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CONTENT• The 16th WCNDT in Montreal• Obituary for Bjarne Larsen• Report from 3rd PANNDT• The power of communication

Year five – Issue n. 2
October 2003

The world Organisation for NDT

The most important
incoming NDT event• History on NDT in Asia
• Training and certification in NDT:
Indian success story• Certification in the world:
Australia, India,Brazil• ASME recognition of
ISO9712/EN473Schemes• ICNDT Directory

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JEJU ISLAND! WELCOME TO ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE FOR NDT

Bjarne Larsen
It is with great sadness that
we report the sudden passing
away of Mr Bjarne Larsen, President of the Danish NDT Society and a member of the Board of
Directors of the European Federation of NDT.
Bjarne Larsen in his role as
President of the European Council for NDT, guided the transitionof the organisation into a fully fledged Federation.
The new Federation was formally launched during
the very successful 7th European NDT Conference
on Copenhagen in 1998. The success of this conference was due in a large part to the enthusiastic workof Bjarne and his wife Susanne. Bjarne’s work was
widely acclaimed in the national NDT societies andhe was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the
British Institute od NDT. He was also Chairman of
the Insight European Editorial Advisory Panel.
Since 1998, Bjarne has continued his active support of the EFNDT as a Board Member, and his
work on standardisation and accreditation, in parallelwith his busy and successful career with Force Institute in Denmark.
Bjarne Larsen, small in stature, and from a small
country, was nonetheless a big man in NDT circles.
His strong sense of justice and support for the underdog was widely recognised across Europe. He was always willing to contribute and always keen to remind
his colleagues to keep close to the industry they seek
to serve. He used his sharp sense of humour to goodeffect in our meetings.
Bjarne will be sorely missed by his wife and family, his friends and the whole international NDT
community.
JM Farley
President EFNDT

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ICNDT REGIONAL GROUP

Pan American Committee for NDTSummary Report from the 3rd Pan-American Conference for Nondestructive Testing
EXPERT WORKSHOP ON HARMONISATION OF QUALIFICATIONAND CERTIFICATION OF NDT PERSONNEL
Rio de Janeiro 3 June 2003
The workshop was organised by ABENDE – the Brazilian
NDT Society – alongside the Pan American NDT Conference –with Mr. Luiz Cesar de Almeida of Petrobras and Joao Conte of
ABENDE as Co-Chairmen.
The Workshop commenced with short presentations by each invited participant and was followed by a brainstorming session. Then, the following day, a sub-group of the attendees met
to define the priority action items and assigned these to the parties able to pursue them.

Major Meetings:
 Workshop International Harmonization
on Trainning and Qualification of NDT Personnel(see the report ) Panamerican Committee Meeting National Coordinators for Latin America
and IAEA Meeting General Pourpose and Policy Committeeof ICNDT(Uncomfimed minutes available on www.icndt.org)

Highlights from individual presentations• Wilfried Hueck – Vice President of DGZfP – explained how
his Society’s training and certification programmes comply with
EN 473 and are recognised under the EFNDT Mutual Recognition Agreement. At Level 3, in response to industry, DGZfP has
developed “NDT Master” – a Level 3 programme which exceeds
the minimum requirements of the Standard and covers all eleven
NDT methods.
• Dr. Rick Murphy - Natural Resources Canada (the Canadian
Certification Body) and Chairman of ISO TC 135 SC7 – gave
an update on the situation in Canada and his organisation’s support for the ISO 9712 standard. The process of revision of the638

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standard is underway. Rick commented that it was now proposed to retain the mandatory use of practical examinations at Recertification. A paragraph requiring the Employer to have inplace a proper “Written Practice” is proposed. Consideration
should be given by ICNDT towards creating a central organisation with responsibility for approval of Certification Bodies.
• Mike Farley – President of EFNDT – gave a summary of theactions of the Federation in the field of certification, including
the EFNDT MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement), ECP (theEuropean Certification process) and showed how Standardisation, Accreditation, Mutual Recognition and then ECP would
lead to progressively increasing harmonisation. He concluded
with his personal ‘modern view’ of certification, which combines
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need to tackle the lack ofacceptance of EN473/ISO
9712 by NADCAP.
• Stephen Black, Chairman of the Board of
ASNT described ASNT’s
process for developing
mutual recognition agreements. He gave particularemphasis to the statisticalsystems developed in ASNT for measuring and maintaining thedegree of difficulty of theory examinations.
• Vilmar da Silva of Embraer – the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer gave a thought provoking and very well illustrated presentation on the structure of multi sector training and certification.
He pointed out the benefits of identifying the common elements
in different sectors or methods and harmonising these.
• Douglas Marshall – CINDE Canada and president of thenext World Conference shared some of CINDE’s experience intraining of NDT personnel. Course durations are generally
fixed in accordance with the minimum requirements of the ISO
9712 standard, but can be grossly inadequate if the prior knowledge and capability (including mathematical aptitude) of the student isbelow the norm.
• Giuseppe Nardoni –Italy and Chairman of
ICNDT – commented on
the increasingly importantrole of ICNDT. In hisview the acceptance of thestandards ISO 9712 andEN 473 is now assured and attention should be switched tomaking sure the standard is used correctly – in particular that theemployer recognises his responsibilities.
• Isaac Einav – NDT Technical officer at the IAE – described
the support given by IAEA to member states who request it.
The IAEA has consistently promoted the use of ISO standards,
and has contributed by updating the training guidelines (TECDOC 628). Experience had shown that the minimum hours
requirements were inadequate for the body of knowledge to be
fully covered for those students who lack the appropriate technical background.
Notes prepared by Mike Farley
5th June 2003

PAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR NDT MINUTES OF RIO DE JANEIRO MEETINGIntercontinental Hotel, Rio de Janeiro,
BrazilMonday, June 02, 2003 -\ 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Participants:
Voting Members of the PANNDT Committee:
Cesar Belinco – Argentina, Roberto Valera – Bolivia, João Antonio Conte – Brazil, Douglas
Withely – Canada, Carlos Ernesto V. – Colombia, Juan Francisco Fortis Roa – Mexico, Silvia
Infanzón – Uruguay, Stephen Black – USA
Guests of the PANNDT Committee:
Alberto Nicolini – Argentina, Hector Espejo –Argentina, José Scopelitti – Argentina, Edson
Vasques Moreira – Brazil, José Santaella Redorat
Júnior – Brazil, Alfonso Garcia – Mexico
President of the PANNDT Committee:
Maria Izabel Gebrael – Brazil
Special Guests of the PANNDT Committee:
Douglas Marshall – ICNDT (Canada)
Giuseppe Nardoni – President of ICNDT (Italy)
1. Call to order
Ms. Gebrael, President of the Committee, welcomed all participants.
Mr. Edson Vasques, President of ABENDE, inthe presence of the honored guests, expressed
ABENDE´s satisfaction in promoting this gathering.
Ms. Gebrael requested that each participant introduce him/herself.
2. Participants
The following voting delegates were present at
the meeting:Cesar Belinco – Argentina, Roberto Valera – Bolivia, João Antonio Conte – Brazil, Douglas
Withely – Canada, Carlos Ernesto V. – Colombia, Juan Francisco Fortis Roa – Mexico, Silvia
Infanzón – Uruguay, Stephen Black – USA
3. Approval of minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting held in
Houston – USA on June 19 2001 were read andapproved.
We were informed that Mr. Thomas Passek, who
represented the PGPC Committee at the
ICNDT, had retired from ASNT.
Mr. Douglas Marshal suggested that we should
include this subject in the agenda of this meeting.
4. Remarks
4.1 Annoucements
Mr. João Conte read a message he received from

