Minutes of an
ICNDT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
Thursday, 9 October 2014, Prague
Participants – voting
Dr J M Farley
Mr G Aufricht
Mr S K Babu
Mr B Alves
Ms S Bond
Mr K Cain
Mr J Conte
Dr M Džapo
Mr E Eckhardt
Mr R Engelbart
Mr A Erhard
Mr P Fallouey
Mr F Gomez
Mr E Gorkunov
Mr Gungtian Shen
Mr C Hakan Gür
Mr F Hermansen
Mr R Klieber
Mr J Lee
Mr J Maccarone
Prof P Mazal
Mr N Ooka
Mr E Pulido
Mr A Shekezo
Mr Y Shoef
Mr J Sillanpää
Mr C Sinclair
Mr G Sofroniç
Mr A Stanciu
Mr P Trampus
Mr A Varmekousis
Mrs S Zaitera
Participants – non-voting
Ms B Blazar
Mr J Birir
Ms E Cheprasova

Chair
Treasurer, Austria
General Secretary, Singapore
Portugal
Elected Member IEC, Canada
South Africa
Chair - Membership, Brazil
Croatia
Slovakia
USA
Germany
Chair - ICEC, France
Spain
RussiaChina
TurkeyNorwaySwitzerland
Korea
Auditor, Australia
Czech Republic
Japan
Colombia
UkraineIsraelFinlandUK
SerbiaRomania
Hungary
GreeceKazakhstan
USA
Kenya
RussiaMinutes of ICNDT General Assembly Meeting 2014-10-09

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Mr T Clausing
Mr D Corcoran
Mr D Craig
Mr N Doniga
Prof A K Dunhill
Mr F C Ferreira
Mr M Ghaemi
Mr D J Gilbert
Mr Vieira Gomez
Ms T Grant
Mr R Guerard
Mr J Guild
Mr G Idinger
Mr H Jansen
Dr M Johannes
Mr N Kim
Mr M Mihovski
Mr R Morasse
Mr A Mullin
Mr T Ogata
Mr I Prassianakis
Dr M Purschke
Ms N Scutt
Dr R ShippMr G Shoef
Mr A Skozdev
Mr Sze Thiam Siong
Mr E Romero
Ms N Volkova
Mr P Wadyalkar
Mr Zhanwen Wu

USA
CanadaCanadaRomaniaUK
BrazilIran
Secretariat
Portugal
UK
CanadaSouth Africa
AustriaSouth Africa
South Africa
Korea
Bulgaria
USA
Chair - WG1
Japan
GreeceWCNDT President
UK
Secretary - ICEC
IsraelBulgaria
Singapore
Spain
RussiaAustralia
China

J GrumSlovenia

Apologies

1.

Opening
The Chairman welcomed all and opened the meeting. He thanked the Czech
Society for organising the meeting and congratulated it on a successful
European Conference.

2.

Memorium
Those assembled remembered those who had passed away since the last
meeting.

3.

Roll Call, voting rules
All present were given the opportunity to introduce themselves.
The Chairman explained the voting procedures and declared the meeting
quorate.

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4.

Approval of minutes of 35th, 36th and General Assembly meetings
The minutes of the 35th, 36th and General Assembly meetings held in Durban
in 2012 were approved.

5.

Annual Report 2013
Dr Farley went through the 2013 Annual Report for information.

6.

Status of Strategic Plan
Dr Farley went through and explained revisions to the Strategic Plan.
He explained that Version 8 of the plan (V8) was prepared following
discussions in Durban at the 18th WCNDT about the plan for the period 2012
to 2016. The current version is an update to recognise progress in 2013 and2014 and to set down revised Action Plans for the second half of the four-year
cycle up to the General Assembly in Munich (2016) and election of new
officers.
The draft presented here (agenda item 17) would be updated and finalised toaccount for discussions here and in the earlier PGP meeting.

7.

Year-to-date financial report
The Treasurer, Mr Aufricht, went through the year-to-date financial report.
Following a request to explain what the professional services were, Dr Farleyexplained that these were services provided by Mr Thompson and Dr Shipp in
support of the ICNDT's certification activities.
Mr Gilbert was asked to read out a list of member societies who had paid theirICNDT membership fees for 2014. Representatives of these societies inattendance were eligible to vote.

8.

Operating Procedures
Dr Farley explained the need for the changes that had been made to OP12:
Annual Report and Accounts and that this had already been approved at theAnnual Meeting. Similarly, OP22: Recognition of Voluntary Effort had been
approved by the PGP. Dr Farley requested confirmation of approval of these
Operating Procedures by this General Assembly. Both were approved
unanimously.

9.

Membership fees 2015
Mr Aufricht put forward the Executive Committee proposal that the membershipfees for 2015 would remain as 2014, i.e. Full membership €250; Associate
Membership €100.
This was approved unanimously.
Mr Aufricht requested members to please cover the bank charges whentransferring payments.
The Chairman thanked the Treasurer for his services.
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10.

Draft budget 2015
Mr Aufricht and Dr Farley presented the draft budget for 2015 (appended). The
final budget would be approved at the General Assembly in January 2015.

