NDT PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
More than 12 years of experience in the field of NDT personnel certification conducted in accordance with EN 473, ISO 9712, ISO 17024 made it possible to workout accurate and clear certification procedure, which is now functioning in Scientific -Training Center (STC) KachestvoEducation and training of specialists are based on the syllabuses approved in compliance with existing requirements by the Certification Body. The procedure of qualification exams is improved in such a manner that evaluation of candidates qualification level is impartial, unprejudiced, and reliable and any mistakes are excluded.The candidates take written general and special exams. Special examination software has been developed. The software has following special features:- Each candidate has questions of the same level of difficulty selected from each form each topic chapter,- Questions and examination results are printed out as well as all incorrect answers In additional to the before mentioned software the program for statistical processing and evaluation of questions and answers has been developed as well. Obtained results are used for question database update that performed at least once a year.To confirm a candidates knowledge of equipment, testing technology and ability to detect different types of defects the technology of test specimens fabrication has been developed and a set of test specimens of welded joints with standardized flaws has been fabricated. Also a detailed protocol of results evaluation with weight coefficients for each parameter has been worked out.The Certification system developed and implemented at STC Kachestvo does not violate any of requirements of standards EN 473 and ISO 9712; on the contrary it makes certification process considerably more clear and provides impartial and unprejudiced confirmation of specialists qualification level.The STC Kachestvo continuously keeps abreast of the new editions of standards relevant to certification issues. For a example, the certification procedure was introduced for method of structure materials strain testing introduced by ISO 9712:2005.The relevant documentation has been developed and certification on this method has been started. Obtained results show the actuality and timeliness of introduction of this course.
Certification Personnel EN 473 EN 4179 EASA AMC 145.A.30.(f) ISO 9712 ISO 17024 SPNK RONKTD Strain testing
Gerogy P. BATOV NAdezhda P. BIRYUKOVA
cSTC Kachestvo LTD; Moscow, Russia
国际会议
第十七届世界无损检测会议(17th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing)
上海
英文
2944-2947
2008-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）