Mr. David Culbertson explaining his absence at
the meeting.
Mr. Douglas Marshall reported the information
about Mr. Peter Brady and justified his absenceat the meeting.
4.2 Changes in the Agenda
The agenda for the meeting was submitted for
debate.
Mr. Marshall suggested that we should include
the awards issue, which was already debated at
PGPC meeting of ICNDT.
He said that the American region should appoint
one candidate for the awards, which will be granted by the ICNDT.
His motion was accepted.
5. Report of the President
Ms. Gebrael submitted her report (attached), andoutlined some key issues addressed during her
administration. She explained that it might seem
little, but the Conference organization was verytime consuming.
Mr. Marshall said that the task of organizing
large events is one of the main objectives of the
President of the Committee, and he congratulated the President of ABENDE and Ms. Gebrael for the excellent organization of thisConference.
The report was approved.
6. Next Conference:
hosted by Argentina or Mexico
Ms. Gebrael read the minutes of the Houston –USA meeting, provision 5.1, and said that she
had understood that Argentina would organize
the next Conference, and México would host theone after Argentina.
Mr. Juan Francisco Fortis informed that he went
to the United States and discussed with Mr. Culbertson the periodicity of the Pan American
Conference.
Mr. Marshall thinks that the Conference shouldbe held every two years, in order to divulge thetechnology. He said, however, that the Terms ofReference for the Pan American Committee foresees an interval of three to four years between
Conferences.
Mr.César Belinco informed that Argentina ispreparing to organize the Conference in four
years time.
Ms. Gebrael said that the organization of a Conference is an arduous task, and that four years is areasonable timeframe, since there are other activities to be promoted by the Committee during
this time.
Ms. Silvia Infanzón agreed with this information,and Mr. Garcia Cueto emphasized that the vast
majority of international events take place every
4 years.
After a long debate about the subject, it was defined that the 4th Pan American Conference for
NDT will be held in Argentina in 2007.
México will host the next Conference in 2011.
Mr. Roberto Valera submitted a motion that Bolivia is interested in hosting the Conference in
2015.
The meetings of the Committee will be held during international or even domestic Conferences.
The next meeting of the Pan American Committee will be held in Montreal – Canada, during theWorld Conference in 2004.
Ms. Silvia Infanzón said that Uruguay is interested in hosting the meeting of the Pan American
Committee in 2005, during the National Conference in Uruguay.
Mr. Cesar Belinco made a short presentation of
the Argentinean working plan to host the Conference in 2007. Messrs. Nicolini, Scopelitti andEspejo complemented his information. They also showed the Conference logo for 2007, which
was handed out for the participants of this Conference.
7. New Businesses
7.1 Representation of the Pan American Region
within the ICNDTMr. Marshall submitted the ASNT letter informing the reasons for the temporary suspensionof its activities within the ICNDT.
The issue was debated, and the conclusion drawn
was that the ASNT should no longer represent
the region within the ICNDT.
Ms. Silvia Infanzón submitted a motion for Brazil and Canada to represent the region within the
ICNDT. The motion was approved by all present.
7.2 Activities of the Pan American Committee
Ms. Gebrael requested that each of the participants present a short summary of the activities intheir countries.
a) Argentina
They are developing activities in new NDT
areas and techniques, such as Acoustic Emission
and Restoration of Works of Art and Monuments. They also developed a system for the certification of personnel in vibration analyses.
b) Bolivia
They are working in the organization of the Bolivian Society for NDT.
c) Brazil
A short summary of the main activities related tocourses, events, technical standardization andqualification and certification of personnel waspresented.
d) Canada
The organization of activities for the coming
World Conference for NDT was presented.
e) Colombia
They informed that there were 62 individuals
certified in the country through the ASNT-TC1A system, and that there was a great interest in
the certification through the Brazilian System.
They also stressed their efforts for the establishment of the Colombian Society for NDT.
f) Mexico
The activities developed in the railway field were
outlined, and the organization of the next National Conference for NDT, as well as the reactivation of the Mexican Society for NDT.
g) Uruguay
They were developing NDT courses and otheractivities in conjunction with local Universities.
They were setting up their Board for Qualification and Certification of Personnel.
7.3 Funds
The issue of funds for the Committee was submitted for deliberation.
Mr. Espejo reminded everyone that the current
responsible for the technical cooperation at
IAEA was a Mexican, and that this fact may be ofgreat value for the Agency to support the activities of the Pan American Committee.
7.4 Awards
Mr. Marshal read some regulations concerning
the granting of awards at the ICNDT.
Mr. Douglas Whitely said that there were 5
awards that could receive nominations, and that
one of these awards should be appointed by the
representatives of each region.
Mr. Giuseppe Nardoni, President of the International Committee, expressed his apologies forbeing late at the meeting as he experienced someproblems with the flight. He stressed the importance of regional working groups; he also said
that one of the key objectives of the Committees
and Associations was to foster the establishmentof National Societies for NDT. He also appointed to the importance that the Pan American
Committee have its own flag and asked theCommittee to look into this matter.
Mr. Stephen Black, ASNT representative, also
expressed his apologies for being late at the meeting; he also had problems with the flight. He
stressed the ASNT interest in contributing withthe countries in the region, especially with thenational societies for NDT.
At 4:30 pm, with nothing else to be dealt with,
Ms. Gebrael thanked everyone for their presence
and adjourned the agenda of the meeting.

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T H E P O W E R O F C O M M U N I C AT I O N
Nowsdays, the use of internet makes easier to run in real time information aroundthe world overcoming political and commercial barriers. However, magazines,journals or more simply newsletters or technical bulletins edited by worldwide NDT Societies are the expression and the soul of each national Society providing also technical support to its members.
With this page the ICNDT intend to promote dissemination and interchange of publications among ICNDT members with the aim to strenghten liaisons and co-operation in order to achieve an actual global NDT Community

GERMANYDGZfPMax Plank Strasse, 6
Berlin D-12489

USA
ASNT - The American Society of NDT1711 Arlingate Lane - PO Box 28518
Columbus, 43228-0518

JAPAN
JSNDI - The Japanese Society
for Non-Destructive Inspection
Natsume No 5 Bldg, 4th Fl , 67
Kanda-sakumagashi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101- 0026

CANADACINDE- Canadian Institute of NDE
135 Fennel Ave. W
Hamilton L8N 3T2, Ontario

UNITED KINGDOMBINDT - British Instituteof Non Destructive Testing
1 Spenser Parade
Northampton NNI 5AANORWAYNSNDT- Norwegian Society
for NDT
c/o Robit Technology
PO Box 100
Billingstad N-1376

