CONTENTtheThe Official
Journal of theInternational
Committee for
Non-Destructive
TestingICNDT• ICNDT Regional Groups• News from 16thWCNDT• ICNDT Guidelines.
• EFNDT BOD in Moscow

journal• New BoD of AEND

Year sixth – Issue n. 1
May 2004• 11th APCNDT in Korea• Report by ICNDT Chairman

The world Organisation for NDT• Report from Pakistan Society• Certification in the world: Italy
and New Zealand

ICNDT REGIONAL GROUPS• From Brazil• New Research Centre

BASIC AND STRONG FORCES FOR A SYNERGIC EFFORTIN DEVELOPING AN ACTUAL GLOBAL NDT COMMUNITY• ICNDT Journal Subscriptions• ICNDT Directory

The ICNDT Regional Groups are grouping national NDT Societies of large geographical parts of the world, like Americas,
Europe, Asia and, in the near future, Africa. They are giving a strong contribution to shape a real world wide NDT community, as they are able to better evaluate and give evidence to local realities and needs in terms of technical problems as well asof human resources. Theirs activities provide an irreplaceable help to the ICNDT policy. The successful NDT Conferences
recently held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (organised by PANNDT- Pan American Group) and in Jeju, Korea (organised by
APNDT- Asia/Pacific Group) are testifying the efforts made by these Groups in spreading out NDT Technology and for thetechnical benefit of involved people.
The incoming 16th WCNDT in Montreal, with the General Meeting of ICNDT and voting for renewal of ICNDT Officers, is themost important appointment for NDT people. Don’t miss it ! It willoffer a great moment of aggregation for all: Individuals, Societies,
Regional Groups. In one word: the ICNDT!
The development and improvement of ICNDT is strictly connected
to contribution and suggestions of all of you. Help us to do of MonBalden Ray
C. Belinco
M. Farley
treal meeting a resource for the future.
President of PGP

President of the Pan America President of EFNDT
Committee for NDTTHE

17 WCNDTCHINA 2008

Mrs Zhu and Mr Guo of China Society
for NDT will organize the 17 WCNDTSEE YOU IN MONTREAL!

16 WORLD CONFERENCE ON NDTthMontreal, Canada, 30 August-3 September 2004

Hello Gentlemen

Abstracts submission by topics

Steel

OthersHigh resolution Ultrasonic

Ispection of Micro-System

Reliability

Railroad Inspection

Research

Power Generation

Automotive

Guided waves

Magnetic TechniqueLaser-UltrasonicCertification and Training

Eddy Currents

Nuclear

New Tochniques

Optical Technique

Non-Contact Ultrasonic

Thermography, Thermal Techniques

Array Transducer

In-process NDT-NDE

Aerospace

Petrochemical Industry

Signal Processing

Radiography

Civil Structures

www.wcndt2004.com.

Materials Characterization

I am great! Considering things here are really starting to ramp up for the WCNDT.
I have a breakdown on the conference technicalprogram. Todate: A total of 716 technical papers
have been accepted and the authors notified.
Oral Presentations
588
Poster Presentations 128
Douglas Marshall
There are 27 topic tracks over the five day event
WCNDT President
plus three one day pre-conference short courses.
The papers represent 50 countries. The electronic spreadsheet provides details, ie, UK 44, USA 108, Germany 68, etc.
Please visit the conference website to download the latest announcement

The brochure will provide the Technical Programme, technical program committee, invited speakers, pre-conference short courses, etc. Pages 6 and 7 provide information on
Montreal and the social rogramme.
There is no one major sponsor but todate we have managed seven Premier Sponsors andtwo donors. The sponsorship program is moving forward and slowly conference items
are being sponsored.
The major of reserved exhibition space has been purchased, 95% ( 88 Exhibitors ) plus
various ICNDT societies. Additional exhibition space is available if necessary. The exhibition and technical session are all on one level in the same general location. The exhibit
hall is one large room with an Internet cafe, demonstration area and refreshments.
Registrations are just starting to be received (125 todate)A meeting room capable of hosting the ICNDT Formal meeting has been reserved forthe entire week. The room will be used for our Certification Seminar and Workshop. We
have purchased the ICNDT membership plaques and completed the certificate design..
Please contact myself or Sharon Bond for any additional information.
Douglas J. Marshall16th WCNDT President

ICNDT
ICNDT Publication

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ICNDT GUIDELINES FOR QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATIONOF NDT PERSONNEL ACCORDING TO ISO 9712
From the ICNDT guide/The Employer Certificate
5. EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN USING THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION

The people of NDTACOUSTIC EMISSION

The Employer has important responsibilities when using Third Party Certification. These are similar
to those when using in-house certification and should be reflected in the Employer’s quality system.
This Section of the Guidelines clarifies the Employer’s responsibilities within the framework of ISO
9712, and gives guidance on how the Employer should fulfil these. In this context the Employer (or responsible agency) is defined as ‘the organisation for which the candidate works on a regular basis’. If the individualis self-employed he shall assume all responsibilities specified for the employer or responsible agency.
The responsibilities of the Employer are:a. The Employer has overall responsibility for the results of NDT operations.
b. The Employer shall introduce the candidate to the Certification Body or the Authorised Qualifying
Body and endorse the validity of the personal information provided. The documentation provided
shall include the declaration of education, training and experience needed to establish the eligibilityof the candidate.
c. The Employer shall be fully responsible for the authorisation to operate, including checking
that NDT tasks to be carried out are within the scope of the individual’s certification Method, Level, Sector, and if not organising additional job-specific training and/or examinations.
d. The Employer shall ensure annually that employees meet the visual acuity requirements.
e. The Employer shall maintain records of work experience necessary as a basis for confirming continuity of satisfactory work activity (to support renewal/re-certification).
To fulfil these responsibilities the Employer must prepare a NDT Quality Procedure (or NDT Written Practice) and maintain adequate Records.
The NDT Quality Procedure shall cover the correct administration and control of NDT personnel inorder to meet the quality requirements of the company, its customers and relevant international or national regulations. It will include reference to:a) applicable codes and standardsb) general responsibilities of Levels 1, 2 and 3c) Certification required (Method, Level, Sector …)d) persons designated by the Employer to be responsible for issuing the authorisation to operatee) control of in-house training and examination supplementary to that carried out during the ISO 9712
qualification and certification process. This will include job specific training for tasks outside thescope of the individual’s certification and updating with respect to new equipment or techniquesf) responsibility for maintenance of records

ULTRASONICXRAY

The Employer must arrange to maintain records for each of his NDT personnel including:• records of training• records of education• records of work experience• vision test results• certification examination results
If these are complete and acceptable, then the Employer issues the necessary authorization to discharge the duties of Level 1, 2 or 3 in a defined area of competence.
The best way for this to be done is through an Employer’s Certificate of Authority to Work and thisshould be signed by an appropriately designated person on behalf of the Employer (see Figures 1 & 2).

COMPUTERIZEULTRASONIC SYSTEM

Use immediatly this guide! It is world wide recognized!
The ICNDT Guidelines at costof EUROS 25.00
can be required to:
ICNDT Secretariat c/o AIPnD
Via Foresti,525127 Brescia
Italy
or writing to
icndt@icndt.org

ROLE OF THE EMPLOYER
IN THE CER TIFICATION PROCESSThe certification issued according to ISO 9712/EN 473 is a general certification of the applied sector.
The personnel holder of this certification needs before starting theexamination in the company authorization of the employer.
The authorization is given through a certification issued by the employer
and signed by the person designed by the employer to be responsiblefor issuing the authorization to operate ( see point 7).
This certification is issued after verification of the capability of the candidate to operate correcting on the products with the required skill according the requests of specifications, codes etc.
The verification shall be documented.

Recognir ed by ASMECONTENT❏ Background to ICNDT Guidelines❏ Accreditation of Certification Bodies❏ Employer responsibilities when using Third Party Certification❏ Advantages of Qualification and Certification to ISO9712❏ Draft International Standard DIS ISO 9712.2❏ Requirements of technical knowledge of NDT Personnel

Extract from ASME Document……..
If a Manufacturer prepares his written practice for ASME Code related examination in such a way to establish ISO 9712 / EN 473 as his method of certification then there would no need for double-certification

AR TICLE 1 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

AppendicesT-120 GENERAL

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a) Subsection A describes the methods of non-destructive examination to be used
if referenced by other Code Sections or referencing documents.
b) Subsection B lists Standards covering non-destructive examination methods
which have been accepted as standards. These standards are non-mandatory
unless specifically referenced in whole or in part in Subsection A or as indicatedin other Code Sections or referencing document.
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f) ) National or international central certification program ( ACCP ) , may be alternatively used to fulfil the examination requirements of the documents listed
in T-120(e) as specified in the employer’s written practice.

ASME recognition of ISO 9712/EN473
Training syllabus international relevance
Listing of Certification Bodies offering ISO9712 Certification
Mutual recognition of certification
Vienna Agreement between ISO and CEN
Current Major Internationally-used Certification Standards
Process for Development and Revision of ISO9712
The Role of ICNDT and Regional Groups in the Harmonisation
Process for Training and Certification• ICNDT Membership Directory

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ICNDT REGIONAL GROUPEFNDT - EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR NDTFLORENCE 1984 - MOSCOW 2004

How we were!

The European Federation for NDT celebrated in Moscow its twentieth anniversary.
A meeting of EFNDT Board of Directors was held
last 19th March in Moscow during the Annual Conference of Russian Society for NDT. A triptych of important resolutions have been taken by the BoD.
• The BoD unanimously expressed the will to support the “Vienna Agreement” which agreed agradual merging of EN473 into ISO 9712. Assuch a process has currently come to a standstill,
the EFNDT called a summit meeting with CEN
and ISO in order to re-align the scope and makedraft approval shorter.
• The Bank of Questions for 1and 2 level examinations, developed by EFNDT with a view to harmonise examinations in different countries, will be put
on CD ROM, at disposal of Certification Boards
against payment to EFNDT of a proper fee.
• The problem of accreditation of National Certification Bodies for countries where proper structures do not exist has been deeply examined. The
BoD decided to substitute the “accreditation” by“approval”, which will be carried out via an audit
performed by a suitable team from EFNDT and
ICNDT. This decision will make easier the mutual recognition of certifications among countries.
Three relevant decisions which confirm the will toharmonise the qualifications NDT personnel. In
the purpose the EFNDT request earnestly the issueof “ Guidelines”, that are more flexible of the norms
and better met both authority and personnel requirements. In this light the ASNT has been a pioneer
tracing out a way for all the world.
The “ICNDT Recommended Guidelines for Qualification and Certification of NDT Personnel according to ISO 9712” is an example of useful recommended practice to be adopted as suitable reference.