11.

Membership
Mr Conte presented his report. He recommended to the General Assembly thatthe membership applications from Iran (IWNT and IRNDT - both Associate)and Bolivia (ASBOSENDIC - Full) should be accepted.
All agreed.
Mr Mirmajid Ghaemi (IRNDT) was presented with a membership certificate.
Representatives of the other societies were not present.

The Chairman thanked all for their participation and closed the meeting.

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Minutes of the 37th Meeting of the ICNDT
Thursday, 9 October 2014, Prague
NOTE: This meeting followed on immediately after the General Assembly
Meeting and the Agenda items are numbered accordingly.
Participants – voting
Dr J M Farley
Mr G Aufricht
Mr S K Babu
Mr B Alves
Ms S Bond
Mr K Cain
Mr J Conte
Dr M Džapo
Mr E Eckhardt
Mr R Engelbart
Mr A Erhard
Mr P Fallouey
Mr F Gomez
Mr E Gorkunov
Mr Gungtian Shen
Mr C Hakan Gür
Mr F Hermansen
Mr R Klieber
Mr J Lee
Mr J Maccarone
Prof P Mazal
Mr N Ooka
Mr E Pulido
Mr A Shekezo
Mr Y Shoef
Mr J Sillanpää
Mr C Sinclair
Mr G Sofroniç
Mr A Stanciu
Mr P Trampus
Mr A Varmekousis
Mrs S Zaitera

Chair
Treasurer, Austria
General Secretary, Singapore
Portugal
Elected Member IEC, Canada
South Africa
Chair - Membership, Brazil
Croatia
Slovakia
USA
Germany
Chair - ICEC, France
Spain
RussiaChina
TurkeyNorwaySwitzerland
Korea
Auditor, Australia
Czech Republic
Japan
Colombia
UkraineIsraelFinlandUK
SerbiaRomania
Hungary
GreeceKazakhstan

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Participants – non-voting
Ms B Blazar
Mr J Birir
Ms E Cheprasova
Mr T Clausing
Mr D Corcoran
Mr D Craig
Mr N Doniga
Prof A K Dunhill
Mr F C Ferreira
Mr M Ghaemi
Mr D J Gilbert
Mr Vieira Gomez
Ms T Grant
Mr R Guerard
Mr J Guild
Mr G Idinger
Mr H Jansen
Dr M Johannes
Mr N Kim
Mr M Mihovski
Mr R Morasse
Mr A Mullin
Mr T Ogata
Mr I Prassianakis
Dr M Purschke
Ms N Scutt
Dr R ShippMr G Shoef
Mr A Skozdev
Mr Sze Thiam Siong
Mr E Romero
Ms N Volkova
Mr P Wadyalkar
Mr Zhanwen Wu

USA
Kenya
RussiaUSA
CanadaCanadaRomaniaUK
BrazilIran
Secretariat
Portugal
UK
CanadaSouth Africa
AustriaSouth Africa
South Africa
Korea
Bulgaria
USA
Chair - WG1
Japan
GreeceWCNDT President
UK
Secretary - ICEC
IsraelBulgaria
Singapore
Spain
RussiaAustralia
China

Apologies
J Grum12.

Slovenia

Progress reports
12.1 Membership
Mr Conte had delivered his report in the General Assembly (item 11).
12.2 Communications
Mr Gilbert presented his report (appended).
12.3 WG1
Mr Mullin presented his report (appended).

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12.4 CECDr Shipp presented his report (appended).
12.5 WG2
Mr Johannes presented his report (appended).
Dr Farley added that reports were planned covering the findings of theworkshops.
He then noted that there was a requirement to re-elect the Chairmen of theGroups and the Group members, and proposed these as follows:
Committee/WG
Membership Committee

Chairman
Joao Conte

Communications/ Internet/
JournalCertification Executive
Committee

David Gilbert
Patrick Fallouey(Sec: Robin Shipp)Members
David Gilbert, Sharon Bond, Alexander
Mullin, John Maccarone, Emilio Romero,
Shohei Ooka
Sharon Bond, Shohei Ooka, Stefan

Cullmann,Alexander Mullin (WG1 Chairman)
David Barnett (Asia-Pacific region)Gerhard Aufricht (ICNDT Treasurer)
Jim Guild (Africa region)João Rufino Teles Filho (PanAmerica region)
WG1 Qualification andCertification

Alexander Mullin

WG2 Research and Education

Manfred Johannes

Matthias Purschke (Europe region)

See
C:\Users\Mike\Documents\ICNDT\ECNDT
Prague\ICNDT GA Prague 2014\WG1
members_last update Oct 2014.pdf
TBC: B Venkatraman, Steve Dixon, Betsy
Blazar, V Krstelj, Younho Cho, Tony ErhardThis was approved with the following changes:o WG1: Mr Clausing would replace Mr Engelbart after the ASNT Fall
Conference in October 2014
o CEC: Mr Ooka would replace Mr Barnett
o CEC: Mr Aufricht or Mr Idinger
o CEC: Mr Guild would be replaced by Mr Jansen
Subject to these changes the above table was approved unanimously.
The Chairman thanked the Group Chairmen and Group members, including
those retiring, for their contributions.
13.