CHINA, The People's Republic of
The Chinese Society for NDT
100 Huihe Road - Shanghai 200437
ITALY
AIPnD-Italian Society for NDT
via Foresti,5Brescia 25127

SPAIN
AEND
Associacion Espanola de END
C/Bocangel, 28 – 2° izda
Madrid E-28028

South KOREA
KSNT- Korean Society for NDT1473 -10, Seocho-3Dong, Seocho-Ku
Seoul 137-868

MALAYSIA
MSNT- Malaysian Society for NDT
c/o Malaysian Institute for Nuclear
Technology Research (MINT)
Bangi Seleangor 43000

CZECH Republic
CNDT- Czech Society
for NDT
c/o Brno Universityof Technology, Technickà,2Brno CZ 616 69

UKRAINE
Ukrainian Society
for Nondestructive Testing
11 Bozhenko St,
Kyiv, GPS 252650
RUSSIAThe Russian Society for NDT and Technical Diagnostic
35 Usacheva Street
Moscow 119048

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ICNDT REGIONAL GROUP

Asia-Pacific Committee for NDTHistory on NDT in Asia
Yugoro ishii*, Yukio Ogura**, Yao Jinzhong***,E.K.Han****,
J.C.Lin*****, Manoon Aramratana*******Prof.Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology,Tokyo, Japan;**Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
***Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments, Shantou, China;****Prof.Emeritus, Hanyang University Seoul, Korea;*****San Lien Development Co.,Ltd.Taipei, Taiwan;****** Office of Atomic Energy for Peace,Bangkok, Thailand (submitted to 8th APCNDT, Decmber, 1995, Taipei).
As received by Prof Onoe
ABSTRACTNDT in Asia were started and broaden in 1970’s. Situations of
NDT in Asian countries at that time are recollected. Situationand environment of PPCNDT(APCNDT) in Asia at the initialstage are also described. Relation of Japan to Asian countries on
NDT are described as well.
INTRODUCTIONAPCNDT was founded in 1976 as PPCNDT and we are quite
pleased that APCNDT. In Asia, many countries have established the Society on NDT of their own and vivid activities havebeen carried out not only in exchanging the information among
members but developing the advanced technology and new application on NDT. In this paper, the background, motivationand environment at the time when PPCNDT was founded aredescribed. And also the situations at when the society on NDT
was established in Asian countries are recollected and the current topics or activities of the countries now are described aswell. In this paper, 4 countries, which are China, Korea, Taiwan
and Thailand are specifically referred.
HISTORY of PPCNDT (APCNDT)When 7th ICNDT (International Conference on Non-Destructive Testing) was held in Warsaw, Poland in 1973, Dr. Y.
Ishii took part in the conference. Participants exceeded morethan 1300 and as many as 160 papers were presented in the conference. However, there were few chances to present the paper
even accepted by the committee because the participants andpapers presented were increased by leaps and bounds. Its phenomenon was desirable but some presenters were not satisfied.
So, Dr. Y. Ishii asked the committee members concerned byquestionnaire soon after the conference if holding period of ICNDT should change from every three years to every two years.
Then members from more than 10 countries were replied, inwhich the most of them were in favour of Dr. Y. Ishii’s opinion,
namely holding every two years. But the members from two
European countries were against because NDT conference inEurope was intended to be held between ICNDT and it was
not economical if held often. After all, ICNDT has been holdevery three years as ever. Also, in standing committee of 7th ICNDT Dr. Y. Ishii requested that he’d like to hold the 10th ICNDT in Tokyo, Japan in 1982, which happened to be 30th anniversary of JSNDI(Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection). But the request was unfortunately rejected and couldn’t realized. Because candidates for holding ICNDT were somany and on top of that voting power were on European members side due to number of members. There were few membersof ICNDT in Asian countries at that time. Therefore, Asian’s
opinions were not so strong enough accordingly. Dr.Y.ishii feltthat he should keep an eye on not only European countries but
Asian countries as well. So, he made up his mind to hold theconference in Asian countries. He consulted with Dr. G. H.
Tenney of the United states who was the chairman of international relations committee of ASNT at thattime to organize theconference on NDT for
Pan-Pacific countries
mainly for Asia. He understood and quite
agreed with Dr. Y.
Ishii’s thought. 12 PanPacific countries werecalled to participate in
the conference. Then, 7
countries of the UnitedStates, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Korea,
Gerold Tenney (right) shakes U.S.
Singapore and Japan
President John F. Kennedy’s band. H. agreed and had intenTenney was one of the founder andtion to participate. In
more entusiastic man of ICNDT.
March, 1976, the meeting for foundation of
Pan-Pacific committee for non-destructive testing(PPCNDT)
were held in Tokyo and PPCNDT were founded and started. In
the foundation meeting, only Korean members were attended
whose representative was Mr. T. Lee of Korean nuclear powerindustry. Dr. G. H. Tenney and Dr. Y. Ishii were elected as president and vice-president of PPCNDT, respectively. In the meeting, buy-laws of PPCNDT such as the purpose, organization of
the committee and activities were proposed, confirmed end approved by the members. The purpose was as follows: the objectives of the PPCNDT are to advance science and engineering
related to non-destructive testing in Asian and Pacific coastal
countries, to disseminate information, to encourage research,and to organize meetings devoted to mutual understanding
among scientific and technical NDT experts.
The secretariat of PPCNDT was first placed at TTI(Technology Transfer Institute) in Tokyo and transferred to JSNDI in
1980. 1st PPCNDT were held in Tokyo in March, 1976 with
250 persons from 5 countries participated. Mr. B. W. Bace of
Amoco oil company of the United States was invited as a special
lecturer and the conference was held with the seminar on non-destructive inspection for maintenance services. The conference
was successful and made a good start and built the ground of
NDT in Pan-Pacific countries. 2nd PPCNDT was held in
Seoul, Korea in 1978, 3rd was in Tokyo, Japan in 1980, 4th wasin Sydney, Australia in 1983, 5th was in Banquber, Canada in
1987, 6th was in Bleinheim, New Zealand in 1990 and 7th washeld in Shanghai, China in 1993. Participants and papers presented for the conference are shown in Table 1. PPCNDT has
contributed and helped the Pan-Pacific countries to communicate each other and promote the technology on NDT.
From 2nd PPCNDT in 1978 the president was replaced by Dr.
Y. Ishii from Dr. G. H. Tenney. When 3rd PPCNDT was heldin Tokyo in 1980, members from China and Taiwan attended
together at the conference. Then, Chinese delegation protested
against and disappeared from the room during the conference
due to the political reasons and become bad mood with hightension. However, Dr. Y. Ishii and other persons concerned
made a great efforts to intercede and after all got good relations
between them at the welcome party held at night same day. After that event they have been communicated well each other
having mutual information exchange. Since 6th conference, agiven name of PPCNDT was changed to APCNDT(Asia Pacific Conference on Non-destructive Testing) which was based on
the idea of Mr. T. E. Goldfinch of Australia.
Table 1 - Participants and papers presented on PPCNDT
1. Mar.1976: Tokyo,Japan : 15 papers and 250 participants from
5 countries
2. Apr.1978, Seoul,Korea : 27 papers and 250 participants from
8 countries
3. Nov.1980: Tokyo,Japan : 36 papers and 120 participantsfrom 9 countries
4. Nov.1983: Sydney,Australia : 49 papers and 200 participantsfrom 7 countries
5. Apr.1987: Vancouver,Canada : 54 papers and 300 participantsfrom 6 countries
6. Mar.1990: Bienheim,New Zealand : 50 papers and 100 participants from 8 countries
7. Sep.1993: Shanghai,China : 104 papers and 400 participantsfrom 6 countries
8. Dec. 11-14, 1995: Taipei, Taiwan
9. Mar. 23-27, 1998: Anaheim, USA
10. Sep. 17-21, 2001: Brisbane, Australia

