CONTENTS
News................................................ 2
Africa Regional Group...................... 5
Asia-Pacific Regional Group............. 6
European Regional Group................ 7
Pan-American Regional Group......... 9
Certification.................................... 11
Calendar of Events.......................... 12

The World Organisation for NDTVolume 7 Issue No 2

September 2005

Progress continues apace

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEOn the anniversary of his election as ICNDTChairman, Douglas J Marshall is more thansatisfied with the progress that has been made by
the International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing(ICNDT) in its endeavours towards fulfilling the objectives
laid down at the last world conference in Montréal in
2004.
In particular he is impressed with the efforts ofrepresentatives throughout the world in taking theorganisation forward and culminating in ICNDT becoming
an officially recognised global body in the field of nondestructive testing.
The new ICNDT Operating Policies and Procedures – first drafted at the 2000 worldconference in Rome – have been reviewed, amended and supplemented following
meetings of the ICNDT Executive and Policy and General Purposes Committee (PGP) in
Albuquerque, USA in the Spring of this year.
“Progress over the last twelve months has been rapid”, says Marshall, “and theimplementation of the new policies and procedures is well on-track, enabling us toaddress the next objective – legalisation of ICNDT.”“Indeed, the process of legalisation is well underway and we now have most of what
is required”, continues Marshall.
ICNDT is to be legally registered in Vienna, a popular base for secretariat-typeorganisations and home of the United Nations office at Vienna (UNOV), the representative
office of the Secretary-General in Vienna.
The ICNDT Full Assembly will vote on the legalisation of the organisation at its meetingscheduled to coincide with the 9th European Conference on NDT (ECNDT) in Berlin in
September 2006.
There are many advantages to be gained from legalisation. ICNDT would become
officially recognised as the focus of NDT on a global scale. As such it would be in aposition to apply
for funding not
only from member
societiesbutalso from otherorganisations.
The International
S t a n d a r d s
Organisation (ISO)would regard the
ICNDT
as
the
focal point of the
NDT community
throughout
theworld,
opening
the door to thefulfilment of thenext objective fornce again we are entering anotherstage of change with respect to thelatest revision of ISO 9712. The
revised document was approved in early
January 2005 and the revised version is now
available for all of us to purchase. As theleaders of our NDT Community we musttake the revised document and implement
the revisions in our own individual
schemes to support the change. ISO 9712
is the catalyst to drive a harmonised NDTcertification programme but we must
now recognise the need to harmonise theimplementation and references required by
the document.
The International Committee for Nondestructive Testing must take the lead anddrive the message home to all supporters
and users of the ISO 9712 Standard thatto truly harmonise we need to develop a
programme for Mutual Recognition of ourCertification Programmes. It is in the bestinterests of our profession to establish andmaintain a Mutual Recognition Agreement(MRA) that will allow the portability of
NDT certification to be recognised aroundthe globe. One of the major objectives
during my term as ICNDT Chairman is
to move towards a Mutual Recognition
Agreement that will impact on ISO 9712
harmonisation and visibility of NDT as aprofession.
The ISO 9712 provides us withreferences to determine the training,
experience, responsibilities and somedegree implementation requirements ofthe standard. To take the references further
the committees and working groups of
ISO TC 135 are reviewing and developing
additional reference standards that willfurther assist harmonisation of the parent
standard, 9712. Working groups of thecommittees
include:Non-destructive
Testing – a) guideline requirements fortraining syllabuses b) guidelines fortraining organizations c) performancebased qualifications and certification andContinued on page 2

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Editorial contributions are welcomed.
Articles should be sent to the Publisher at the above address.
Views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the International Committee for
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No liability is accepted whatsoever for errors or omissions.
ICNDT Member Societies are authorised to distribute this newsletter and/or its contents, however
permission should be obtained for reproduction of individual articles and extracts.

Progress continues continued from page 1d) discontinues in specimens, etc. Allof these committees have one primaryobjective and that is assist in the ease of
harmonisation and mutual recognition.
The next step to challenge in theharmonisation of ISO9712 is addressing
the level of difficulty of our theoretical andpractical examinations. The level of difficultymust be the same if we are to recogniseeach other’s certification programme.
Development, sharing and maintaining auniversal question bank would be a step
forward to assist all Certification Bodies
in achieving uniform questions. This work
could be done within the scope of ISO
TC 135 SC7 with an objective similar toWorking Group 8 to achieve uniformity.
Non-destructive testing is our chosen
profession and you are the representativesof our community, let’s make sure werise above our challenges and proveby involvement that we are the ‘World
Organisation for NDT’Baldev Raj winsprestigious award

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ICNDT – its appointment as an Accrediting Body for NDT Certifying Bodies in accordancewith ISO 17024.
It has long been one of Doug Marshall’s goals to gain world harmonisation in NDT andhave one unified international standard – ISO 9712.
“It makes sense for everyone throughout the world to be working to the same standard”,
says Marshall, “so that training establishments will all be teaching the same syllabuses – orat least in accordance with a reference syllabus; the levels of difficulty of exam questions
will be uniform; and practical exams will all be similar.”“This will enable all societies throughout the world – large or small – to refer to andassociate with one centralised, legalised body – ICNDT. It will allow ICNDT to assist withor fully co-ordinate the establishment of standardised certification schemes in all countries
and regions.”
The European Federation of NDT (EFNDT) has served as a model for this and several
other ICNDT initiatives, for example its Mutual Recognition Agreement, and EFNDT’s
experience and expertise are assisting ICNDT to achieve harmonisation on a global scale.
The ICNDT Secretariat at the Canadian Institute for NDE has recognised that the mostefficient and effective way to achieve many of its objectives is to use ‘best-in-class’ resources
offered by member societies. Current examples include the ICNDT Journal and the ICNDT
website, both of which are undergoing significant re-development thanks to combined
efforts of the British, Canadian, German and Italian societies.
With Executive and/or PGP and/or Full Assembly Committee meetings scheduled
for Milan in October 2005, Cairo in February 2006, Berlin September 2006, Auckland
November 2006, Argentina 2007 and at the next world conference in Shanghai in August
2008, continuing progress of all ICNDT activities is assured.
“To paraphrase our headline from the first new-format ICNDT Journal earlier this year, weare continuing to move dynamically in a positive direction”, concludes Doug Marshall.