MOSCOW 2004
The board of directors of EFNDT with
the international partecipants and Russian Scientist at the RSNDT National
Conferenze
Report on EFNDTBoard of Directors Meeting
Moscow, March 2004
The thirteenth Board Meeting of the European Federation for NDT was held in Moscow on 19 and 20
March 2004 at the offices of Spectrum and the headquarters of the Russian NDT Society at the kind invitation of Professor Vladimir Klyuev. Eight Directors were present (Dr Farley, Mr Aufricht, Professor
Klyuev, Dr Link, Mr Lund, Mr Roche, Mr Romero
and Mr Nardoni), plus Matt Gallagher and John
Thompson from the Secretariat (provided by British
Institute of NDT), and Michel Poudrai (Chairmanof the Certification Executive Committee) and Gerard Hennaut deputising for Xavier Deliege.
The meeting was held in three parts, and during thefirst part the Board was joined by Professor Guo (Vice President) and Mr Shu (Secretary) of the Chinese
NDT Society, Andrei Tkachenko of the Moldavian
NDT Society and by Douglas Marshall, President of
the 16th World Conference in Montreal (August
30th – 3 September 2004).
Reports were presented on the Activities of the active Working Groups: 1. Qualification and Certification, 2. Radiation Safety and 5. Detection of AntiPersonnel Mines.
The updated EFNDT Website was presented (seewww.efndt.org). It was agreed to request all themember societies of EFNDT to install a link fromtheir own website to the EFNDT and European
Conference (ECNDT) websites.
An update of Certification activities was presented asa Power Point presentation – also to be posted on
the website.
The German NDT Society DGzfP is beginning to
make plans for the 2006 European conference inBerlin (25-29 September 2006). Two main sponsors
and five minor ones have been agreed. Around three-quarters of the exhibition space is booked. Details are accessible at www.ecndt-2006.info Strong

1 - Florence 1984
Foundation of European Council for NDT (side).
2 - Moscow 1982
10th World Conference on NDT (centre).

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3 - Moscow 2004
20th Anniversary of EFNDT (bottom).

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support is evident from Europe for the forthcoming
16th World Conference inMontreal: August 30 – 3 September 2004. Some spaceremains in the exhibition. The British Institute of
NDT, co-sponsored by EFNDT is running a conference entitled “Certification 2004: NDT in a Shrinking
World” on 3-4 November 2004 in Manchester. Thisconference is the fourth in a series. Details are available
from www.bindt.org. Offers of papers are invited.
In the second part of the meeting (Formal Board
Meeting), the financial report was approved, the acceptance of China as an Associate Member was ratified and official notification given of the change of
EFNDT’s official address (to Avenue des Arts, 609,
B- 1210 Brussels). On the subject of Certification, it
was decided to request a meeting with the Chairmenof TC 135 and TC 138 in order to urge the convergence of ISO 9712 and EN 473. A new guideline onExternal Representation of EFNDT was agreed.
This will be used as a working document and incorporated into the internal regulations after approvalby the GA.
A number of changes to the implementation of ECP
were agreed. The Question Bank will be made available widely. Other ECP documents and procedures
have been taken over by TC 138/EN 473. Two newmembers Mr G Hennaut (Belgium) and Mr A Mullin (Russia) were appointed to the Certification Executive Committee to replace Mr Hoogstraate and
Mrs Lekovitch.
With respect to ASME recognition of EN 473 a Code Case for Power Station Boilers (ref. I-01-35) was
reported. This allows the use of EN 473 for certification of NDT personnel inspecting power boilers
to ASME Code Section 1, subject to the preparationof an appropriate procedure or written practice covering the job-specific qualification and authorisation of such personnel.

The Board discussed an outline proposal to create an
EFNDT Approval scheme for Certification Bodies
and agreed to pursue this development further.
The Procedure for choosing the venue of European
Conferences will be revised to bring the decision
forward to the General Assembly which precedes each ECNDT. Hence the decision on ECNDT 2010
will be made at the GA in 2005. Proposals will need
to be submitted prior to the BOD meeting in Springof 2005.
Discussion was continued on the future EFNDTStrategy and four Action Plans were agreed. These
will be published on the Website. Dates and places
for next meetings:
GA/BOD 5/6th November 2004 Manchester
BOD 3/4th April 2005 Stockholm or Vienna
BOD October 2005 Berlin
F R O M S PA I N

THE NEW BOD
OF AEND( SPANISH SOCIETY FOR NDT )President:

Mr. José ManuelCorrales9th European Conference on NDTVice-presidents:

September 25-29 2006

The Event for NDTMr. Emilio Romero(outer relations)
Mr. Jesús Serrano(structure and documentation)
Mr. Jesús Sanz Yrazu(certification)

ZfP in Forschung,entwicklung und Anwendung

Mr. Antonio Soto
(training and testings)

Salzburg
17/19 Mai 2004

Moscow-Prof Klyuev and Mr Farley attornied by the partecipants to the EFNDT Meeting.

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11 ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON NDTThe 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on NDT was successful held at JEJU Island, Korea, on 1-5 November
2003. In conjunction with the conference several technical meetings were held. Namely : Asia – Pacific Committee Meeting, ICNDT-PGP Meeting, ICNDT Executive Committee Meeting. Very important event was
the presentation of the revised “ICNDT Recommended Guidelines for Qualification and Certification of
NDT Personnel according to ISO 9712” to the International Panel on Qualification and Certification of NDTPersonnel that has welcomed with high satisfaction the document.

Partecipants to the international Panel on certification ISO 9712.

Report by ICNDT Chairman
Subject: APCNDT Conference/PGP meeting/ICNDT Executive meeting/Panel on
Qualification and Certification of NDTPersonnel.