BACKGROUND AND CURRENTTOPICS RELATED WITH NDT IN ASIA
1. CHINA
Since NDT technology in China plays an important role infield of economy, national defense and modern science andtechnology, it has been developed as independent science. In
1976, invited by the chairman of ICNDT, Chines NDT delegation headed by member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof.
Tao Hengxian attended the 8th ICNDT conference in France
for the first time. In 1979 China was formally accepted as themember of ICNDT in the 9th ICNDT conference in Australia.
In 1987 delegation headed by vice chairman of Chinese NDTsociety Yao Jinzhong attended the 5th PPCNDT in Canada,
and formally joined the NDT organization of Asia and PacificArea.
In order to promote the development of NDT in China, withthe leader of general engineer Tao Hengxian, the first largest
NDT academic exchange conference in China was held in
Shanghai in November, 1978 with 149 delegates of 177 units
including 19 industrial systems, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
universities and research institutes. The NDT society of China(subordinate to Chinese Mechanic Engineering Society, andbriefly called CNDTS in the world) was formally established in
the conference. Prof. Ying Chongfu from Acoustic Institute ofChinese Academy of sciences was the chairman of the 1st NDTsociety. In September, 1993, the society organized the 7th
Asian Pacific NDT conference and signed the technical cooperation agreements with NDT societies in German, Russia, Japan,
Brazil, Korea and India. There are more and more frequent international exchanges. From 1970’s to 1980’s, Dr. Y. Ishii andother Japanese experts of NDT visited China to introduce
Japanese sophisticated technology on NDT and the newly published books, for example, “Non-destructive Testing Science”
authored by Dr.Y.Ishii. They helped Chinese engineers and researchers to know and promote the new technology and application of NDT. In 1981 Dr. Y. Ishii, Dr. N. Niwa and Dr. M.
Onoe visited to attend the 2nd CNDTS conference. They also
gave lectures and discuss with the Chinese engineers a lot about
advanced NDT, which strengthened communication between
Chinese NDT Society and JSNDI as well. In 1992, supporting
by Dr. Y. Ishii and Dr. K. Imoto, cooperation agreement was
signed between the CNDTS and JSNDI.
2. KOREAIn 1970’s KSME (the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers)
opened the conference of metrology and technical courses for
NDI. In other hand, the construction of nuclear power plant
led to be recognized NDT in
about NDT in industries and academic fields. The people who
tried to induce the public opinion late 1970 through meetingsand lectures with and from foreign scholars were Dr. J. Cha,
vice president of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute,
Mr. T. Lee, Director of Korea nuclear power Industry and Mr.
E. Han, Prof. Hanyang Univ. As the result from that, the
KSNT (the Korea Society of Non-Destructive Testing) was organized on April 30, 1980 and Dr. B. Lee was elected as thechairman. Korea nuclear industry had charged of NDT until
the 1970’s. After KSNT was build, the activities on NDI were
controlled by KSNT. Now the KSNT has much improved for

15 years. This society has active in executing the ASNT (theAmerican Society of Non-Destructive Testing) qualification
test, holding symposiums and publishing papers etc. But there
are not good participation and papers from the experts having
practical experiences. That is a problem solved in a short period.
2nd PPCNDT was held in Seoul in 1978, in which more than
250 persons with 27 papers were participated and resulted in a
fruitful conference.
3. TAIWAN
China steel Co., Ltd. proposed the government, central standardization office, to organize the national NDT society in
1977 to promote NDT technology because NDT became very
important in Taiwan industry.The government consigned theindustrial research center which was established by National
Taiwan University and a certain foundation because it would be
advisable to be founded as civilian academic organization. Prof.
C. C. Ma, who was responsible for the center, was requested tofound the society. Then, he tried to make a effort and the
backbone of the organization was built in July, 1978 after the
many meetings with a lot of discussions by the national or private companies of power plant, petroleum, shipbuilding, aircraft, machinery and so on. Prof. C. C. Huang and Mr. J. C. Lin
of SAN LIEN Development Co.,Ltd. positively got in touchwith JSNDI and Japanese researchers to exchange the information on NDT. As a result, NDT society of Taiwan was founded fin March, 1979 and 1st conference was held in Kaohsiung.
Dr. Y. Ishii who was the president of PPCNDT and Dr. Y. Isibashi who was the chairman of the international committee of
JSNDI at that time were invited and made lectures in the conference.
Members when founded were approximately 300. More than 30
persons from Taiwan were took part in the 3rd PPCNDT heldin Tokyo in 1980 and became a formal member of PPCNDT.
4. THAILAND
NDT was introduced to Thailand in 1969 by International
Atomic Energy Agency through the Office of Atomic Energy
for Peace (OAEP). At that time Gamma ray and X-ray radiographic testing was the major technique for industrial applications.In 1982, the industrial development started in Thailand
and Non-Destructive Testing techniques have since been increasingly important. In 1982, there were various industries
using NDT technique as part of their operations, namely airlines, shipyards, oil refineries, constructions and manufacturingof compressed gas containers, automotive tires and large engine
blocks. There were seven independent firms offered NDTservices. In order to increase the number of qualified NDT
personnel for serving of NDT techniques in industries, it was
believed that more training course would be essential. In October 1980, under the RCA / UNDP Industrial project, (the Project), OAEP with the cooperation of the Thai Committee on Non-Destructive
Testing started national
training program in NDTand has been carried on up
to now. In 1983, the Thai
Society for Non-Destructive Testing (TSNT) was established after the First National NDT Conference on“Role of Non-Destructive
Testing” held in Baqngkok
and under the patronage ofProf. Onoe, ICNDT Honorary“OAEP” and Engineering
Member and active promoter ofInstitute of Thailand (EIT),
APCNDTand with support of the Project. In the early stages of
TSNT’S establishment, training of the NDT personnel in somemajor techniques for example RT, UT and other NDT technology were undertaken with the support of OAEP and the Project
by following the draft ISO 9712 guideline. Since then, various
training courses and seminars have been organized, and increasing number of NDT personnel have been trained and qualified.
At present TSNT was established as NDT permanent society in
Thailand on October 4, 1994. Members of the TSNT comprising NDT practitioners, government officials and persons fromassociated fields. There are about 100 members.
In 1985, Dr. Y. Ishii, Dr. E. Isono and Dr. Y. Ogura were invited
to NDT seminar sponsored by Technological Promotion Association (Thai-Japan). Advanced NDT techniques were introduced
and vivid discussions were carried out. This helped build a big
bridge between Thailand and Japan interms of NDT. TSNT has trained NDT
personnel to be qualified since 1983. Atthat time OAEP contacted IAEA expert assistance on NDT level 2. IAEA requested
Dr. Ooka, an expert from JSNDI, organizing in level 2 program in Thailand, from1988-1991. JSNDI has since been TSNT’s
Prof. Ishii
indirect contact organization in Japan.
CONCLUSION
History of APCNDT are recollected and background of NDTSociety and current situations of NDT in 4 Asian countries arealso described. We are so pleased NDT in Asia has been prosperous and advanced and technology has been developed andput into actual use in the related industry, which become important tools for upgrading quality of products. We hope NDTtechnology will grow rapidly but steadily in the future through
APCNDT and amicable relations among Asia countries.