r Baldev Raj,Distinguished
Scientist andDirector of Indira
Gandhi Centre for
AtomicResearch(IGCAR), Kalpakkam,
has been awarded theprestigious‘Jaeger
Lecture Award’ by
the International Institute of Welding (IIW)and International Standards Organisation(ISO).
Dr Baldev Raj is the first Indian toreceive this coveted Award in recognitionof his research and significant contributions
to the S&T welding and ‘hard facing’. He
developed and implemented successfully
the ‘in-situ’ repair welding of cracked
shrouds and blades of steam turbines,
and also the procedure for hard facing
nuclear components using nickel-based
hard facing alloys at nuclear power plants
which led to substantial reduction in costand plant down-time. He is responsible forthe development of indigenous electrodes
for the 500 MW (e) Fast Breeder Reactor,
which led to the availability of high quality
welding electrodes in the Indian Market.
Dr Baldev Raj has also been honoured
with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Awardfor the year 2004’ by the Indian Welding
Society for his contributions to the field of
Welding S&T.
He has to his credit more than 652
publications in leading national andinternational journals and books.

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OBITUARIESRoy Sharpe CEng FInstP FIM
HonFInstNDT
15.04.1925 – 01.05.2005

Roy Sharpe wasone of the founding
fathers of modern
non-destructive
testing techniques.
As the Head of
the National NonDestructive Testing(NDT)
Centre,based at the Atomic
EnergyResearch
Establishment (AERE), Harwell, UK, heoversaw the development of numerous
methodologies that have been used for
quality assurance and defect measurement
in a wide spectrum of industrial
applications, ranging from detecting defects
in aero engines, gas pipelines and even in
the clock face of Big Ben in London.
Roy Sharpe travelled widely to lecture
and promote the cause of NDE research
and advised several foreign governments,
including those of Pakistan and Turkey on
the setting up of NDT Centres. He wasa Fellow of the Institute of Physics andof the Institution of Metallurgists and an
Honorary Fellow of the British Institute of
Non-Destructive Testing. He also served
on a number of international committees,
including the International Committee for
NDT (ICNDT), which honoured him forhis services to NDT Research, and was
Chairman of the International Institute of
Welding Commission V.
In 1989, shortly before his retirementfrom Harwell, Roy Sharpe’s seminal
contribution to the development of NDT
was recognised by BINDT through its
institution of the Roy Sharpe Prize. Thisprize is awarded on an annual basis for‘significant contribution through researchand development in any branch of NDT tothe benefit of industry or society’.

Dr R Halmshaw MBE FInstP
HonFInstNDT
29.11.1919 – 01.05.2005

Dr Ronald (Ron)Halmshaw – the‘Father of Modern
Radiography’– made profoundandsignificant
contributions to thefield of radiography
and NDT in general.
He was not only
an excellent researcher and application
scientist, but also a very good teacher.
He retired from full-time employment

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with the UK Ministry of Defence In
December 1980.
Halmshaw was a member of the British
Institute of NDT (BINDT) Publications &Technical Committee almost continuously
from 1967 until his untimely death,
Chairman for part of this period andHonorary Technical Editor of the British
Journal of NDT for most of this time.
He published nearly 200 technicalarticles on NDT, mostly on industrial
radiology, authored five books andcontributed chapters to several others. Hislast book ‘Non-Destructive Testing’ ran totwo editions, has been translated into otherlanguages and was recently produced in
CD-ROM format.
In 1985, Ron Halmshaw was awarded
the Robert C McMaster Gold Medal by
the American Society for Nondestructive
Testing (ASNT).

Graham Oates FRA,HonFInstNDT1937 – 2005

Graham Oates wasaninspirational
leader blessed witha charisma andcharm that madethose who worked
under him want
to do their bestfor him. He led byexample.
In 1971 he wasgiven the responsibility of establishing a
new centre of excellence by the CEGB,
then the UK national electricity generator.
As a result of Graham’s leadership anddrive, the new centre soon started to havean influence. Success followed successand the centre grew quickly to ten times its
initial numbers and acquired a formidable
reputation within and outside the electricity
industry. Graham’s work in establishing thecentre has provided a lasting legacy. There
were many practical achievements which
helped to keep the UK electricity industry
running safely and smoothly. Many of thescientific papers produced at that time arestill regarded as state of the art and they are
frequently cited in the current literature.
He became head of the whole Scientific
Services Department and then, whenengineering support was organised ona national rather than a regional basis,
became a Director of the Operational
Engineering Division. He was made a Fellowof the Royal Academy of Engineering, aFellow of the Institute of Metals, Honorary
Fellow of the British Institute of NDT anda Fellow of the Welding Institute. These
were honours that correctly acknowledged
his outstanding contributions to British
Engineering.