ICNDT

To all ICNDT Members
Dear Friends,
Hello! How are you?
Just arrived from the APCNDT Conference
held in Jeju, Korea, on 1-5 Nov., I am sending
good news arose from this important meeting.
It was a very successful Conference with morethan 600 participants. The extremely interesting papers presented and the plenary lectures
highlighted the new trend of NDT. Digital
imaging, smart materials, guided waves,nanotechnologies, CT tomography, fiber
optics, polymer transducers have been the
key words of this conference.
Materials as concrete, composite, microchips and so on, are becoming standard for
NDT examination. NDT are getting more
and more important also over the traditional
fields of applications. More than 50% of thepresented papers come from research centres of university or other organisations.
Korean NDT Society together with theAsia-Pacific Committee made an excellent
work that merit our best congratulations.
In conjunction with the Conference four
important meetings took place in Jeju :• PGP Meeting• ICNDT Executive Meeting• APCNDT Committee Meeting• International Panel on Qualification andCertification of NDT Personnel
In all these meetings, a very constructive atmosphere surrounded the discussions on the
many items in the agenda.
The APCNDT is a strong reality with a greatrole in the Asia-Pacific countries for the development of NDT as well as the diffusion of
ICNDT policy. The candidate to host thenext APCNDT Conference is New Zealand.
Very important were both the PGP meetingand the ICNDT Executive meeting; discus-

Members of the ASIA-PACIFIC committee for NDT

sions have consolidate the ICNDT policy
with a view to the next full ICNDT Meeting which will be held in Montreal next
year. The new draft of ICNDT Guidelines
for Qualification and Certification of NDTPersonnel has been presented during themeeting. It was highly welcomed!
It has been decided to distribute it to theparticipants to the Conference. Only small
editorial implementations are necessary forthe draft. ISO has given its full approval forthe distribution of the “Guide” containing
the ISO draft 2003.
The International Panel on Qualification
and Certification of NDT Personnel wasparticularly successful . The ICNDT Guide
received the compliments from the attendance. ASNT President express his personal
satisfaction to see how the role of the employer is held in primary consideration in
the ICNDT Guide ( that is the culture ofUSA, he stated ).
The following countries were present: Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, USA and Europe(EFNDT). All the Certification Programmes presented by these countries, are basedon ISO 9712. ASNT has confirmed that
ACCP is aligned with ISO 9712.

Mr. Rose, Scientistof guided waves has held
the plennary lecture

Dott. Murphy is explaining the role of ICNDT and ISO in the
Industry scenario.

From many countries arose the request to
ICNDT to make a task group for the accreditation of ISO 9712 Certification Centres; that because, outside Europe, there are
not specific organisation for accreditation.
Beautiful place the venue of the Conference!
Excellent the hospitality of the Korean
NDT Society.
Great thanks to the organisation for its helping in leading the meetings.
Particular thanks to the PGP Members Mr
Farley, Marshall, Heidt, Thomson, Onoe
for their helping in preparation and leading
the ICDNT meetings.
G. Nardoni
ICNDT Chairman

Prof. Hatano and Prof. Onoe are explaining the ISO9712 to theInternational panel.

Mr. Mike Farley, ENFD President.

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AFNDT - AFRICA FEDERATION FOR NDTCONSTITUTION OF THE AFRICAN
FEDERATION OF
NON-DESTRUCTIVE-TESTING(AFNDT)REPORT BY F. HERELLI
According to the International trends in the fields ofadvanced sciences and technologies and with joint
support of the IAEA, was hosted by the National
Electricity corporation of Sudan and the Sudadaneese authority for Atomic Energy, from March 7th to11th 2004, the sixth meeting of the African coordinators for the regional project of IAEA related toadvanced techniques of Non-Destructive-Testing.
This meeting was attended by the participants fromcountries hereafter :Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Senegal, Congo, Cameroon, Zambia,
Ghana, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and South Africa.
During this meeting, future program of the project
workplan 2004-2006 was reviewed. Furthermore, arecommendation was presented for the choice of the
AFNDT as the representative of the African Continent in the ICNDT, which is an important historicalevent.
The chairmanship of the federation was trusted to
Egypt in order to organize the fourth African meeting in February 2006.
The committee of the African Federation (AFNDT)
is composed of :• Pr. Mahmoud Chaffaï – Egypt - Chairman• Mr. Mod. Farid Herrelli – Tunisian - Vice-Chairman
Among AFNDT targets here below the important :1. Facilitate Interafrican cooperation in matters ofdevelopment and use of NDT methods
2. Cooperate and establish relations with nationaland regional NDT organizations.
3. Promote and backup holding of regional meetings in NDT field.
4. The AFNDT tries to be the regional representative of Africa in the International Committee(ICNDT) as well as taking part in the works, activities and meetings of the ICNDT.

AFNDTAFRICA FEDERATIONforNONDESTRUCTIVE TESTINGMr Herelli presents to Mr Nardoni the Africa plaque.

Egypt
Marocco Senegal
Cameroon Ghana
South Africa Sudan
Kenya Ethiopia
Zambia
Libya

Tunisia Zimbabwe
Nigeria Congo Tanzania

Refinery in Africa Region.