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Training and certification NDT - Indian success story
Baldev Raj, V.A.Chandramouli, K.Balaramamoorthy and B.Venkataraman
National Certification Board, Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
Training and certification of personnel is one of the most important and crucial areas thathas attracted world wide attraction. It is well recognised that the key to the success of any
operation is the availability of qualified personnel. NDT is no exception. In fact, sincemost of the tests in NDT rely on human interpretation, reliability of NDE test results
strongly depends on the quality of the trained personnel. Proper and adequate training ofBaldev Raj
NDT personnel is therefore a must to ensure that the capabilities of the techniques are
fully exploited and correct interpretation and hence evaluations are made since they have asignificant bearing on the quality and reliability, safety and productivity and long life many a times beyond thedesign life. Certification schemes are vital to achieve desired and uniform levels of competence and standardof work throughout the country and internationally. Thus, a system or methodology has to be evolved andimplemented to objectively evaluate and certify the competence level of NDT personnel.
History of Training and Certification in India
The importance of personnel qualification for NDT personnel had been realized by NDT professionals in India way back in the 60’s itself. Familiarisation talks and lectures on NDT were arranged in different organizations and at various places. With the formation of a Professional Body on NDT – The NDT Society of India
in 1972, the training programs were pursued in a systematic manner. Participants from various industries andorganizations were invited and structured courses on specific NDT methods were conducted with practicaldemonstration. Keeping in view the pace of industrialization and increased application of NDT, particularly innuclear, defence, aerospace, petrochemical and heavy industries, Indian Society for Non- Destructive Testing(ISNT) in late 70’s constituted a panel of selected professionals for formulating a certification scheme. Comments on the draft scheme were invited from user departments around the country and the refined certification scheme, based on the then state-of-art expertise base, was adopted in 1982. With this as foundation, ISNT
started conducting Level-I and Level-II certification examinations in the onventional NDT methods with active involvement of different ISNT chapters.
During this time, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), realizing the important role of training andcertification especially in critical areas such as nuclear industry, developed its training guidelines and syllabi forthe conventional NDT techniques. This syllabi outlined in the IAEA TecDoc 628 “Training Guidelines in
Non-Destructive Testing” took into account the work done by ICNDT as well. Based on this syllabi, a number of Level – II and Level - III programs were conducted by IAEA through the RCA in close collaboration
with the national NDT body. In India, Level – III programs were conducted in ultrasonic testing and radiography and a number of personnel from Atomic Energy and public sector organizations such as BHEL participated. To create harmonisation among the various countries and also ensure the same within a country IAEA
also brought out a series of training guides in the techniques of RT, UT, PT and MT. It also conducted special programs such as “Train the Trainers” to educate the faculty on the art of training. With the rapid increasein the adoption of several NDT methods and techniques in several industries and also due to the greater insistence on quality by the customers and regulatory bodies, the need for recognition and harmonization of training and certification of NDT personnel was being felt by the industry and regulatory bodies. With this inview, the Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) took up the task of formulating an Indian Standard on this subject
and in line with prevailing international standards. BIS rightly recognized the need and importance of ensuring the quality of trained and certified personnel and took up the issue in its MTD Sectional Committee(SMDC 21). ISNT took an active part in the deliberations and finally the Standard IS-13805 was printed andreleased in 1993. Meanwhile ISNT was recognized as National Sponsoring Organisation and India as an Accredited Examination Centre by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) for conducting ASNT-Level-III Examination. Starting from 1986, so far eleven examinations have been conducted till last year
in India and about 400 personnel from India, Gulf region, Singapore, Ceylon, Malayasia and Bangladesh havebenefited by this interaction and got ASNT Level III certification.
While formulating the Indian standard on Training and certification of NDT personnel along with BIS, ISNT
in parallel constituted the National Certification Committee in early 90’s to start work on various procedures
necessary to meet the requirements proposed in the draft standard. Later when the standard IS 13805 was released, the certification committee was renamed and broadened as National Certification Board (NCB) in 1997.
Present scenario
The National Certification Board of Indian Society for Non Destructive Testing has been entrusted with thetask of training and certification of NDT personnel in the country since 1997. The membership of NCB has
been carefully drawn with members from public, private sector organisations, third party inspection agencies,
ministry, regulatory bodies, professional bodies, research and educational organisations, etc. The organizational structure of NCB is given in Table – I below. Some of the major responsibilities of NCB as outlined in
IS 13805, include:– Initiating, maintaining and promoting the national certification scheme as per ISO 13805– Administering the procedures and operation for certification in accordance with the standard– Prescribing a code of ethics which shall apply to certificate holders– Accredit training agencies in NDT methods– Keep all appropriate records and issue the certificates and other written testimonies– Interact with recognised international bodies for mutual recognition of certification and international harmonisation.
Significant achievements of NCB- National Harmonisation
Quality Manual
The first priority of NCB has been the harmonisation of training and certification programs at the national level. India being a vast country with distinct and varying educational curricula and experience levels, this was themost daunting task for NCB. As with any NDT inspection, the first step was to formulate a procedure and aflow chart detailing the implementation route. This was done by NCB by formulating its quality manual in linewith the requirements of ISO 9000 (keeping in view international harmonisation requirements) to streamline
the various activities and procedures. Guidelines were provided on how to conduct the Level – I, II and III
courses. The responsibilities of the Chapters/organizations conducting the courses, examiners and the NCB
were clearly identified and defined. The methodology for accreditation of organisations to conduct training andcertification programs and the code of conduct for the examiners were prescribed. The Quality manual also described the Quality policy and the Quality objectives of NCB. All the Chapters of ISNT and the bodies conducting training and certification programs in NDT were provided with copies of this manual for compliance.
Course Notes
One of the main stumbling blocks in national harmonisation was the variation in the curricula and the methodsof teaching. Such variations would result in personnel with different levels of understanding. The curricula
part was taken care by the formulation of the Indian Standard on Training and Certification IS 13805 which
provided in detail, the topics to be covered and the practical to be arranged. IS 13805 exceeded ISO 9712 ingeneral.
The teaching part was taken care of by the preparation of Courses notes for Level – I and Level – II in various
techniques. This was a major and second important achievement of NCB. Keeping in mind the educational
background of the candidates, the language used in the course notes is very simple with lot of illustrations sothat the candidates can grasp the subject quite easily. Emphasis has been placed more on the practical aspectsof the technique. NCB is now taking steps to have standard teaching aids based on power point presentationsand video presentations so that the teaching methodologies can also be harmonized.
Harmonisation of Examination
To harmonise the examinations being conducted at different places in India, a question bank is being developed.
For uniformity of assessment in practicals, sets of standard blocks with calibrated defects have been obtained
from internationally reputed firms such as Sonaspection International, UK. Development of a library of wellcharacterised specimens with natural defects in castings, welds and forgings is a continuing action of NCB. The
examiners for all the Level – I and II exams are chosen from the list of examiners accredited by NCB.
The Level – I and Level – II training and certification programs come under the purview of the Chapters with
NCB assuming a supervisory role, Level – III examinations is the direct responsibility of NCB. More than
10,000 personnel have been certified till date by the Chapters. NCB today caters to the trained manpower
needs of the core and strategic industries such as the Atomic Energy, Defence, Space, manufacturing and fabrication industries. It has also catered to the specific needs of the industries through the organization of specialized employer specific training and certification programs. A number of requests have also been received by
NCB for conducting training and certification programs in the gulf region and in Bangla Desh.
NCB has also successfully conducted 5 ISNT level – III exams. The highlight of the Level – III examination isthat these were also conducted in specific sectors such as welds, castings and forgings. Apart from the general
paper and the specific paper, there was also a paper on procedure writing. Candidates who had come directly
for the Level – III exam had to undergo a practical exam equivalent to Level – II standard.
Till the advent of international harmonisation, to cater to the needs of the candidates requiring certification ofinternational bodies, NCB also conducts ASNT level – III certification once in a year with the active supportof ASNT. There are over 4000 ASNT Level III personnel world wide. NCB has helped about 400 candidates