After privatisation of the electricity
industry, Graham became Director ofStrategic Planning within Nuclear Electric.

Jaroslav Obraz
Ing
Jaroslav
Obraz CSc was afounder memberof the Czech NDTSociety (CNDT)
and acted as its
President
from1994 to 2000.
Together withhis friends in theGerman,Italianand French societies, he led the Czech
Society into the European EFNDT andorganised various international events,
especially with the German Society(DGZfP). Honouring his services, hereceived the EFNDT Award in Barcelona
in 2002.
In his professional life, Ing Obraz worked
at the State Research Institute of Bìchovice
from 1951 onwards and wrote several
books and publications on the subject ofultrasound testing, which met with acclaim
also abroad. He introduced many students
to NDT in postgraduate studies.
The funeral speeches on 18th February in
Prague were delivered by Prof Šikula from
Brno and the current CNDT President, Prof
Pavel Mazal, both of whom also recognised
the untiring support by the spouse, Hana
Obrazová. DGZfP was represented by Prof
Heinrich Heidt.
Ing Obraz died at the age of 81 in his
home town of Prague, on 10th February
2005, following a severe illness.

ICNDT Journal No 3
The next issue of the
ICNDT Journal is to containa Directory of Member
Societies.
Would all Society
representatives therefore
ensure that the Secretariat(see page 2) has full
up-to-date address andcontact details,
by 1 December 2005.

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NEWS

NDT in art – from Lecce toJerusalem
Extract from an address by professor Amos Notea, President of theIsrael National Society for NDT and Head, Quality and Reliability
Research Centre at the Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
“Honourable Presidents of Societies, Representatives of Societies
from all parts of the world, and our host the Italian Society for
NDT.
“Antiquity, beauty and holiness are concepts expressed in art
and indicate the greatness of the human spirit. Over the generations
there have been towering human figures in the world of art andarchitecture that inspire us today and motivate us to continue intheir search for development of human mind.
“The development of new techniques for the analysis, study
and restoration of treasures from the past is essential in order topreserve our cultural heritage and understand the vast human
intellect possessed by the geniuses that created them.
“Activity in those fields is the key for multinational mutual
appreciation, tolerance and even adoration. I would like to quote
here from John Donne:‘No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.’“The understanding leads to respect of members from othercultures and religions. It emphasises that all men were created inthe ‘Image of God’. It shows that the abilities of man are beyond
our perception.
“Each professional working on methods, techniques and analysis
contributes to the object of peaceful coexistence of cultures andreligions. With the promotion of the profession and technologies
of NDT we create a stronger voice for our profession.
“We ask you all to join the initiative of the Italian Society for
NDT – AIPnD – and the Israel Society for NDT – ISRANDT – toorganise the 2007 Conference in Jerusalem, the city that for many
centuries inspired and influenced human thinking and excited
great prophets and artists all over the world. The city is Holy for agreat part of the world and is of great interest to others.
“We look forward to seeing you in Israel in 2007.”Amos Notea

APGP Committee meets in
Albuquerquemeeting of the Policy and General Purposes Committeeof the ICNDT took place on Tuesday 15 March 2005 in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, alongside the Spring
Conference of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing(ASNT). Seven voting members were in attendance – Nardoni,
PGP Chair; Marshall, ICNDT Chair; Farley, ICNDT General
Secretary; Holliday, PANNDT Representative; Romero, EFNDT
Representative; Link, Elected Member; and Sonneveld, Elected
Member. Several representatives of ASNT attended the meetingas observers, including ASNT Chair Joe Mackin, President Henry
Stephens and Vice President Sharon Vukelich. Sharon Bond
provided the Secretariat for the meeting.
Various administrative issues were dealt with and the review of
ICNDT Operating procedures was discussed, along with mattersconcerning the legal incorporation of ICNDT (see the front page).
It was reported that the German Society (DGZfP) had takenover the task of maintaining the website. The new website, which
is being developed on the basis of user-friendliness and consistentdesign, is available at www.icndt.info
The calendar of events and directory are database generated. A
system of alias e-mails will be set-up for the groups and officers.
Authorised areas will allow for co-operation forums with archivingfeatures. The new site will be totally functioning by the end of2005.
Tony Sonneveld reported that the memberships of threesocieties – Mexico, Colombia and Serbia – are pending. Serbia’s
application has been received from EFNDT and is under review
prior to approval by the General Assembly. Mr Sonneveld is to
explore membership of societies within the Africa region.
Mr Nardoni suggested that participation of Arabian countries
within ICNDT should be promoted.
The Committee discussed the scope of the ICNDT and the issueof representation on the ICNDT as one NDT Society per country.
Also discussed was the possibility of accepting ‘sections’ to the
ICNDT. For smaller countries it may be more feasible to group asa region.
The next Executive Meeting will be held in Milan, Italy – October
2005.
The next PGP meeting will be held in Cairo, Egypt – February
2006.