ICNDT regional group

ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL GROUPFROM PAKISTANPAKISTAN SOCIETY
FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

THE SECOND NATIONALCONFERENCE ON NDTThe Pakistan Society for Non-destructive Testing(PASNT) was founded in 1996. Among its 14 aims
and objectives are:
• To promote technical education, training andcertification in NDT at all levels.
• To promote the applications of Non-destructive
Testing (NDT) in the development activities of
the country.
• To act as a consultant to the government, public
corporations, local bodies and other institutions
in all matters connected with NDT for the
progress and development of the country.
• To establish and maintain national standards inapplications of NDT …...etc.
There are 163 members of the Society in its various classes, many of which are Life Members. PAS-Dr Ishfaq Ahmed being briefed by Mr. Parvez Butt about a stall in the
Exhibition arranged at the Second National Conference on NDT.

NT holds general elections to fill its 11 honorary
posts of Administrative Council after every two
years. Its next elections are scheduled on 11
March, 2004.
The Second National Conference on NDT washeld at Islamabad form 22 – 24 October, 2003.
Special Advisor to the Prime .
Minister and former Chairman of Pakistan Atomic
Energy Commission (PAEC), Dr. Ishfaq Ahmed
was the chief of guest at the inauguration ceremony of the Conference. He emphasied the applications of NDT methods in the national industries.
Mr. Parvez Butt, Chairman PAEC, in his welcome address stated that the economic progress
and prosperity of a nation depends mainly on the
production of quality products. The Commission
has the honour of being the pioneer of the quality
culture in its own programme and in imparting thesame to the national industry. Almost all the NDT
personnel working in over 140 organisations of thecountry have been trained and certified by PAEC.
Director, National Centre for Non-destructive
Testing (NCNDT) and President of PASNT, Mr.
Asghar Ali Khan in his address traced the development of NDT facilities in Pakistan. Realising
the importance of NDT for producing quality
products, PAEC
established facilities and developed expertise in
NDT and made it available to industry in Pakistan
to upgrade and improve the overall national manufacturing capability.
He said further that as at present NCNDT has
trained more than 1600 persons through 142 training courses. It remains to be the only institution in
Pakistan that is producing certified NDT inspectors. Besides NCNDT has also continued to provide expert advice and services to local industries
in addition to third-party inspection and life assessment of plants.

Mr. Asghar Ali Khan, Director NCNDT and President of PASNT addressing the Second National Conference on NDTThe Conference provided a national forum topresent research and development work, overview
the advancements and share mutual experiences in
the field of NDT and to provide a benchmark forthe present state of development of NDT technology in the country.
A scientific and industrial exhibition was also organised at the venue of the said Conference inwhich leading NDT companies and various related
PAEC organisations took part.
Out of 44 papers of 20 minutes each presented in 7
technical sessions, 32 were made by authors fromindustries, educational and research organisations
while 11 papers were from NCNDT and one from
Germany. All these presentations received full interest of nearly 200 audience followed by longquestion-answer sessions.
The Conference was sponsored by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and many other industrialorganizations.
The Conference ended with numerous recommendations for the promotion of NDT technology.
The next Conference is scheduled for 2007, theyear preceding the 17th WCNDT.

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CERTIFICATION IN THE WORLD ACCORDING ISO 9712
CERTIFICATION IN ITALYCICPND – The Italian Certification Body for NDTThe certification of NDT Personnel is managed on the basis of
the European Standard EN 473 / ISO 9712, CICPND rules on
the Qualification and Certification of NDT Personnel and on theapproval of Examination Centres for the CICPND certification atlevel 1 and 2.
At the present time, the approved and operative CICPND Examination Centres (20 in number) represent the focal point able tocover all certification demands across the Country.
In other terms the approved Examination Centres flexibility allows to offer a service adequate to the industry requests throughout a wide range of different possibilities specifically arranged
in order to achieve the best costs reduction and to save Clients
production time.
The above behaviour is on one hand the consequence of the EN
473 / ISO 9712 approach to the NDT Personnel Certification,
where the level 1 and 2 have to be examined by the Examination
Centres, while the levels 3 have to be examined directly by the
Certification Body: on the other hand such behaviour aimed tosupply a service more and more improved in order to obtain a living costs reduction so to minimise the impact on the manufactured products and on the competitiveness in the market.
Moreover the CICPND "Register of NDT certified personnel" isanother important issued as a key element for the information diffusion among mutually recognised Certifying Bodies.
The PND Valid Certification Numbers, at the and of
2003, are showed on annex table (12.733 PND Certifications of which 914 of level 3, 10.125 of level 2 and 1.694
of level 1).

gave successful results in the fields of industrial processes, like extensometry, coordinate measuring machines, acoustic measurements, catholic protection, PND on reinforced-concrete, armed aand pre-stressed concrete and walling structures (all accredited by
SINCERT with number of recognitions 012C).
Furthermore CICPND has been recently charged by ItalianTransportation Ministry to define the structure of the certification scheme for the Personnel Certification involved in the passengers transportation by rope. About Valid Certification Numbers see annex table (Other).
Conclusion
In some half century of life CICPND issued more than 23.000
NDT certifications.
At the present time CICPND is able to serve the national industry all around Italy by means of its approved Examination Centres.
CICPND is accredited by EA trough SINCERT and it is recognized by EFNDT trough AIPnD.
CICPND is recognized Third Party Organisation achieved from
Productive Activities Ministry for the approval of NDT personnel
according to clause 3.1.3. of Annex 1 of Directive PED.
CICPND now is particularly spreading its activity of the Certification of Personnel in a number of Industrial Processes, not onlyin Italy but also in different Countries where the certification
scheme is not any more present.

