About Metrology Department
The Metrology Department acts as a national metrological supervision, as it is responsible for supervision on the implementation of a national metrology system in accordance with international requirements and available national capabilities, in order to ensure national standard measurements that are internationally recognized, as the directorate provides a Calibration services for measurement instruments and a Verification of legal measurement instruments, in addition to following up of complaints received regarding measuring instruments.
"The Department undertakes that all verification and testing results are confidential unless it’s been required by the regulatory or legal authorities"
The Head of the Department: Abdalla Bani Khalid
Phone no: 0096265301228
Email address: Abdalla.BaniKhalid@JSMO.GOV.JO
Missions:
Masses And balances Division
- Calibrating the weights of class M1, 2, 3 up to 1000 kg.
- Calibrating Non-Automatic balances for all classes, up to 46000 kg.
- Periodic and sudden verification of jewelry Balances.
- Sudden verification of trade balances.
- Sudden verification of the bridge balances.
- Initial verification of imported balances.
- Follow up on complaints received on weight set and Balances.
- Licensing and renewal of licenses for repair, installation and maintenance of the bridge balances bodies.
- The head of the Division: Abdullah Gheniemat
- Phone no: 0096265301225 Ext. 2107
- Email Address: abdaullah.gheniemat@jsmo.gov.jo
Pressure, Clinical Thermometers and Length Division
- Initial Verification of various types of legal measurement tools that imported from border centers that held in customs transactions including (medical thermometers- digital and mercury-, medical blood pressure monitors -digital, mercury and aneroid-, tire pressure gauges, length measuring instruments, water meters, electric energy meters, electric energy meters installed on electric vehicle chargers, gas meters, fuel meters at gas stations, and fuel tank meters) in addition to Initial verification of steel and composite gas cylinders and the valves, and LPG Tanks).
- Periodic verification of medical blood pressure devices in hospitals and health centers.
- Follow up on complaints received on Measuring tools that are subject to the section’s jurisdiction.
- The Head of the Division: Mosa AL-Shorman
- Phone no: +962-06-5301225 Ext. 2125
- Email Address: Mosa.Shorman@JSMO.GOV.JO
Prepackages Division
- Sudden verification of prepackages or by request from the customer.
- Initial verification of imported prepackages that held in customs transactions.
- Verification of prepackages that held by the conformity assessment bodies.
- Initial verification of imported laboratory volumetric instruments that held in customs transactions.
- Calibration of laboratory volumetric instruments.
- Follow up on complaints received on prepackages.
- The Head of the Division: Mohammad Al-Alwan
- Phone no: 0096265301225 Ext. 2126
- Email Address: mohammad.alalwan@jsmo.gov.jo
Fuels and Volumes Division
- Periodic and sudden and after maintenance verification of metering systems in fuel stations and fuel tanker trucks.
- Verification of the quality of petroleum products in fuel stations, fuel tanker trucks and fuel storage depots.
- Verification of LPG cylinders at gas fillers, agencies, warehouses and cars.
- Follow up on complaints received on fuel stations, fuel distribution tanks and LPG cylinders.
- Licensing and renewal of licenses for repair, installation and maintenance of tanker meters workshops.
- Acting Head of the Division: Eng. Abdullah Abu Saleh
- Phone no: 009624900393
- Email Address: abdallah.Abusaleh@JSMO.GOV.JO
Taximeter Division
- Periodic and sudden and after the maintenance verification of the taximeter.
- Licensing and renewal of licenses for repair, installation and maintenance of taximeters.
- Follow up on complaints received on taximeters.
- Acting Head of the Division: abdulbari alfalahat
- Phone no: 009624900393
- Email Address: abdulbari.falahat@jsmo.gov.jo