ISO 9712-2005
The new ISO 9712-2005 is now available in either electronic or hard copy format
Visit the ISO website at www.iso.org

Future ICNDT meetings
Executive Committee
PGP Committee
ICNDT & PGP
PGP Committee
PGP Committee
ICNDT & PGP Committee

Milan, October 2005
Cairo, February 2006
Berlin, September 2006
Auckland, November 2006
Argentina, October 2007
Beijing, August 2008

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Contact:
M Shafy – shafy@maktoob.com
F Herelli – herelli.f@scncff.com.tn

AFRICAI

African Regional Conference to be held in Cairo, February 2006

n developing countries, the effective
use of NDT is of particular importanceto ensure the proper performance ofequipment, to verify the integrity of large
investment projects and also to inspect
imported products and services. Member
states of the AFRA region are in the processof industrialisation and there is now,
more than ever, the need to bring NDTtechnology into the region.
AFRA has been assisting its member
states in the field of NDT methods, withparticular emphasis on capacity building
for certification and qualification of
NDT personnel, upgrading of available
infrastructure as well as bridging the gap
between the advanced countries and theothers where the expertise is still needed.
This has resulted in the introduction andpartial establishment of NDT technology inmost of the countries.
The African Federation of Nondestructive
Testing (AFNDT) organises a regional
conference every four years that deals withcurrent research activities in the field of

q NDT regulations
q Quality assurance in NDT activities
q Material evaluationq In-service inspection
q Welding, casting and wrought material
inspection
q Vibration analysis
q Advanced (NDT) techniqueq Industrial safety.

non-destructive application and material
evaluation.
The
FourthAfricanRegional
Conference – to
take
place
11-13
September 2006 in Cairo – will have aninternational participation of knowledge
in the interdisciplinary fields of nondestructive testing and their applications.
The national and international communities
are invited to participate in the conference
to enrich and promote knowledge andtechniques for non-destructive testing, andto envisage future prospects and trends.
The scientific activities of the conference
will include keynote presentation byinternational and regional recognisedscientists to highlight recent progressin non-destructive testing, to address
their regulations and the promotion of
applications of non-destructive testing inindustry. The conference sessions will also
include panel discussions and technicalpresentations.
Main sponsors of the conference are
the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority(EAEA) and the International Atomic
Energy Agency – Vienna. Chairman of
the Conference is Professor Aly Islam,
Chairman of EAEA and Vice Chairman isProfessor Karim EL Adham.
Conference topics include:
q Non-destructive testing (NDT) methods
q Non-destructive examination (NDE)q NDT personnel certification

An exhibition will be held concurrently
with the conference, the venue for whichis the Sheraton Cairo. A programme of preand post-conference tours is to be available,
enabling participants and companions
to visit the many local attractions andplaces of interest, including Luxor, Aswan,
Hurghada and Saini.
For further information, contact:
Prof MahmoudAhmed Shafy Haraza,Atomic
Energy Authority, 3 Ahmad AL-Zomor St,
Al-Zuhoor District, Nasr City, Cairo,
Egypt. Fax: (00202) 2740238; E-mail:ShafyMahmoud@hotmail.com/Shafy@
maktoob.com

18th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
2012
Durban, South Africa
E-mail: amanda.vdwesthuizen@andtc.com

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Contact:
L Dick – ljdick@ndt.co.nz
O-Y Kwon – okwon@inha.ac.kr

ASIA-PACIFICT

Working closer together

he organising of the 12th APCNDT Conference continues
and, to this end, the call for abstracts has been sent out tomember societies, the ICNDT group as a whole and, in fact,many parts of the world.
If you have been unable to gain a copy personally, they are alsoavailable on the website: www.apcndt2006.com, where you will
also find any and all information, contact details and sponsorshippackages.
I am very pleased to add that, at the time of writing, we havebeen able to secure another two sponsors: SGS Group & ATC.
Logos for these sponsors appear on the call for abstracts. It is onlywith support such as this that any society can take on such a large
task as the hosting of the Asia Pacific Conference.
In addition, Dr Baldev Raj has graciously accepted our invitation
to be keynote speaker during the Asia Pacific Conference. Picking
up where the 16th WCNDT left off, his presentation will focus
on the ‘Frontiers of NDE’, to continue to promote current mature
R&D in NDE.
We are also pleased to announce the contribution that the IAEA
will be making to the success of this conference by way of thehosting of workshops
in the days leading up
to the conference, forthe development of
ISO accreditation fordeveloping countries
from around theworld.
Our theme of‘Working
CloserTogether’ has, as
previously
stated,
meant
that
the
AINDT
(Australia)
and the NZNDT
would begin working
even closer in theregion to develop
and instigate changes
in the delivery of
qualificationand ‘Working Closer Together’certification services
on a wide range.
In the last months
thishas
finally
resultedinthe‘Joint Associations’,
being awarded acontract to supply
these services to the
New Zealand NDTindustry, as well as
thedevelopmentof
accreditationof other services(pressure equipment,
passenger ropeways,
cranes,etc)
to Les Dick (right) of NZNDT and Vince Wilsonof AINDT shake on the contract they havetheCertification
signedBoard of Inspection
Personnel (CBIP) in New Zealand.
We thank the CBIP for putting the trust in us to make thetransition to full ISO 9712 accreditation for NDT personnel and,ultimately, the chance to form the basis of a similar system forthese other inspection personnel.
This contract can only enhance the work to be put in by the
newly formed APCNDT Working Group on Qualifications andCertification to ISO 9712.
As the current President of APCNDT, I look forward to continuing
the communication, support and development of our regionalgroup to the betterment of this region and all member societies
and also towards harmonisation and recognition of international
standards and relationships. This can only be achieved with yoursupport and with that of groups such as IAEA supporting our
initiatives.
We wish you all well and encourage you to get involved in
the IAEA and ICNDT sessions in the week leading up to the 12th
APCNDT Conference, 5-10 November 2006, in Auckland, New
Zealand.
Les Dick
President APCNDTICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 2 September 2005

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EUROPEEFNDT Meeting of the Board of Directors, Stockholm, April 2005