19th World Conference 2016
Dr Purschke presented a comprehensive status report on the organisation of
the 19th World Conference on NDT, to take place in Munich, Germany, 13-17
June 2016. The Call for Papers would be issued soon. It was anticipated thatthe exhibition area would sell out early in 2015.

14.

Regional Group reports
Representatives of the regional groups presented their reports. Whereavailable these are appended.
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15.

Forward Plans
15.1 Strategic Plan
Dr Farley went through the Strategic Plan. His presentation is appended.
15.2 Condition Monitoring
Dr Farley reported on ICNDT activities in the field of Condition Monitoring. He
noted:o International Society for Condition Monitoring to become a Liaison
Member of ICNDTo Create a Working Group specifically on CM, with membership from
ICNDT and ISCMo Elect a representative to ISO TC 108
o Joint forward planning of conferences
He asked for volunteers to join the working group and invited cooperation ofother CM/SHM bodies. The following countries' societies present already had
an interest in CM:
Australia
BrazilCzech Republic
FinlandGermany
Hungary
IsraelJapan
Kazakhstan
Korea
RussiaSingapore
Slovakia
UKUSA
15.3 Review of structure of ICNDT and regional groups and fees model
Dr Purschke presented the EFNDT proposals on the re-organisation of ICNDTand the Regional Federations.
Dr Farley then presented his summary of this and proposal for possible newfees structure (appended).
Some discussion followed, including the following comments:
Engelbart - it is necessary to detail the benefits of membership to societies inorder to justify any increase in fees.
Fallouey - it would be good to have a short summary of the proposals formembers to present to their respective Boards.
- important to bear in mind the global harmonisation of standards- societies might want to represented at global (ICNDT) level, not justregional level.
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Sofroniç - who will define what is a small, large, medium size society?
Purschke - fees structure needs further discussion but is tied to neworganisation structure.
- DGZfP, as a larger society, is prepared to pay an increased fee.
Sinclair - it would be beneficial to have professional support.
- BINDT would probably be willing to pay higher fee subject to approvalby its Council.
Guild - assumes regional federations would keep their own constitution.
Gomez - proposal for new fee structure needs to be finalised.
Ooka - (agreed).
Babu - could define society grade by no. of members and fee accordingly (e.g.
$1 per member).
Farley - need agreement of reorganisation in principle before getting into detail.
Dr Farley proposed the following next steps, which were agreed:ooooListen to comments here in Prague.
ICNDT prepare draft proposals and circulate to Regions and Members.
If sufficient consensus, draft revised Constitution and Operating Proceduresand follow formal rules for approval of constitutional change.
Target would be to have changes in place for implementation by the new
Officers who will come into office in June 2016.

Dr Farley acknowledged EFNDT President Matthias Purschke for his
preparatory work on the ICNDT/Regional Structure.
16.

Associated bodies
16.1 ISODr Hatano presented his report (appended). Ms Bond added comments
specific to SC7 (Personnel Qualification).

17.

Other business17.1 New MRA signatories
The following new signatories to the MRA were announced:
Colombia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Slovakia, Turkey
17.2 Note re: Iran membership
Mr Conte noted that the IRNDT membership was subject to the receipt offurther documentation. Once this is received the membership committee willconsider whether full membership is applicable.

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18.

Future meetings
General Assembly – 30 January 2015, 13h00 GMT, Internet meeting toapprove Annual Report and fees for 2015.
PGP – 11 August 2015, Cartegena, Colombia, alongside Pan-Am Conference(date and venue to be confirmed).
General Assembly – June 2016, alongside 19th WCNDT, Munich, Germany.
The Chairman thanked all for their participation and closed the meeting.

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APPENDICESICNDT Communications Report to the General Assembly, 9 Oct 2014, Prague,
Czech Republic
1. Website
The ICNDT website is the subject of continuous review by the Communications
Working Group (CWG) and I should like to thankStefan Cullmann, and his colleagues at the German Society for NDT for theircontinued support and assistance and for hosting the website.
A meeting of the CWG was held in Mumbai, with myself and Shohei Ooka inattendance and Sharon Bond and Stefan Cullman on teleconference. Informal
discussions have taken place here.
The Strategic Plan presents details of specific areas for activity and development.
We do plan a significant upgrade over the next few months.
Overall, it is the intention to make the website a valuable and attractive resource not
only for ICNDT officers and members but also for the NDT community as a whole.
2. ICNDT Journal
First of all I would like to acknowledge with thanks the support of Sharon Bond andthe Canadian Society once again for support.
I should also like to thank the individual societies and regional representatives who
regularly produce and submit material for publication in the journal.
Copies of the most recent issue are available here and these are, of course,
available for downloading from the website.
We urge society representatives to request their webmasters to download andincorporate the newsletter into their own sites or at least link to it on icndt.org
The next issue of the Journal will be published in March 2015.
We plan to publish at least three issues next year, in February, August andDecember. The corresponding deadlines will be 1 Jan for Feb, 1 May for June, and 1
November for December. Sharon will be emailing societies inviting material.
With the website and the Journal we as ICNDT are in an excellent position to exploit
the power of the electronic and the written word – I urge you to use them.
Thank you for your support.
David J Gilbert
October 2014