NDT Approval of Personnel according to clause
3.1.3 of Annex 1 of Directive PED
On January 2002 the CICPND has achieved from Productive Activities Ministry the authorization to issue, as
Recognized Third Party Organization, approval certification of NDT personnel according to clause 3.1.3 ofAnnex 1 of Directive PED.
CICPND, for the above approval, has qualified 7 Examination Centres for the eventual support to the CICPNDPED Approval Division.
Actually CICPND has approved NDT personnel for
more than 1000 NDT methods.
Certification of NDT Companies Quality Systems
and of Personnel of others Industrial Processes
The CICPND activity does not only deal with the Personnel Certification, but has been widen, since 1997, to
the Quality Systems Certification of Companies in NDTfield. (EN ISO 9001 : 2000 Sector 35). The record of such recognitions is the number 064A of the SINCERT
Register of Certifying Bodies. During the last seven years
CICPND has operate also on Personnel Certification inothers fields different than Non Destructive Testing.
On the basis the sensitisation on the Personnel Certification culture has been performed at national level and it

FROM BRASILE
Dear Mr Nardoni,
It is nice to start the year with good news and ABENDE has very good news for the NDT Community. In December 11th, 2003 ABENDE was officially designated by ABNT (Brazilian Association for Technical Specifications) as an ONS -Organism for Sectorial Normalisation. This means a great growth in Technical Standards
for NDT in Brazil since now all specifications approved by ONS -ABENDE becomes compulsory for all industries performing NDT in Brazil.
ABENDE received financial support from several industries to achieve becoming an ONS: Metal-Chek, PETROBRAS, Petroquimica aniao, Teknikao, TenarisConfab and Vallourec-Mannesmann do Brasil sponsored
the acquisition and translation of International standards and the payment of fees to ABNT .During ABENDE's closing of the year ceremony, in December 11th, 2003, ABENDE's President Mr. Edson Vasques Moreira, and Dr. Eugenio
Guilherme Tolstoy De Simone, Technical Director of
ABNT, signed the contract
designating ABENDE as
Photo of the moment
ONS -Organism for SectoMr Vasques signed
rial Normalisation.
the contract
This is the crowning of themany years of work of seveand the moment
ral professionals for structuof compliments
ring this activity and the elato ABNT
boration of the documents
necessary for this process.
representants
ABENDE already has 15
Committees for developingStandards.
Attached we are sending the preview issue of our association's new magazine. Also, we appreciated the large
coverage ICNDT Journal presented of our Pan American Conference.
Last, our best wishes for the new incoming year 2004 for you, your family, coll1aborators and the whole NDTCommunity. CordiallyMaria Izabel Laczko Gebrael
ABENDE'S International Affairs Coordinator
Sao Paulo, January 27th, 2004

CERTIFICATION IN NEW ZEALAND

Members of the Certhification Board.

The Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA) hold and run examinations on behalf of CBIP.
The average number of examinations per year is:• Liquid Penetrant Inspection – 30
• Magnetic Particle Inspection – 35
• Radiographic Inspection – 12
• Ultrasonic Inspection – 7• Certified Welding Inspection – 24
• Limited and Specific Inspection – 20
The Certification Board for Inspection Personnel (CBIP) also offers inspection personnel certification in Pressure Equipment Inspection (10 per year),
Crane Inspection (5 per year). Lift Inspection (3 peryear) and Passenger Ropeway Inspection (1 per year).
CBIP is New Zealand’s ‘Certification Body’ for inspection personnel as outlined in ISO 9712 and isrecognized by the NZ Government. CBIP at present
follows the requirements of ISO 45013 and is improving its management procedures to meet the requirements of ISO 17024. CBIP is governed by a
Board of 17 people representing the various sectorsof industry.All examinations are run by CBIP approved examination panels for each certification discipline stated above.
Peter Hayward

FROM ITALYNDT GUIDELINES FOR CIVIL
ENGINEERING CONSTRACTION
The Italian Society for NDT Monitoringand Diagnostics has been invited by the Ministryof Public Work to set up a Guideline for the evaluationof concrete strength by non-destructive testing.

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PHONE

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BP64

+213 2 361 850+213 2 361 850

Zergougmourad@Hotmail.com

Buenos Aires

1650+54 11 4 754 7257

+54 11 4 754 7355

belinco@cnea.gov.ar

ALGERIA

C.S.C.- Centre de Recherche Scientifiqueet Technique en Soudage en Controle

Route de Dely Ibrahim

Cheraga ALGER

ARGENTINA

ENDE - Ensayos no Destructivos y Est.Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica

Av. General Paz 1499 - San Martin Pcia

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AUSTRALIA

Australian Institute of NDTPO Box 52, ParkvilleVictoria

3052+61 3 9326 7550

+61 3 9326 7272

info@aindt.asn.au

AUSTRIA

Austrian Society for NDT-OGfZP

Krugerstrasse 16

Wien

A-1015+43 1 798 6611-33+43 1 798 6611-31

mittli@mittli.at

BANGLADESHBSNDT-Bangladesh Society for NDT

c/o NDTDivision, Atomic Energy
Centre 4, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Ramna