A

meeting of the EFNDT Board of Directors was held on 3rd
and 4th April 2005 at the offices of the Swedish Accreditation
and Certification body SWEDAC in Stockholm.
The meeting was attended by Mike Farley (President), Vladimir
Klyuev (Vice President), Gerhard Aufricht, Rainer Link, Torben
Lund, Emilio Romero, Roger Roche (Immediate Past President),
Gerard Hennault (deputising for Xavier Deliege, Treasurer),
Professor Vera Krstelj (Chair of WG5), Michel Poudrai (Chair ofCertification Executive Committee), Irena Pushkina (translator) andMatt Gallagher (Secretary).
Apologies were received from Giuseppe Nardoni and
Dr Volker.
A minute’s silence was held to mark the recent deaths ofProfessor Obraz, who was for many years the President of the
Czech Society, and Dr Graham Oates, President of the European
Council for NDT (1984-1987).
The financial report from the Treasurer was approved and theSecretary was asked to issue invoices for 2005 fees. An update of
the EFNDT website, run by DGzfP, is planned.
Members discussed the elections for President, Vice President
and Board due at the General Assembly in November 2005.
Several Board Members will reach the end of their term in office
and will not be eligible for re-election. This is therefore an excellent
opportunity to introduce some ‘new blood’ to the Board.

Certification
The Board congratulated BINDT on the Manchester ‘Certification
2004’ Conference and approved in principle the transfer of
responsibility for the EFNDT’s Multilateral Recognition Agreement
to the Certification Executive Committee. The Croatia Society
Certification Body has been registered by EFNDT. The CEC has put
in place procedures to audit and approve Certification Bodies which
are not readily able to gain accreditation. Discussion continues on
the arrangements for release of the EFNDT (ECP) question bankwhich combines questions submitted by BINDT (PCN), DGzfP andI

COFREND. The Board
urged the publicationof the Code of Practiceon the approval of NDT
personnel
workingunder the Pressure Equipment Directive.

Anti-Personnel Landmine Detection
Professor Krstelj reported on the continuing and broadening workof the group.

Strategic Review Action Plans
Dr Link announced the availability of new information services
provided by the German Society via the EFNDT website. EFNDT
agreed to pay the registration fees necessary to allow each member
society access. Details on www.efndt.org

9th European Conference on NDT Berlin 25-29 September 2006
Dr Link reviewed the planning for the conference. The exhibition
space, having been sold out, has been extended and again isapproaching sell-out. There is little doubt that the 9th ECNDT in
Berlin 2006 will be the event in NDT in 2006.

10th European Conference on NDT, 2010
Two excellent proposals to host the ECNDT in 2010 were discussed.
These were made by the Czech Society (Prague) and the RussianSociety (Moscow). Both proposals met the criteria and will betaken forward to the General Assembly for a decision. The Board
considered that in 2010 the time will be right for the Conference
to be held in Moscow and unanimously recommends support of
the Russian Society proposal.
The next Board meeting will be held on 11 and 12 November
2005 along with the General Assembly on 12 November 2005 in
Vienna, Austria, by kind invitation of OGzfP.
Mike Farley

Harmonisation well-received at Uzbek conference

CNDT Chairman Doug Marshall had the pleasure of attending
the National Uzbekistan NDT Conference held in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, 25-26 May 2005. The conference was organised
through the State Agency for Uzbek Standards under thecoordination of Ms Elena Azizova and Mr Andrey Sadikov andsupport of the International Atomic Energy Association, IAEA. The
National Conference was well attended, which resulted in standing
room only for the first day. Although it was National Conference,
representatives from surrounding countries were in attendance,
including Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
ICNDT was invited to participate at the conference and deliver
a formal presentation on the benefits of ICNDT membership,
development of a National Society, guidelines to implement
ISO 9712 as an Uzbek National Standard and identify changes
between ISO 9712:99 and ISO 9712:2005.
As a result of the presentation on the benefits of ICNDT
membership, further meetings were held with the regional NDT
coordinators and various government Ministries to developmenta project plan. In many cases the information and documents
required were easily addressed through the ICNDT website. Theinterest rolled over to the representatives of Kyrgyz Republic and
Tajikistan who also participated in the discussions for long-termsustainable growth of NDT within the country and regions.
Harmonisation and promotion of the ISO 9712 was wellreceived and plans undertaken to upgrade the non-destructive
testing capabilities in accordance with the international standard.
The conference participants recognised the need to enhance

ICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 2 September 2005

Douglas Marshall (left) with international representatives at the
Uzbekistan NDT Conference in May 2005

safety, manufacturing, equipment reliability and research throughstandardised NDT practices and harmonised NDT certification
schemes.
The ICNDT guidelines for Nondestructive Testing Qualification
and Certification were well-received and in future will be thetemplate for implementation of their centralised certification
programme.
Contact:
E Romero – informacion@aend.org
V Krstelj – vjera.krstelj@fsb.hr

EUROPET

Slovenian Society salutes pioneers of NDT

he Slovenian Society of Nondestructive Testing (SSNDT) has
granted an acknowledgement ofgratitude to Mr Dušan Horvat and MitjaŠipek, pioneers of NDT in Slovenia.
Certificates to this effect were handed
over by the current president of the Society,
Prof dr Janez Grum, and the manager of theSection for qualification and certification
of NDT personnel in Slovenia dr Božidar
Bruder at the 7th Slovenian Conference of
NDT, which took place at the Adria-Airways
facility at the Brnik airport, Slovenia.
The awards were made in recognitionof the two gentlemen’s contribution to non-destructive testing, fortheir efforts in the serviceof SSNDT, for theirrepresentation of theSociety in Slovenia andabroad, for organisationand conduction of NDTtraining courses andfor their very important
co-operation in thearrangements to achieve
the accreditation of
SSNDT for qualification Left to right: the President of SSNDT Prof Dr J Grum, Dr B Brudarand certification of NDT (holding one of the works of art, handed over as a reward to each of
the two celebrated pioneers), Mr M Šipek and Mr D Horvat
personnel in Slovenia.

