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NAME ASNT Standard for Qualification and Certification of Nondestructive Testing Personnel Reccomended Practice for Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing
1.1 Prepared to establish guidelines for the Q & C of NDT personnel whose specific jobs requir appropriate
1.1 Establishes the minimum requirements for the Q & C of NDT and PdM personnel knowledge of the technical principles underlying the NDT they perform,witness, monitor or evaluate.
1.2 Details the minimum training, education, and experience requirements for NDT personnel and
provides criteria for docementing Q & C. 1.2 Provides guidelines for the establishment of a Q & C program.
Scope 1.4 These guidelines may not be appropriate for certain employers' circumsantces and/or applications. In
developing a written practice as required in section 5, the employer should review the detailed
1.3 Requires the employer to estalish a procedure for the certification of NDT personnel. recommendations presented herein and modify them, as necessary, to meet particular need.
1.4 Requires that the employer incorporate any unique or additional requirements in the crtification 1.3 Developed by ASNT to aid employers in recognising the essential factors to be considered in qualifying
procedure. personnel engaged in any of the NDT methods listed in section 3.
4.1 Candidates for certification as NDT Level-I or Level-II shall complete sufficient organized training to 7.1 Personnel being considered for initial certification should complete sufficient training to become thoroughly
become familiar with the principles of the method and the practices of the application test technique. The familiar with the principles and practices of the specified NDT method related to the level of certification desired
Training training shall be conducted in accordance with a course outline approved by an NDT Level-III. and applicable to the processes to be used and the products to be tested.
4.1.1 The minimum number of training hours required for NDT Level-I and Level-II candidates in
Appendices A and B.
The course shall include the topics contained in ASNT CP-105 for the appropriate NDT method, plus
such additional topics.
4.1.2 Credit required to prove the completion of training hours.
Training shall be given by NDT Instructor. Recommended training course outlines used as training source material are contained ASNT CP-105……
4.4.1 Qualification Criteria for NDT Instructor Employer will ensure the training hours as per written practice.
4.5 Level-III of outside agency shall be responsible for the training servives provided. 7.4 Employer shall be resposible for the outside training.
8.1.1 Recertification after 5 years with documented evidence of 350hours of practical and specific
examination.
Recertification 8.1.2 After 10 years re-examination as per section 6. 5 years As per written practice.
The
requireemnts Are mandatory as per CP 189 Are recommendations, the employer is ultimate to take decesion as per his needs