Dhaka

Dhaka-1000+880 2 509 498+880 2 861 3051(att.BSNDT)

bsndt@dhaka.net

BELARUS

Belorussian Association for NDT and Technical Diagnostic

Akademitcheskaia Str 16

Minsk

220072+375 17 220 1341

+375 17 220 1341

zaloha@mail.ru

BELGIUM

Belgian Association of NDTAllee de la Cense Rouge 15

Angleur-Liege

B-4031+32 4 3655 892+32 4 3656 615

info@bant.be

BOSNIAand HERZEGOVINA

Bosnian and Herzegovinan Society for NDT

Tvomicka 3Sarajevo-Ilidza, BiH

71000+387 71 543 370+387 71 543 370

BRASILABENDE- Associação Brasileirade Ensaios Não Destrutivos

Rua Guapiacu, 5 .Vila Clementino

Sao Paulo-SP

04024-020+55 11 5071 0400

+55 11 5581 1164

info@abende.org.br

BULGARIA

BG S NDT- Bulgarian Society for NDT

108 Rakovska str.

Sofia

1000

+359 2 73 35 217

359 2 70 20 56

ndt@bgcict.acad.bg

CANADACSNDT- Canadian Society for NDT

135 Fennel Ave.

Hamilton

L8N 3T2

011 905 387 1655

011 905 574 6080

dmarshall@cinde.ca

CHINA, The People's
Republic of

The Chinese Society for NDT

100 Huihe Road

Shanghai200437+86 21 654 40 277+86 21 654 40 277

chsndt@public2.sta.net.cn

COLOMBIA

Instituto Colombiano de Normativa Tecnicas
y Certification

Carrera 37 No. 52-95

Santafe de Bogota', D.C.

0057 1 315 0377

0057 1 222 1435/315 2968

cliente@icontec.org.co

COSTA RICA

National Committee for NDT

c/o Inst Tec Costa Rica, Apartado 159

Cartago+506 552 5333

+506 551 5348

Jmunoz@itcr.ac.cr

CROATIACrSNDT- Croatian Society of NDT

c/o FSB - Ivana Lucica 1

Zagreb

10000+385 1 615 7129

+385 1 615 7129

matest@fsb.hr

CZECH RepublicCzech Society for NDT

c/o Brno University of Technology, Technickà,2Brno

CZ 616 69

420 5 4114 3230

420 5 4114 3231

cndt@cndt.cz

DENMARKThe Danish Society for NDT

c/o Yxlon International AS-PO Box 1869, Halfdansgade 8

Copehagen

DK 2300+45 32 54 1540

+45 32 54 9960

torben.lund@cph.yxlon.com

ECUADORESPOL- Escuela Politecnica del Litoral

P.O. Box 09-01-5863

Guayaquil+593 4280231+593 42 89 649

sendre@ipse.net

EGYPT

Egyptian Society for Industrial Inspection

3a Moaskar Romany Street, Rushdy

Alexandria+203 546 4888

+203 545 4299

devcoint@hotmail.com

FINLAND

Finnish NDT Committee

PO Box 44

Helsinki

FIN-00811+358 10 521 6339

+358 10 521 6339

juha.sillanpaa@inspecta.fi

FRANCE

COFREND

1 Rue Gaston BoissierParis Cedex 15

F-75724+33 144 19 76 18+33 144 19 75 04

cofrend@cofrend.asso

GERMANYDGZfPMax Plank Strasse, 6

BerlinD-12489

49 30 678 07-0

49 30 678 07 109

mail@dgzfp.de

GREECE

Hellenic Society of NDTPO Box 64066, Zografou

Athens Hellas

15710+301 772 1312

+301 772 13 02

prasian@central.ntua.gr

HUNGARY

Hungarian Organisation of NDT- Scientific Societyof Mechanical Engineers- NDT section

Budapest I I - FO UCTA 68 Hungary PO Box 433

Budapest

H-1371+36 1 202 0656

+36 1 202 0252

mail.gte@mtesz.hu

INDIA

Indian Society for NDT

Nungambakkam High Road

Chennai

600 0340091 44 826 5984

0091 44 826 984

dmg@igcar.ernet.in

IRELANDIIWEI-Irish Institute of Welding & Engineering Inspection c/o Enterprise Ireland , Glasnevin+353 1 808 2272

+353 1 857 0452

michael.prendergast@enterpireland.com

ISRAEL

Israeli National Society for NDT

5 Eliau Shamir st.

Mishmar Hashiva

50297

972 3 960 55 59

972 3 960 41 60

shoef@netvision.net.il

ITALY

AIPnD-Italian Society for NDT

via Foresti,5Brescia25127+39 030 37 39 173+39 030 37 39 176

aipnd@numerica.it

JAPAN

The Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection

Natsume No 5 Bldg, 4th Fl , 67
Kanda-sakumagashi Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo

101- 0026+81 3 5821 5101

+81 3 3863 6524

acd@jsndi.or.jp

KENYA

KNDT - Non-Destructive Testing Society of Kenya

Secretariat Office, Macharios Road,
PO Box 11873

Nairobi

254 2 54 1500

254 2 54 01 17

materials@roadsnet.go.ke

MALAYSIA

MSNT- Malaysian Society for NDT

c/o Malaysian Institutefor Nuclear Technology Research (MINT)

Bangi Seleangor

43000+60 3 825 0510

+60 3 825 0907

nassir@mint.gov.my

MOLDOVAATND-Association
on Nondestructive Testing (Moldova)

Academy str.,5 bir.229 Inst.of Physics
of Moldovian Academy of Sciences

Chisinau

MD-2028-Moldova+3732 738 109+3732 738 149

daria.grabco@phys.asm.md

MONGOLIAMSNDT- Mongolian Society for NDTMTU Campus-2, Room X302,
Sukhbaatar Duureg, P.O.B. 46/943