Leonardo Project on Training
in Non-Destructive TestingT

heEuropeanProgrammeofTraining for the
Qualification of NonDestructive Testing Personnel is a project framed
within the pilot programmes of Leonardo Da
Vinci communitarian action of the European
Union in the field of professional training,
the objective of which is to develop European
training programmes in Non-Destructive
Testing at level 1, level 2, and level 3 in fivemethods: Penetrant Testing, Magnetic Particle
Testing, Eddy Current Testing, Ultrasonic
Testing and Radiographic Testing.
The project begins with a study of thestate-of-the-art in NDT training in the partnercountries, which will be used as the basis forthe development of comprehensive training
materials for students and trainers, publishedin English, Spanish, German and French.
The end product will be of use to countriesof the European Union, as well as manyothers in the international community. It will
provide a common document for educationand study, reinforcing the harmonisation
obtained through the certification standards
ISO 9712 and EN 473.
This project is one of the 25 projects
chosen from 65 pre-selected by the Spanish
Leonardo agency out of 125 presented/
displayed proposals.
It has a budget of 459,505 Euros, ofwhich 344,307 Euros is funded by the EU;
the balance will be contributed throughthe work of the participant partners. The
planned project duration is two years.
The Promoter of the project is the
National Centre of Vocational Training
Cartagena (CNFPO), (Murcia), Spain andparticipating partners are the Spanish Society
for Non-Destructive Testing (Madrid),
the German Society for Non-Destructive
Testing (Berlin), the British Institute of NonDestructive Testing (Northampton) and theFrench Society for Non-Destructive Testing(Paris).
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Regional Report
PAN-AMERICA

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Highlights of ASNT’s 14th Annual Research Symposium

ith more than 370 participants, the ASNT Research
Symposium held 14-18 March 2005, at the Hyatt
Tamaya Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA,featured three notable addresses.
Dr Robert Green of the Johns Hopkins University’s Departmentof Materials Science and Engineering gave the keynote address:‘The Importance of Imaging in Nondestructive Testing’. Hecovered a spectrum of applications where imaging challenges still
exist for NDT researchers to develop improved methods. Amongthe techniques discussed were visual inspection, photoelasticity,
holography, thermometry and vibro-thermometry, optical imaging
of ultrasound, acoustic microscopy, non-contact ultrasound, X-ray
radiography, tomography and topography.

to provide themost accurate
andtimelyinformation
throughout
the
year.
The
onlinedatabaseis
updatedm o n t h l y.
Itcontains
information on
Despite some unseasonable weather in Albuquerque,the over 4400 the ASNT Spring Conference was well-attended
holdersof
ASNT NDT Level III certification and the more than 3870 holders
of ACCP certificates as well as those with PdM Level III certificates.
Each certificate holder’s record is accessible online. The databasecan be searched through a variety of alphanumeric, geographic
and relational capabilities. The information provided includes anindividual’s name, city, state or country of residence, certificate
number and the NDT programs, methods and techniques forwhich requirements have been met.

Dr Robert Green (left) is presented with an award for his keynote
address by Glenn Light

Dr Alfred Broz of the Federal Aviation Administration
and recipient of ASNT’s 2005 award for Sustained
Excellence focused his address on ‘Aviation Incidents as
R&D Motivators’. Broz discussed the FAA’s research, engineeringand development initiatives, specifically focusing on nondestructive evaluation, inspection and testing for both ageing andnew aircraft.
The third address was made by the ASNT 2005 award winner
for Innovation, Dr Edmund Henneke of the Department ofEngineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. He addressedvibro-thermometry, how it was conceived and first applied in the
1970s. He described how the initial results set the stage for future
developments. Each of these key presentations was well-attended
and -received.
During the Research Symposium, ASNT was also pleased tohost the ICNDT meetings for its Policy and General Purposes
Committee and the Executive Committee.

Upcoming ASNT Conferences
q ASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show – 17-21
October 2005, Columbus, Ohio, USA
q 15th Annual Research Symposium – 13-17 March 2006,
Orlando, Florida, USA
Visit www.ASNT.org for updates on paper submission
information, programme details, registration information andexhibiting opportunities for each event.