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WG1 on NDT Qualification and Certification
Report to IEC
23.09.2014
COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIONWG1 Action plan was updated and approved by IEC on 31st January 2014. There is
one new action that shall be done – Develop the table of ISO standards used for
NDT of different products. Revision of action plan and proposals from WG1 members
for new actions will be discussed in Prague.
There are three new members appointed in 2014 - Jingyuan Ji (Chinese Society for
NDT), Roger Engelbart (ASNT) and Hakan Gur (Turkish NDT Society). Total numberof WG1 members is 19.
Forthcoming physical meeting will be in Prague, October 6, 14:00 – 17:00
COMMUNICATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
There are four Qualification and Certification groups in ICNDT regions with which
WG1 has communication through its members: Asia Pacific – S K Babu, P Milligan,
EFNDT – M Purschke, R Rodriguez, Africa – J Guild, H Jansen, Pan-America - J
Rufino Filho, S Bond. Written report of regional meetings is expected to be provided
by Prague meeting.
First draft of Guidance for developing countries seeking to establish national
certification schemes was developed by Mike Farley and discussed in Glasgow on
31st January. It will be published in ICNDT Guide on qualification and certification of
personnel for NDT as Appendix 9.
SK Babu keeps up-to-date directory of NDT personnel certification bodies. It was
decided that сolumn for MRA registration should be added.
Qualification/Certification workshop is planned during 11th ECNDT in Prague on 10th
October. Program has been developed and speakers were invited (Appendix 1).
First draft of interpretation of ‘top 20’ EN ISO 9712:2012 statements was developed
after Mumbai meeting and sent to the WG1 members. Responses from David
Barnett, Gerhard Aufricht, Matthias Purschke, Norikazu Ooka, Rodolfo RodrÍguez,
SK Babu, Vitaly Radko, Peter Milligan, Nicole Scutt, Kyung-Cho Kim, Jingyuan Ji,
Harold Jansen
were received. Based on received comments second draft ofinterpretation of ‘top 20’ EN ISO 9712:2012 statements was developed anddistributed among the members for further comments with aim to receive them by
15th of August. Second draft will be discussed in Prague with the target to finalize by
the end of 2014.
Meeting with ASNT is going to be held during ASNT 2014 Fall Conference at the endof October in Charleston, USA.

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It is expected that new revision of ANSI/ASNT CP-106 “Nondestructive Testing Qualification and Certification of Personnel” will be published soon and it will bepresented by Roger Engelbart during Q&C workshop in Prague.

GLOBAL HARMONISATION AND RECOGNITION
Possibility of qualification and certification of personnel when ‘introducing new NDT
methods and techniques’ by the example of MMM technique is under discussion
managed by P. Fallouey.
Intermediate draft of Guideline for administering practical examination will be
discussed during WG1 meeting in Prague, managed by S K Babu.
Development of the table of ISO standards used for NDT of different products iscompleted.

Workshop on Qualification and Certification of NDT personnel
Prague, Friday Oct 10th, 9.00 to 12.00
Joint Chairs: Alexander Mullin (WG1) and Patrick Fallouey (ICEC)
Time
9.00 - 9.15

Topic
Scene-setting

9.15 – 9.30

SpeakerMike Farley, Chairman
ICNDT
Nicole Scutt

9.30 – 9.45

Roger Engelbart

New CP106

9.45 – 10.00

Alexander Mullin

Issues raised in current ICNDT review ofstandard ISO 9712:2012

10.00 -10.15

Rodolfo Rodriguez

Value/importance of experience before
certification

10.15 – 10.30

SK Babu

Comparison & review best practice forrenewal / recertification

10.30 – 10.45

Joao Rufino Teles

10.45 – 11.00

Patrick Fallouey

What is new in ISO-IEC 17024 -2012 for
NDT?
Training syllabus

11.00 – 11.15

Harold Jansen

Personnel Qualification and Certification:
Training Hours

11.15 – 11.30

Robin ShippThe ICNDT Examination Question Bank

11.30 – 11.45

Sergey Kolokolnikov

Qualification and certification of personnel
when introducing new NDT method MMM(ISO 24497:2007)

11.45 - 12.00

Discussion

Comparison of implementation of ISO 9712
by different PCBs

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MalaysiaareseekingfundingforaPCBComplianceAssessmentpriortoapplyingforMRA
Schedule2registration.Ihavesuppliedinformationtoassistwiththisbuttherehavebeennodevelopmentssofar.

ExaminationQuestionBank(OP23)
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ChSNDT(China).(ThesupplytoSAIWandChinaisontheunderstandingthattheyare
committedtoregisterforMRASchedule2.)
Asrequested,IhaveofferedtheEQBtoArgentinafreeofchargeinviewoftheirworkdone
intranslatingitintoSpanish.TheyhaveacceptedtheofferandIamawaitingfurtherdetails
beforedespatchingit.
IhaveanactionfromthelastIECtoprepareaquestionnaireonEQBuserexperiencebut
havenothadtimetoprogressthis.
IhaveaconcernthatPCBspayingforsupportfortheEQBarenotgettingmuchfortheirmoney.Themainaspectofsupportisupdatesandimprovementstothequestionbank,or
eventranslationsintootherlanguages.Thecurrentbudgetincludesinvestmenttocarrythisoutandweneedtoprogressthis.(NotetheofferfromSAIWdescribedbelow.)