from India and other regions around to qualify as ASNT Level – III. Table – I gives the status of NDT certificate holders in India. ( see the page 6 for table )page 5 — October 2003 – n. 2
International harmonisation
Many a developing and developed countries have their own training and certification program. While somesuch programs (such as ASNT, PCN, etc.) are well structured and established, many are in various stages of
evolution. However, a unanimous opinion that has been expressed by the developed and developing nations is
the need for world harmonisation and international recognition of NDT personnel. Towards this end, the International Committee on NDT (ICNDT) has initiated a number of preparatory steps.
ICNDT Efforts
It was realised in the late 1970s itself by ICNDT that harmonisation of qualification and certification of personnel in NDT is desirable to simplify World Trade and to avoid the unnecessary and costly duplication involved if NDT technicians need to obtain many different approvals from different countries and schemes had
been realised . ICNDT also realised that it is not possible to develop a universal scheme to satisfy all countries
since they have different customs, laws and practices, but harmonisation on technical requirements including
theoretical knowledge through common syllabus, practical skills and by specifying job responsibilities identicalassessment procedures can be achieved. Towards this end, during the 9th World Conference held in Melbourne in 1979 ICNDT appointed a working group which was entrusted with the task of unifying the plethora of schemes adopted by different countries and bring out a basic document. The first basic document ICNT
WH 15-85 “Basic Requirements for National Personnel Qualification and Certification Schemes” wasthus prepared by this Working Group on Harmonization of Training and Qualification of NDT-Personnel
and was adopted by ICNDT in November 3,1985 during the 11th World Conference on NDT at Las Vegas.
The document provided an outline of the basic requirements for national personnel qualification and certification schemes. It was based on the centrally administered examination approach rather than the Employer
based approach. Individual employers can, if required, add “job specific” theoretical and practical examinations
to satisfy their own special needs or those of their customers. The document also envisaged that most countries will develop representative National Bodies to control their National schemes and that such bodies will be
responsible for ensuring that schemes meet National needs. These national bodies would in turn promote thenational and international recognition of their national schemes.
Going a step further, ICNDT also adopted the document “ICNT WH 23-85 Model Agreement on the
Mutual Recognition of Qualification and Certification Schemes for NDT Personnel” on November
7,1985. This document provided the basis for mutual recognition by which two national bodies who havefound that their training systems and qualifying examinations are based on the same principles. ICNDT alsodecided to forward the documents to ISO TC 135/SC7 for their consideration. ISO referred to these documents in the course of preparation of ISO 9712.
Present Status and Indian Effort
It was during the ICNDT meeting on December 11, 1996 during the 14th WCNDT at New Delhi, India
that Dr. Baldev Raj was chosen as the Chairman of the Policy and General Purposes Committee (PGPC) of
ICNDT and a task group was formed specifically to look into International NDT Certification Scheme andrecognition of existing schemes with Dr. Mike Farley (task leader,) Dr. Morio Onoe, Dr. Mike Turnbow and
Dr. Aufricht as the members.. During the PGPC meeting at Copenhagen which was held along with the 7th
European Conference on NDT in May 1998 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Baldev Raj of India, international harmonisation formed the major agenda point. It is now agreed upon by ICNDT unanimously thatISO 9712 must be the basis for harmonisation. Once a NDT society is accredited under ISO 9712 it shouldbe able to have the support of other NDT societies when they seek recognition. The ultimate goal is the formation of an International Accreditation Forum which would accredit the national body once it complies withall the requirements.
India has played a key role in the efforts of the international community for international harmonisation. A
strong Indian delegation led by Dr. Baldev Raj participated in the ISO 9712 seminar held during the 15th
World Conference on NDT. During this seminar, the steps taken by National Certification Board for national
harmonisation was outlined. Dr. Baldev Raj also emphasised that India has already taken the necessary steps
such as revision of existing Indian standard IS 13805 according to ISO 9712 (2000) so that India would be intime for international harmonisation. The course notes and quality manual were circulated among the international community and drew appreciation from all around. Many countries from the gulf and Asian region
have requested India to conduct training and certification programs in their country.
Harmonisation through Regional Groups
Having achieved the first step in the international harmonisation that is - the identification of the common international standard (ISO 9712) on which the national standards can be based the next logical step is the mutual recognition of the individual certification schemes. While globally this can be achieved in a single step thelogistics would make it difficult to implement. The better and pragmatic step and a realistic solution towards
this is the identification of an accreditation agency and proceeding regionally. It is here that the regionalgroups can play a significant role.
The regional bodies can interact effectively amongst themselves, mutually identify the strength and weaknessesof their certification schemes and thus arrive at a common platform so that harmonisation based on the international ISO 9712 among the region is ensured. Such a step would also take into account the needs and priorities of each of the countries. Once this is achieved in the individual regions, integration at the global level becomes easier. Hence, it is necessary for ICNDT to consider activating the regional groups and formulating
the guidelines for such regional harmonisation.
The IAEA meeting on Mutual recognition of various certification schemes, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during
Aug. 27-29, 2001 is a landmark meeting in this regard. Attended by Dr. Baldev Raj, President ISNT and Coordinator of the RCA program of IAEA from India, President of ICNDT Dr. G.Nardoni and many other ICNDT members from developing and developed countries, the objective of the meeting was to formulate theaction plan and recommendations to achieve mutual recognition. Since, India has a good success story with respect to national harmonisation and is playing a vital role in the efforts of ICNDT for international harmonisation, it played a key role in the formulation of the guidelines and recommendations which are reproduced
below in a nutshell :1. IAEA to approve the Draft Agreement for Mutual Recognition formulated at the Dhaka Meeting and distribute it to all National NDT Coordinators of RCA member states as a reference guide for National Certification Bodies seeking recognition.
2. IAEA to recognise the IAEA/RCA Working Group formed at the Dhaka Meeting for mutual recognitionof various certification schemes in Asia-Pacific Region of RCA.
3. IAEA/RCA to organize a consultant meeting, as early as possible, for the members of the IAEA/RCAWorking Group to prepare a model quality manual for implementing the requirements of ISO 9712 andEN45013.
4. IAEA to support the National Societies, and their nominated Certification Bodies, on specific request with
regional experts in order to build competence of the member countries of IAEA/RCA to gain accreditation inaccordance with EN45013 from their nationally recognized accreditation bodies.
5. IAEA and ICNDT to prepare an agreement for administration and technical support toward the mutual
recognition of the worldwide certification schemes already in progress.
With greater impetus to international harmonisation ICNDT should consider activating the regional groups
and formulating / developing the guidelines for such regional harmonisation.
VISION OF NCBApart from the various efforts of NCB for national and international harmonisation, NCB has formulated its
vision for the next ten years. This being an era of information technology, web based education has been a reality. NCB has planned for a full fledged web based program so that the certification tests (theory) can be taken by a candidate any where in the country and the practical exam in the nearest accredited centre.
Apart from the conventional NDT techniques, a number of other areas such as coating thickness measurement, thickness gaging, corrosion determination etc need attention. NCB plans to interact with the professional bodies with expertise in these areas and spread the knowledge to the entire region.
NCB also proposes to work in close coordination with the national and international standards organization
to develop in a fast manner standards for the advanced NDE techniques. It also proposes to have regionalround robin programs in collaboration with International Organisations such as IAEA to evaluate and benchmark the status of certified personnel and also emphasise the importance of calibration of NDE equipments.
CONCLUSION
The main mission of Training and Certification programs, of any national or international body is to provide ameasure of NDT personnel competency that is reliable, valid and cost-effective. With the rapid advances in
the field of engineering, technology and material science, the science and technology of nondestructive testingand evaluation is also expanding with newer and better methods/techniques. It is therefore needless to emphasize that training and certification activity would require continuous improvment and upgradation commensurate with industrial, national and global needs and should also keep pace with the state-of-the-art technology of
NDT & NDE.
The mission of NCB is three fold:
1) To provide training, standards, and services for qualification and certification of NDT personnel in tune
with the national and international needs.
2) Strive for collaborations with various other international professional bodies and societies so that NDT professionals in India and the Asian region can have the benefit of keeping themselves updated and professionally qualified and3) Join hands with ICNDT and the international community in ushering in international harmonisation on
the basis of ISO 9712.
While NCB has recognized and will always address itself to these issues, the greatest challenge is to not only torespond but also deliver what is essential in a timely manner.

