (ECBP), donated two calibration vehicles at a cost of 3.6 million Br.
Speaking to Fortune, Messai Girma, director general of QSAE, emphasizes that, even though the weighting devices distributed to the regional states from the main office match the standards, they require calibration.
"With the mobile calibration vehicles in hand, the 500,000 Br budget we allotted for this year would allow us to enhance the calibration of the weight measurements effectively in the regions," Messai Confirms. "The new calibration efforts would be useful to bring down the cost of transportation to bring machineries from the region for inspection as well as reducing the use of traditional means by which weight measurements are taken in the regions."
Once the mobile calibration service goes operational, it will make possible the joint effort of QSAE and the Engineering Capacity Building Programme in checking and reading the electric power meter, weight, pressure, volume and temperature effectively, Caterina Binhack, public relations officer of ECBP, told Fortune.
The two calibration vehicles donated by the German government are furnished with modern devices and equipments that include meteorology data logging devices and power supply units. These types of vehicles were first used by Britain's HITEK Ltd in 1989.
The International Standardization Organization (ISO) celebrates its 38th official quality control day in its 150-year history today.
"The works of ISO, International Electronic Commission (IEC) and International Telecommunications Union (ITU) not only open markets but also bring environmental safety and economic development under their joint platform," Messai informed Fortune that the issue of security, health, access to information and knowledge will enjoy special attention at today's celebration.