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ExperiencewiththeinitialsalesoftheEQBhasrevealedtheneedforfurtherminorchanges
tothedraftWorkInstructionsupportingOP23andIwillcirculatethatforcommentand
approvalbytheICECandICNDTWG1assoonasIhavetimetomakethechanges.
ExperiencehasalsoshownthattheEQBUserManualisinneedofrevisionandthatashort‘QuickStartͲup’documentwouldbeuseful.Again,IwillprogressthesewhenIhavetime.
HaroldJansenofSAIWhasofferedtoprovideadditionalquestionsfortheEQB.Thisisa
gooddevelopmentbutitexposesthefactthatwedonothaveaprocessforverifyingnewquestions.Ihaveanactiontodraftaproposalforthis(probablyasanadditionalWork
InstructiontosupportOP23).

RobinShipp1October2014

Secretariat:TheBritishInstituteofNDT
TheNewtonBuilding,StGeorgesAvenue,NorthamptonNN26JB,UnitedKingdom
Tel:+441604893811;Fax:+441604893861;Email:icndt@bindt.org

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ICNDT Working Group 2: Education and Research
Activity Report and Call for Support
Manfred S. JOHANNESSouth African Institute for NDT (SAINT), P O Box 76068, Lynnwoodridge, 0040, South Africa
Tel: 0027128412522, Fax: 0027128414246
mjohannes@csir.co.za
Abstract:
The ICNDT WG 2 was constituted at the 18th WCNDT in Durban to look into Education and Research
in NDT. ICNDT Executive Committee compiled a business plan for WG 2. In 2013 two regional
meeting have been held - at the QNDE Conference in Baltimore, USA and the second at the 13th
APCNDT in Mumbai, India. The European NDT conference gives the opportunity to feedback on theaims and objectives of the WG 2 and to obtain input from parties in Europe who may have interest in
Education (at University level) and Research in NDT.
Keywords: Education, Training, University Degree, Research in NDT

1.

Introduction

The International Committee on Non-destructive Testing (ICNDT) was constituted in
1955 by a group of European Countries, USA, Japan, China, India and the USSR. Its
main objective was to gather Scientists and Technologists from all over the world inorder that they could pool together their common experiences in promoting thedevelopment of NDT applications which was in its very early stages.
For many years the main aim was to organise a World Conference on NDT once
every 4 years and to promote and assist countries in establishing NDT societies whoon their part promoted the correct use of NDT in their respective countries.
Since the nineties the ICNDT has been seeking avenues to play a larger role in NDTworld-wide and in 2000 a new constitution was adopted. In 2008 the ICNDT was
registered as a non-profit organisation in Vienna. The members elect the executive
committee at the general assembly and the executive committee runs the activities of
the ICNDT in line with a strategic plan.

2.

The ICNDT Strategic PlanThe Executive uses the strategic plan to manage the activities of the ICNDT. The
plan is divided into four sections:• Promotion of the importance of NDT• Support to ICNDT Member Societies• Certification• Education and Research• Radiation Protection• ICNDT Management and Administration
A copy of the strategic plan can be viewed on the ICNDT homepage (www.icndt.org)
in the document store.

3.

The Education and Research section

Concerning the Education and research section, the following activities wereidentified and pursued:• A global survey of NDT Education at University level
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Promotion of international partnerships between Universities to facilitate NDT
education at University level, starting with a survey of existing international
partnerships, for publication on the ICNDT website
The establishment of Training guidelines for novel techniques
Arrange International Workshop on Imaging NDE
The production of ICNDT Monographs