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CERTIFICATION IN THE WORLD

Welds

Underwater

Plate/Thickness test

Multi-Sector

Multi-Industry

Gen. Engineering

Forgings

Castings

Australia has a long history of 3rd-party NDT certification. The Australian Institute for NDT (AINDT) first introduced a certification
program in 1971. The original scheme covered two levels of certification, known as Technician and Technologist.
With the development of the original ISO9712, a Standards Australia
committee developed an Australian Standard for certification of NDT
personnel, based on the then draft ISO document. In fact this standard, AS3998-1992 was published a few months before the publication of ISO9712-1992. Australia has participated in an active mannerin the development of ISO9712-1999 and in the subsequent revisionof that document. Australian Standard AS3998 has been revised toconform 100% with ISO9712:1999 and has been published asAS3998-2002/ISO9712:1999
Australia is a large continent with a dispersed population. Over 90%
of Australia’s population lives in coastal cities and towns. Comparedwith Europe and America, we have a relatively small population. Thisis reflected in our certifications, with around 1100 certifications to theAS3998/ISO9712 standard.
Training is undertaken by public (technical colleges) and private
providers in most states by face-to face, as well as distance learning,
computer and internet based training. AINDT provides examinations
at examination centres located in all states. These examinations are
conducted twice per year (July and December) as well as on-demand
subject to certain conditions.
All examination questions are held on a national database so that all
examination papers are unique. Practical examination certified test
specimens are held at a central repository and are distributed so thatdifferent specimens are provided to each examination centre for eachseries of examinations.
The AINDT certification Scheme has been accredited toEN45013/ISO9712 by the national accrediting body JAS-ANZ.
The Scheme is managed by a Certification Board of 12 persons representing users and providers of NDT services, as well as industry andtraining bodies and the National Association of Testing Authorities(NATA). The Board is supported by an Applications Committee anda Panel of Examiners.

Aerospace

Certification in Australia

Certification in India
Status of NDT Certificate Holders In India
Level – III personnel qualified in India (ASNT, ISNT and IAEA)
Level – II personnel qualified in India
Level – I personnel qualified in India~ 500~ 10,000~ 6,000

TABLE 1
National certification
board organization chard

Technique wise distribution of Level – III (ASNT, ISNT and IAEA)
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Technique
UT
RT
MT
PT
ET
VT
LT
NRT
AET

Level – III
286
277
225
155
29
45
21
1
2

Certification in Brazil
The National System was started in 1980 with the Technical
Comission on Qualification and Certification of NDT Personnel. In 1987 was formed the Certification Council with
15 Representatives from diferents brazilian industrial sectors:
Oil & Gas, Chemical & Petrochemical, Power Generation,
Castings, Forgings, Welds and Tubes.
The Certification Bureau includes : Certification Bureau
Manager, NDT Level 3 Experts, Coordinators from the Industrial Sectors as the following: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical & Petrochemical, Power Generation, Underwater Inspection, Iron, Castings and Forgings. The above industrial sectors
are also represented in the Industrial Sectors Committees.
Examination Centers
We have three recognized centers:– PETROBRÁS / SEQUI, São José dos Campos / SP (PT,MT, RT, UT, VT, ET)– SENAI / CETEC-SOLDA, Rio de Janeiro / RJ (PT, MT,
UT)– SABESP, São Paulo / SP (LT)PETROBRAS – SEQUI was recognized as an examination
center of the National System in 1992. Some results of 22 yearof operation are 28.300 Examinations, 10.113 Candidates of
680 Companies

Ultrasonic examination specimens

Standards of the National System• NA-001 (ABENDE Standard on Qualification and Certification of NDT Personnel)• DC-001 (ABENDE S Standard on Qualification and Certification of NDT Personnel - Procedure)
National Qualification System
Maintenance of certification: every 12 months to certify satisfactory vision and effective rendering of professional services
Recertification:
After 60 months of valid certification, it can be renewed foranother period by a simplified examination.
NDT Methods in the National System
Visual Testing, Penetrant Testing, Magnetic Testing, Ultrasonic Testing, X and Gamma Ray, Eddy Current, Leak Testing, Acoustic Emission, Underwater Inspection
Numbers of the National System
Levels/Methods