ASNT certificate holders’ data
ASNT certificate holder information is now published online atwww.asnt.org/certlist. The comprehensive listing, which had
been published annually in the February Redi-Reference issue ofMaterials Evaluation, was switched to an online directory in order

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There was standing room only in the lecture theatres

ASNT publications online
Research in Nondestructive Evaluation (RNDE), the research
journal of ASNT, is now available to subscribers in either print orelectronic formats. Subscriptions can be purchased for either media
or both, giving readers more choice. RNDE covers experimental
and theoretical investigations dealing with the scientific andengineering bases of NDE, its measurement methodology and arange of applications of materials and structures that relate to theentire life cycle, from manufacture to use and retirement. The top
ranked journal publishes peer reviewed articles by recognised
NDE authors. A searchable index of abstracts by author, title orchronology is online as well. Visit RNDE online at www.rnde.org.
The NDT Technician (TNT), ASNT’s popular quarterly
publication that brings news and information to NDT practitioners,
is available free in electronic format. Subscribe online through theASNT web site. Visitors to the site can also provide feedback, accessto an archive of articles and the Technician’s Corner with links totraining, certification and career resources for technicians.
For additional information contact: Betsy J Blazar, Sr Manager,
Marketing & Membership, American Society for Nondestructive
Testing, Inc, 1711 Arlingate Lane, PO Box 43228-0518, Columbus
OH 43228. Tel: 800-222-2768; E-mail: bblazar@asnt.org;
www.asnt.org

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J Conte – abende@abende.org.br
W Holliday – wholliday@asnt.org

PAN-AMERICA

Fourth Pan-American Conference
to be held in Argentina

During the third Pan-American Conference held in Brazil,
AAENDE from Argentina was selected as the organiser ofthe fourth Conference.
AAENDE (www.aaende.org.ar) is the acronym for the Spanish
name of the Argentinian Society, that is a non-profit organisation
which nucleates all the different parties involved in NonDestructive & Structural Testing (ND&ST).
ND&ST actually started in Argentina many years ago, handin-hand with the construction of the nuclear power plants
and partially sponsored by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), and gradually extended to non-nuclear
activities. In the course of years a national certification scheme has
been developed within the framework of ISO 9712, and people are
active in keeping it up-to-date, extending the scheme to include
new methods and techniques. At present, many companies, nonprofit organisations, government agencies and universities are
involved in ND&ST throughout the country. Many of them became
corporate members of AAENDE.
The 4th PANNDT aims to gather together experts and companies
engaged in the NDT field, to exchange ideas and experiences andto promote technological exchange.
The conference will be held for the second time in Latin
America, in the city of Buenos Aires, from 22-26 October 2007.
This conference is organised by the Pan-American Committee
for NDT, which congregates associations that develop related
activities in the American continent fostering NDT activities in theregion, and promoting the Pan-American Conference for NDT.
For further information on the next PANNDT, contact AAENDE,
Altolaguirre 1674 (1431), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel: 0054 116772 7429/7257; Fax: 0054 11 6772 7426 7355; E-mail: info@
aaende.org.ar; www.aaende.org.ar

Pedro Feres Filho elected President of
ABENDEP

edro Feres Filho has been electedto the ABENDE’s Board of Directors
as President. Inaugurated into
office on 1 April 2005, Pedro will be incharge until 31 March 2007.
Pedro Feres Filho is a mechanicalengineer with over 20 years experience
in inspection, acoustic emission, nondestructive testing, and most especiallyin non-intrusive techniques. He holds
a Masters degree in fracture mechanics
and is the author of 37 papers publishedin several countries (Europe, USA, Japan and Brazil). Pedro is amember of the Permanent Committee of Inspection of the Brazilian
Institute of petroleum (IBP), the chairman of the Working Group for
qualification and certification of personnel in Acoustic Emission
techniques. This group is associated with the National Programof Qualification and Certification and the Brazilian Society forTechnical Standards (ABNT). Pedro is also a Certified Level 3 inAcoustic Emission in compliance with ISO 9712. He is Presidentof the Brazilian office of the Mistras Holdings Group.
ABENDE, the Brazilian Society of Nondestructive Testing andInspection, is a non-profit organisation that encourages interactionand education of its members, which include NDT professionalsof all kinds. It offers technological certification and education in
non-destructive testing and related areas of quality control througha series of classes, events and publications. Established 27 March
1979, ABENDE is headquartered in São Paulo.

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TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

Training and certification of
condition monitoring personnelW

ork is continuing at the British Institute of NonDestructive Testing (BINDT) on the development of the
PCN scheme for training and certification of condition
monitoring personnel.
BINDT’s Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Technology
Group (COMADIT) has set up four working groups in vibration
analysis, acoustic emission, infrared thermography and lubrication
management and these have completed the examination question
banks at levels I and II. The Level III question bank is now in the
final stages of completion.
A number of Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) have now
been authorised and accredited training is now being provided bythese organisations at Levels I and II. BINDT is therefore pleased
to report the successful launch of the scheme which will now growrapidly, it is anticipated.
For further information contact Stephen Roe at BINDT on Tel:
+44 (01604) 259056; E-mail: stephen.roe@bindt.org

ISO NDT Technical Committee UpdateT

he following two documents are in the draft stage for all
ISO member bodies to review for comment. The purposeof the documents are to assist the non-destructive testing
community to maintain a minimum requirement for all training
organisations in order to conform to the minimum requirementsof ISO 9712.

Progress in the application of
NDT to the measurement of thestrength of concreteS

ignificant progress in the training and certification of
personnel involved in concrete testing has been made at aworkshop organised by the Italian Society for NDT (AIPnD)
in collaboration with the University of Bologna (Alma MaterStudorium), the Italian Department of Engineering for Structures,Transport and Infrastructure (DISTART), the Italian Materials
Research Institute (LaRM) and the Research Centre for Materials
and Structural Characterisation (CIMEST).
Twenty-two representatives of these important organisations
met at a workshop in Bologna in April 2005 to formulate themethodologies involved and develop a series of guidelines for thequalification of personnel involved in the evaluation of concretematerials and structures.
Most importantly, students of this vital subject underwent trials
and courses in the application of NDT techniques to the analysis,
examination and monitoring of concrete and concrete structures.
For further information contact Professor Giovanni Pascale,
DISTART, Alma Mater Studorium, the University of Bologna, Via
Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna. Web: www.unibo.it

ISO/TR 25108:2005 Non-destructive testing – Guidelines for
NDT personnel training organisations
Scope: This technical report gives guidelines for Non-destructive
testing – Guidelines for NDT training organisations, with theintention of harmonising and maintaining the general standard oftraining of NDT personnel for industrial needs.
It also establishes the minimum requirements for effective
structured training of NDT personnel to ensure eligibility for
qualification examinations leading to third-party certificationaccording to recognised standards.