The progress on the above activities has been slow and limited. The following
activities have been pursued and staged successfully:
3.1 The global survey of NDT Education at University level started as an EFNDT
project and is still on going. This information will be published on the ICNDT
webpage when completed.
3.2 Workshops were staged in 2013 both at the QNDE Conference in Baltimore USA,and at the 11th APCNDT in Mumbai, India. The objective is to share best practices
internationally in NDT Education. Seven presentations from around the world
were delivered in Baltimore, some of which were repeated in India. The additionalpresentations in India were delivered by India, Russia and ASNT. The following
are some of the conclusions reached: Levels of NDT education and training and identified deficiencies:
 NDT awareness for practicing Engineers must be pursued;
 NDT awareness as part of Batchelor level courses in Engineering,
including the so-called NDT Minor option, have been successfully
offered at IOWA State University;
 NDT Batchelor level degree courses are becoming available in many
countries e.g. at Northampton University in the UK for NDTpractitioners;
 NDT Certificate level and Masters level courses are offered at IOWAState University and Dresden International University. These courses
are in the process of being made available on-line and, in parts,
through distance learning;
 NDT courses are taught as part of a PhD or Engineering Doctorate
degrees Classical NDT training for NDT Practitioners (theory and practical) at
Level 1, 2 and 3 for eventual NDT certification are offered all over the
globe in accordance with the ISO syllabus TR25107 or equivalentsyllabi as short courses.
 In the USA a large number of colleges offer NDT education, allleading to certification to ACCP or ASNT T1A. This was news to
many participants, as the perception internationally is that in the USA
NDT personnel are trained in the non-formal sector though a series ofshort courses and not in structured academic programmes as mentioned
in the presentation;
 In India the numbers of NDT personnel trained at colleges andUniversities were staggering and the education system has provenitself;Minutes of ICNDT 37th Meeting 2014-10-09, Prague13The presentation on education in Russia focussed on the online
learning programmes under development there. By making use of thesetechnologies the best type of training and education will be available
throughout Russia and will also be available to all Russian speaking
countries.
3.3 The ICNDT will establish links on the ICNDT webpage to all universities andtraining institution institutions, to provide easy access to these courses and to
facilitate communication between the institutions with regards to education atlarge.
3.4 To assist Universities around the world to pitch the various courses at the samelevel, the ICNDT will publish lists of typical and suitable literature on the
webpage. It is the intent to comment of the level of education for which literature
is ideally suited. Through such a data base Universities wishing to offer education
in NDT can orientate themself as to what is practiced in other countries.
3.5 For the awareness training, even at the engineering level, various PowerPoint
presentations and videos have been produced. A list of this material, including thelinks, will be published on the webpage.
3.6 Concerning research in NDT it became clear that the role that ICNDT could playwould be a role to disseminate information on research institutions and there areaof interest and expertise. The ICNDT has established on its website(www.icndt.org) a new register of institutions and other organisations that carryout research into NDT and associated disciplines. The register can be found underthe ‘Resources’ tab on the home page. Authorised representatives of organisations
involved in research activities are invited to add their details free-of-charge, at:www.icndt.org/Resources/RegisterEntry.aspx It is clear that the register iscompiled from information supplied by research organisations. Whilst every effort
is made to ensure that the details are correct and as up-to-date as possible, ICNDT
cannot accept any responsibility for errors or omissions.\
3.7 The establishment of Training guidelines for novel techniques• As new NDT techniques are developed the need arises for appropriate training
material. Although the industry at large as well as Universities and research
institutions publish books and reports on their new developments, the ICNDT
is from time-to-time approached to assist in this field. Technologies where aneed for traing material has been expressed includes: Advanced NDT for
which the IAEA is publishing a TecDo;, NDT of Concrete structures; A
Practical guide to IRT; NDT of cultural heritage artefacts; Phased Array UTand TOFD.
• The IAEA in co-operation with APCNDT countries and the BAM in Berlin
has compiled a comprehensive course in digital radiography and Digital
Imaging NDT. In Durban a pre-conference workshop was offered on digital
imaging. It is the intent to promote this training internationally, to assure thatthe users of these “new” technologies can reap maximum benefit of employing
these techniques.
• To facilitate communication between Universities and also between ResearchInstitutions the ICNDT will assure that biannual workshops will be included in

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14the Conferences organised in the ICNDT regions as well as at the WCND,
which takes place every 4 years.

4.

Conclusion

This is a short overview of interactions which have taken place in the past 2 years
since the 18th WCNDT in Durban. Much more needs to be done and the ICNDT
invites you to submit proposals and suggestion to Working Group 2 on issue you
would like to see addressed.

5.

Acknowledgement

The input from the ICNDT Executive committee, the ICNDT Secretariat, as well as
the input to the workshops by the invited speakers is acknowledged and appreciated

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Review ofOrganisational andFees structures of
ICNDT and Regional
Groups/Federations
Mike Farley1Summary of Proposal from EFNDT, discussed in ICNDT IEC andICNDT PGP!!Objectives are:–! a significant change to a hierarchical structure to make the operationof ICNDT and the Regional Organisations/Federations more efficient–! to reduce the voluntary effort currently asked of members by making
more use of professional support!!Proposals:–! T he Regional Organisations/Federations should be represented on
the ICNDT GA and Executive Committee and the PGP should be
disbanded–! ICNDT’s responsibilities should be extended to include coordinationof its own work with that of the Regional Organisations/Federations•!This requires changes to the our constitutions and OPs–! ICNDT’s focus to be on global activities and Regional Organisations/
Federations focus on regional activities and support of local societies–! Move to a fees model based on size and ability to pay•!Requires agreement in principle by larger member societies (around 12) that would be asked to pay more, anda revised OP 3.

Fees structure - Background!!NDT societies whether measured by membership (number ofindividuals, number of certificate holders or number of corporate
members) or financial turnover (perhaps 1000 USD up to tens of
millions of USD) vary hugely in size.
!! Some operate only locally in their own country whilst others operateacround the globe.
!!The larger Member societies (including ABENDI, AEND, AIPnD, ASNT,
BINDT, ChNDT, CINDE, COFREND, DGZfP, ISNT, JSNDI, KSNT,
RSNTTD + others) are quite wealthy and all have survived theeconomic downturn!!The smallest societies struggle for viability.
!!All member societies are established as not-for-profit entities.