Ulaan Baatar

00 976 9919 2343

00 976 1 324121

B.TUMEN@MTU.Edu.MN

NETHERLANDSKINT- Dutch Quality Surveillance and NDT Society

Krimkade 20

Voorschoten+31 187 669 460+31 187 669 003

info@kint.nl

NEW ZEALAND

Certification Board For Inspection Personnel

PO Box 76134

Manukan City+64 9 2622 885+64 9 2622 856

cbip@hera.org.nz

NIGERIA

Nigerian Society for NDT

c/o Gammatec

Portharcourt

NORWAYNSNDT- Norwegian Society for NDTPO Box 100

Billingstad

PAKISTAN

PASNT - Pakistan Society for NDT

c/o National Centre for NDT ( NCNDT ),SES Directorate, PO Box 1781

PHILIPPINESPSNDT- Philippine Society for NDTPOLAND

Dublin 92251 KA234 846 11027

martessien@yahoo.com+47 66 98 12 00+47 66 98 23 33

secretariat@ndt.no

Islamabad+92 51 44 6127

+92 51 44 6126

ncndt@comsats.net.pk

c/o Philippine Nuclear Research Institute,
Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman

Quezon City

0632 920-8815

0632 920-1646

ajmateo@pnri.dosf.gov.phPolish Society for NDT and Technical Diagnostic

ul Swietokrzyska 14 A

Warsaw+48 22 826 45 55+48 22 826 03 54

Jan_Mottl@yahoo.com

ROMANIA

ARoENd - Romanian Association for NDT

CP 41- 126

Bucharest

00 401 312 8220

0040 1 312 8220

aroend@pcnet.ro

RUSSIAThe Russian Society for NDTand Tecchnical Diagnostic

35 Usacheva Street

Moscow

119048+70 95 245 5656

+70 95 246 8888

spektr@co.ru

SINGAPORE

Singapore Welding Society

151 North Buona Vista Road Phase Z.Ro
Technopreneur Park Block C, ≠02-03

Singapore1393476779 7706

6464 0186

SLOVAKIA

Slovak Society for Nondestructive Testing

c/o WRI- Racianska 71

Bratislava

83 259+421 7 4924 6596

+421 7 4445 2145

vuzcop@ba.telecom.sk

SLOVENIASSNDT- Slovenian Society for NDT

Askerceva 6. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Ljubljana

Ljubljana

1000+386 61 177 1203

+386 61 218 567

janez.grum@fs.uni.lj.si

SOUTH AFRICA

South African Institute for NDTPO Box 670

Bergvlei2012+27 11 887 2626

+27 11 887 0623

saint@acenet.co.za

KOREA

KSNT- Korean Society for NDT1473 -10, Seocho-3Dong, Seocho-Ku

Seoul 137-868+82 02 583 7564

+82 02 582 2743

ksnt@urltel.co.kr

SERBIA

Serbian Society for NDT

Grcica Milenka 67

Beograd11050+381 11 2419 255+381 11 402 849

zzzgo1@eunet.yu

SPAIN

Associacion Espanola de END

Calle Bocangel, 28 - 2º izda

Madrid

E-28028+34 91 361 25 85+34 91 361 47 61

informacion@aend.org

SRI LANKA

SNDT-Society for Non Destructive Testing, Sri Lanka

c/o Atomic Energy Authority - 343,
Lanka Tractors LTD. Bldg. Olcott

60/460 Baseline Road

Orugodawatta

94-1-533427-8

94-1-5333448

srlaea@slt.lk

c/o NDT Training, Center AB-Regattagatn 23

Vasteras

S-723 48

+46 21 16 44 40+46 21 16 44 44

claes.eriksson@ndttraining.se

CH-4600

061 317 84 84

061 317 84 80

w.schmid@fh-aargau+886 2 2363 0815

+88 20 2366 0732

sntct@snt.org.tw

N-137600-050

SWEDEN

Swedish Society for NDTSWITZERLAND

SGZP

c/o Schweiz. Verein für Schweisstechnik/Postfach

Basel

TAIWAN

Testing Society of China-Taipei

130, Kee-Lung Rd. Sec. 3

Taipei, Taiwan

TUNISIA

COTEND- Commission Nationale
Pour Les Controles Non-Destructifs

c/o Cetime, Ksar Said, BP 121

Tunis Cedex

1080

216(1)547 809

216 (1) 546 6?7

cetime@ati.tn

TURKEY

Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers

Hatay Sokak No 10/9. Kizilay

Ankara6650+90 312 425 4160

+90 312 418 9343

metaloda@turnet.tr

UKRAINE

Ukrainian Society for Nondestructive Testing

11 Bozhenko St,

Kiev

03680

+380 44 227 2666

+380 44 220 9482

usndt@ukr.net

UNITED KINGDOM

British Institute of Non Destructive Testing

1 Spenser Parade

Northampton

NNI 5AA+44 1604 630 124+44 1604 231 489

info@bindt.org

URUGUAYAENDUR-Asociaciòn Uruguaya
de Ensayos No Destructivos

Plaza Indipendencia, 812 piso 2

Montevideo

11100+5982 901 20 48

5982 902 1681

sinfanzon@ancap.com.uy

USA

ASNT - The American Society of NDT1711 Arlingate Lane - PO Box 28518

Columbus,

43228-0518+1 614 274 6003

+1 614 274 6899

wholliday@asnt.org

VENEZUELA

Associacion Venezolana de Ensayos No Destructivos

Apartado P. 47533

Caracas1041+58 2 6933 970+58 2 6933 323

ASOVEND@fnmail.com

VIETNAM

VANDT- Vietnam Association for NDT

46-Nguyen Van Ngoc St. - Thu Le - Ba Dinh

Ha Noi+84 4 7661 796+84 4 7333 566

vandt@iop.ncst.ac.vn