1

2

3

PT

4

1047

15

MT

0

380

16

UT

319

262

13

RT

107

110

12

ET

0

4

2

VT

0

167

1

LT

31

28

28

TOTAL

461

1998

87

ABENDE is accredited certifying body by INMETRO in order to certify personnel, according to NIE-DINQP-014 Standard (in compliance with EN 45013), in conformance to ISO
9712 Standard
INMETRO is the Brazilian Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality.
ØAutarchy of the Federal Government under the MDIC
(Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade)ØExecutive Authority
Ø Management Contract
Ø Gold Award in 2000
INMETRO ACTIVITIES• Scientific and Industrial Metrology• Legal Metrology• Quality (Conformity Assessment , Technical Regulation)•Accreditation)•Technological Information•Education for Quality
INMETRO is formally recognized by: IAF (International Accreditation Forum), ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), EA (European Cooperation for Accreditation), APLAC (Asia and Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures)page 7 — October 2003 – n. 2

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ASME recognise ISO 9712/EN 473 Certification Schemes
ASME Comments on the EC 2002 Report on
United States Barriers to Trade and Investment
January 16, 2003
There are a number of points raised regarding the issue of certification of NDE personnel performing examination to the requirements of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code that
require clarification.
The first is “While the ISO standard ISO 9712 on this matterhas been supported by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the standard is not recognized in the context of theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers code on pressure vessels”. While not specifically referenced in the ASME Code, if a
Manufacturer chooses to certify NDE personnel performing
ASME Code examinations using ISO 9712 he may do so as longas this is established in his written practice.
This leads to another point in which it was stated “In practicethis means that NDT personnel in Europe need to be doublecertified: once for ISO 9712/EN 473 and once again for ASMENDT”. This is not necessarily the case. If a Manufacturer prepares his written practice for ASME Code related examinations in such a way to establish ISO 9712/EN 473 as his
method of certification then there would be no need for
double-certification.
Another point concerns the examinations themselves. It was stated “The only substantial difference is that whereas in the
ISO/EN case the test is performed by a competent third party,
ASME requires the test to be performed in an ASME-proprietary fashion”. There are no ASME-proprietary tests for NDE
personnel. Nor does the ASME Code establish requirements forthe administration of NDE personnel training, examination or
certification. It is the Manufacturer’s written practice that establishes the control and administration of these aspects of the qualification of NDE personnel.
The report also makes reference to a request regarding ISO
9712: “Apart from asking ANSI to ensure that the ISO 9712 isproperly implemented in the US Pressure vessels code, the European federation of non-destructive testing (EFNDT) submitted
to ASME in October 1999 a code case (i.ie. detailed wording of
the proposal) to amend the corresponding section of the ASME
code. Regretfully, no progress has been made since”.
The request from the EFNDT received the full attention of the
ASME Subcommittee on Nondestructive Examination. Based on
the recommendation of this Subcommittee, a revision to Article
1 of Section V of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code wasapproved to allow any national or international central certification programs be used for the certification of NDE personnel.
The newly revised paragraph T-120 (f) will read as follows.

Ravenna 2003, Italy

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

International Panel on Personnel Certification(r-l) D.E.Bray ( ASME), R. Murphy ( ISO TC135 Chairman),
G.Nardoni (ICNDT Chairman), V. Krstelj ( Croatian Society President), B.B.Djordjevic ( Hopkins University) and A. Broz ( FAA)

Revision of July 2003 of ASME code sec. V art. 1

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ALGERIA

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

Route de Dely Ibrahim

Cheraga ALGER

BP64+213 2 361 850+213 2 361 850

Zergougmourad@Hotmail.com

ARGENTINA

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

Av. General Paz 1499 - San Martin Pcia

Buenos Aires

1650+54 11 4 754 7257

+54 11 4 754 7355

ende@cnea.gov.ar

AUSTRALIA

Australian Institute of NDTPO Box 52, ParkvilleVictoria

3052+61 3 9326 7550

+61 3 9326 7272

aindt@immanet.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

Dhaka

Ramma 1000

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

mmuk@citechco.net

BELARUS

Belorussian Association for NDT and Technical Diagnostic

Akademitcheskaia Str 16

Minsk

220072+375 17 220 1341

+375 17 220 1341

BELGIUM

Belgian Association of NDTAllee de la Cense Rouge 15

Angleur-Liege

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

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. W

Hamilton

L8N 3T2

011 905 387 1655

011 905 574 6080

dmarshall@ndeinst.org

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

CHINA - Taiwan

SNTCT-Nondestructive Testing Society of China-Taipei

130, Kee- Lung Rd. Sec. 3

Taipei, Taiwan+886 2 2363 0815

+886 2 2366 0732

sntct@snt.org.tw

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

mazal@uk.fme.vutbr.cz

DENMARKThe Danish Society for NDT

345 Park Alle

Broendby

DK-2605+45 43 26 7000

+45 43 26 7011

bjl@force.dk

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@worldnet.fr

GERMANYDGZfPMax Plank Strasse, 6

BerlinD-12489

49 30 678 101

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

Dublin 9+353 1 808 2272

+353 1 857 0452

prendergastm@forbairt.ie

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

Austinplein 10 - NL 3249 BL

Herkingen+31 187 669 460+31 187 669 003

kint@xs4all.nl

NEW ZEALAND

Certification Board For Inspection Personnel

PO Box 76134

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

met-ndt@hera.oprg.nz

NIGERIA

Nigerian Society for NDT

c/o Gammatec

Portharcourt

234 846 11027

NORWAYNSNDT- Norwegian Society for NDT

c/o Robit Technology . PO 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

2102 ZM

info@bant.begammatec@phca.linkserve.com+47 66 98 12 00+47 66 98 23 33

Dal@Robit.noIslamabad+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

RUSSIAThe Russian Society for NDTand Technical Diagnostic

35 Usacheva Street

Moscow

119048+70 95 245 5656

+70 95 246 8888

spektr@co.ru

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

South 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

SPAIN

Associacion Espanola de END

Bocangel, 28

Madrid+34 91 361 25 85+34 91 361 47 61

informacione@aend.org

SRI LANKA

SNDT-Society for Non Destructive Testing, Sri Lanka

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

Mawatha, Colombo 10.

+94 1 533427+94 1 533448

srlaea@slt.lk

N-137600-050E-28028

SWEDEN

Swedish Society for NDT

c/o SMS . Vartavagen 67

Stockholm

SE-11583+46 8 459 5655

+46 8 782 9774

info@fop.a.se

SWITZERLAND

SGZP

c/o EMPA. Uberlandstrasse 129

Dubendorf

CH-8600+41 1 823 55 11+41 1 821 6244

thomasluethi@empa.ch

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,

Kyiv, GPS

252650+380 44 227 2666

+380 44 220 9482

paton@ukrpack.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

webmaster@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@vista.gov.vn

YUGOSLAVIA

Yugoslav Centre for Non Destructive Testing

Vojvode Stepe 51

Belgrade+381 11 460 465+381 11 469 514

sladojevic@ppt.yu

11000

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COUNTRY