Possible new fee structure – ICNDT and Regions combined
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Examples of activities that ICNDT and Regions could support given
more finance
Activity

Approximate
Cost(annual)Engage specialist to engage with regulatory bodies

5000

Support a specialist(s) to review Wikipedia and update – this is crucial to properly makethe community aware of what we do and the importance of NDT

5000

Support specialist(s) to organise and report ICNDT workshops at World and Regional
conferences – currently an activity mostly undertaken by the Chairman

5000

Send specialists to countries seeking to establish NDT societies- previously happened
when our former chairman regularly worked for the IAEA

10000

Support representatives at IAF, ISO, IIW, etc . We need specialists to represent ICNDTs
interests of ICNDT and Regional Groups

10000

Coordinate and edit more ICNDT Guides

5000

Total = 40,000 euro

+ many more at Regional level !

Next steps!!Listen to comments here in Prague!!ICNDT prepare draft proposals and circulate to Regions and Members!!If sufficient consensus, draft revised Constitution and Operating

Procedures and follow formal rules for approval of constitutional change!!Target would be to have changes in place for implementation by the
new Officers who will come into office in June 2016.

!!Acknowledgements to ECNDT President Matthias Purschke for his preparatory work on the
ICNDT/Regional Structure

AFRICAN FEDERATION OF NDTFeedback Report – Oct 2014
Harold Jansen – Executive secretary

CONTENTS•!

Revised AFNDT Constitution adopted•!

Membership•!

Quality Manual•!

Action Plan•!

Regional Development•!

Event Calendar

REVISED AFNDT CONSTITUTION!! Required because:!!

Original Constitution required revision – solely focused onregional conferences and range of activities needed to beextended!!

Clear objectives and action plans to achieve them!!

AFNDT active within ICNDT to benefit the Region.

REVISED AFNDT CONSTITUTION!! Main Changes:!!

General Council of Members – Policy making!!

President – Mourad Zergoug & Executive Secretary!!

Two members per country viz. Full Member & Associate
member!!

Liaison Member – Beneficial contribution to AFNDT!!

Introduction of annual membership fees – U$ 200!!

Honorary awards system!!

Annual Meetings(Next meeting to coincide with 6th AFNDT Conference in Algeria)

AFNDT OBJECTIVES!! Promote

NDT collaboration, research anddevelopment among African countries!! Organize African Regional conferences!! Participate in ICNDT!! Encourage formation of NDT organizations &infrastructure such as National NDT
societies, etc.
!! Regional and International harmonization of

personnel training, qualification andcertification

AFNDT MEMBERSHIP
Full Members:(Shown in green on logo)!!

Algeria

CSC

Welding and NDT Research Centre!!

AngolaCTN

National Technology Centre!!

Cameroun

HydracHydrocarbures Analyses Controles

!!

Ghana

GAEC

Ghana Atomic Energy Commission

!!

Kenya

KEBS

Kenya Bureau of Standards!!

South Africa SAIW

!!

Sudan

!!

TunisiaSouthern African Institute of Welding

SAINT

South African Institute of NDT (Associate)

SSNDT

Sudan Atomic Energy Commission

CetimeMechanical and Electrical Industries

Technical Centre

Potential Members:(Shown in yellow on logo)!!

Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

AFNDT QUALITY MANUAL!! ‘Corporate’ Identity!! ISO 9001 Quality Manual in process!! Additional

operational procedures being

developed:!!

Code of Ethics!!

Regional Conferences!!

System of Honorary Awards!!

Membership!!

Financial Management

ACTION PLAN!! Establish and maintain communications protocol!! Encourage the organization of African Regional Conferences!! Participate in ICNDT!!

AFNDT Newsletter,!!

Paper on AFNDT during 19th WCNDT 2016 – Munich, Germany,!!

AFNDT Magazine – In Vision!! Identify / promote formation of National NDT societies!! Establish research & development database & promoteinteraction within region!! Harmonize NDT training, qualification and certification via

ICNDT through ISO 9712 and promote formation of ATB’s,
ExC’s, AQB(‘s) & Regional CB

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT!! TheInternational Atomic Energy Agency has

been actively advancing NDT in the African
Region since 2003.

!!

ATB’s has been established in Cameroon(Hydrac), Kenya (KEBS) and Sudan (SAEC)!!

Triangular projects have been initiated tofacilitate the formation of Examination Centresin these regions!!