ISO/TR 25107:2005 – Non-destructive testing – Guidelines
for NDT training syllabuses
Scope: This technical report gives guidelines for Non-destructive
testing – Guidelines for NDT training syllabuses, with the intentionof harmonising and maintaining the general standard of training of
NDT personnel for industrial needs.
It also establishes the minimum requirements for effective
structured training of NDT personnel to ensure eligibility for
qualification examinations leading to third-party certificationaccording to recognised standards. In addition to non-destructive
testing in general, its guidelines for syllabuses cover acoustic
emission, eddy current, leak, magnetic particle, penetrant,
radiographic, ultrasonic and visual testing.
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is aworldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member
bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally
carried out through ISO technical committees. The main task oftechnical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft
International Standards adopted by the technical committees are
circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75% of themember bodies casting a vote.
ICNDT will continue to bring updates on various ISO TechnicalCommittees and Working Groups to ensure that our members and the
NDT community at large will keep abreast of the latest NDT news.

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Students undergoing trials in the application of NDT techniques tothe analysis of concrete and concrete structures
ICNDT Recommended Guidelines for Qualification andCertification of NDT Personnel according to EN4179 andNAS410The new organisation in Europe of theauthorities governing the Safety of
Aerospace (EASA) and the UnitedStates Authorities (FAA) have reached
a common agreement to harmonise
the requirements of EN4179 with
NAS410 relative to NDT Personnel
Certification.
In an admirable example ofharmonisation between Europe andthe USA, the National AerospaceStandard (NAS) and the European
Associations for Aerospace
Industry have declared that the
new edition of NAS410, Edition
3, is equivalent to prEN 4179 Edition 3,
February 2003.
Based on this scenario ICNDT is proposing to set up a Recommended
Guidelines for the Qualification and Certification/Approval of NDT Personnel
According to EN4179 – NAS410.
This Recommended Guidelines will include, amongst other things:• Minimum Requirements of technical knowledge for NDT Personnel;• Employer responsibility;• National Aerospace NDT Board (NANDTB);• International Standard Reference.
The Guide will be a useful tool for NDT societies wishing to set up a National
Aerospace NDT Board.

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CALENDAR OF NDT EVENTS
Month

Date

Venue

Event

Contact

5-11

Ekaterinburg
Russia17th All-Russian Conference andexhibition ‘NDT and Diagnostics’svs@imach.uran.ru

13-15

Harrogate
UK

NDT 2005 – The 44th Annual
Conference of the British Institute of
Non-Destructive Testing

conf@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

14-16

St. Petersburg, Russia

Defectoscopy-2005

sci&ind@restec.ru

20-22

Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

NDT & Corrosion Management Asia
Conference

nassir@mint.gov.my

10-12

PragueCzech Rep.

NDT in Progress

13-15

Milan
Italy

11th National Conference of ItalianSociety for NDT

aipnd@numerica.it
www.aipnd.it

17-21

Columbus, Ohio
USA

ASNT Fall Conference and Quality
Testing Show

conferences@asnt.org
www.asnt.org

30-2 Nov

Fremantle
Western Australia

MATE 05-Materials & Testing

aindt@immanet.asn.au
www.mateng.asn.au/MaTe05

2-4

NeuquenPatagoniaArgentina

CORENDE 2005 – Regional
Congress on Non-Destructive &Structural Testing

info@aaende.org.ar
www.aaende.org.ar/aaende_2005/
aaende_2005_ingles/index.htm

8-10

ZnojmoCzech Rep.

DEFEKTOSKOPIE 2005 –35th International Conference and
NDT Exposition

mazal@uk.fme.vutbr.cz
http://cndt.cz

15-18

Tokyo
Japan

NDE Tokyo 2005
Exhibition for NDT, measurement,
evaluation and diagnostic
technology

nde@convention.jma.or.jp
www.jma.or.jp/NDE/

18-19

AthensGreece5th National Conference on NDT of
the Hellenic Society of NDT

hsnt@hsnt.gr
www.hsnt.de

February
2006

7-9

Chennai
India

OPE 2006 – Chennai
International Conference &Exhibition on Pressure Vessels andPipingbkc@igcar.ernet.in
www.igcar.ernet.in/seminars/
ope2006chennai

September
2006

25-29

BerlinGermany

9th European Conference on NDT(ECNDT)

mail@ecndt2006.info
www.ecndt2006.info

November
2006

5-10

Auckland
New Zealand12th Asia Pacific Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing 2006

www.apcndt2006.com

October
2007

22-26

Buenos Aires
Argentina

4th Pan-American Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing (PANNDT)

info@aaende.org.ar
www.aaende.org.ar

August2008

26-30

Shanghai,China

17th World Conference on NDT

chsndt@public2.sta.net.cn
snit@citiz.net
www.chsndt.com

Durban, South Africa

18th World Conference on NDTamanda.vdwesthuizen@andtc.com

September
2005

October2005

November
2005

2012

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mazal@uk.fme.vutbr.cz
http://cndt.cz

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