Training programs needed for triangularprojects commence Jan 2015

EVENT CALENDAR
6 AFNDT REGIONAL CONFERENCE
TH

ALGERIA
24 – 26 NOVEMBER 2015
An invitation is extended, on behalf of AFNDT,to the ICNDT WG 1
to convene a meeting during this occasion should thecurrent proposed venue and date be inconvenient.
7th AFNDT Regional Conference - 2017 - Kenya

Asia PacificRegional Report to ICNDTDr. Norikazu Ooka
President
Asia Pacific Federation for Non Destructive Testing (APFNDT)

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Asia Pacific Federation for Non Destructive Testing Executive
Committee (AEC) Meeting
Member of AEC

5th – 6th April 2014, JSNDI in Japan∗ Dr. Norikazu Ooka: APFNDT President (JSNDI)∗ Dr. Jong Po Lee: APFNDT Vice President (KSNT)∗ Dr. B. Venkatraman: APCNDT Immediate Past President (ISNT)∗ Mr. Les Dick: General Secretary (AINDT)∗ Mr. Sajeesh K. Babu: Treasurer (NDTSS)∗ Mr. Sze Thiam Siong: APCNDT President (NDTSS)∗ Secretariat of APFNDT (JSNDI)
Guests and other non-voting attendees:
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Dr. Soichi Hirose (President of JSNDI)
Dr. Takamasa Ogata (Vice President of JSNDI)
Dr. Yoshikazu Yokono (Director of JSNDI, General Affairs)
Mr. Hideharu Minegishi (Secretary General of JSNDI)
Mr. Toshihiko Onishi (Deputy Secretary General of JSNDI)
Mr. Shohei Ooka (International Relations of JSNDI)
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Discussion at AEC
Adoption of Last Minute and Website

1. Approval of Minutes of last APCNDT 2013 GA meeting in
Mumbai, India
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General APFNDT Matters
Admin
Membership
JournalNewsletters
Communications

Other Announcement∗

APFNDT Website (www.apfndt.org)

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Discussion at AEC
Review of Operating Procedures

2. Operating Procedures (OP’s)
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OP1 - Method of Election –Office Bearers.
OP2 - Financial and Administrative Management
OP3 - Awards and Recognition
OP4 - APCNDT Organisation
OP5 - Communication
OP6 - GA and Board Meetings
OP7 - Working Groups (WG’s)
OP8 - Advisory Group (AG)OP9 - APFNDT Forums
OP10 - APCNDT Conference Sponsorship
OP11 - Regional Development ToR’s
OP12 - APFNDT Representation Support
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Discussion at AEC
ICNDT Regional Representatives
3. Legal Incorporation
4. Finances
5. Review of Strategic Plan
6. Reports on Working Groups (WG’s)
7. Reports on Advisory Group (AG)
8. ICNDT Matters (Follow up action)∗ APFNDT Representatives to ICNDT PGP Committee
Dr. Norikazu Ooka (President of APFNDT)Dr. B. Venkatraman (Past president of APFNDT)∗ APFNDT Representative to ICNDT Certification Executive Committee
Dr. Norikazu Ooka (President of APFNDT)
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Discussion at AEC
ICNDT Regional Representatives
9. Review of Conference Matters (Follow up action)∗∗∗

Report from 14th APCNDT and Finances (Mumbai)
Report from 15th APCNDT Progress (Singapore)
Report from 16th APCNDT Progress (Melbourne 2021)

10. Plans for next Board Meeting

APFNDT Board member Meeting—7th Oct.,2014 in Prague

11. Other General Business∗∗∗

APFNDT Meeting Schedule
APFNDT Promotion
JSNDI Task Group work

12. Closure of Meeting6

Asia Pacific Federation for Non Destructive Testing
Executive Committee Members and Secretariat

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APFNDT
Regional News Vol.1

www.apfndt.org

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Discussion at AEC
For the future of Asia Pacific Region and the World

Enhancement of cooperation
with ICNDT and Regional Group

Build up a structure of partnership

Creating mutual understanding
among NDT Societies

Exchange the technical information.
Training the NDT instructor

9Thank you

Thank you for your attention

Dr. Norikazu Ooka
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EFNDT Regional Report (Summary)
There are currently 32 Full members; 7 Associate members.
Since the last GA there have been 4 presence meetings and 4 Internet
meetings, under the Presidency of Dr Matthias Purschke.
There have also been meetings of the Certification Executive Committee,
chaired by Mr Fallouey, and the Aerospace and Rail Forums, as well as someof the active working groups.
OP1: Election of Officers has been revised to include a BoD recommendation
with the aim of ensuring turnover of fresh thinking whilst maintaining
continuity.
The Board of Directors, including President, Vice-President (all together 10
persons), and an Auditor, are elected by the EFNDT General Assembly forthree years, with possibility of re-election on two consecutive occasions for a
maximum continuous duration of nine years.
The following notes have been added:
Important Note 1: Even though the President, Vice President and Directors
are entitled to put themselves forward for two re-elections, the EFNDT Boardof Directors feel that a self-imposed limit of one re-election would allow forrefreshment and new thinking.
Important Note 2: Even though a Full Member is entitled to nominate acandidate for Vice President, the EFNDT Board of Directors feel that when the
President’s post becomes vacant, the current Vice President should beelected to the post of President unopposed which would provide continuity ofstrategic thinking and development.
The liaison between EFNDT and ASNT was progressing well.
A strategic review had been held, resulting in the proposal for restructuring
the international scene.
The ECEC was in the process of updating the MRA Schedule 2 and was also
considering its strategy with regard to certification in Europe. Mr Fallouey
elaborated.
The next European Conference would be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in2018.

E Romero
October 2014