Minutes of a meeting of the
ICNDT General Assembly and 43rd ICNDT Meeting
Internet Meeting
Wednesday 15th June 2022
Participants:

S K Babu
B AlvesI Baillie
C Belinco
M Carboni
J ConteT Chady
E Eckhardt
A Garcia
D Gilbert
F GomezC H Gϋr
E Hristoforou
G Idinger
S Infanzon
H Jansen
F Schaditzki
H Joshi
P Kesckez
J KurzZ Markešić
M Mladenovic
I Mukriz
N OokaT Sakagami
G ShenV Syasko
L Tipolar
P Wadyalkar
C Wassink
D I Yoon

ICNDT Chair & NDTTS (Singapore)
RELACRE (Portugal)
BINDT (UK)AAENDE (Argentina) and PANNDTAIPND (Italy)
ABENDI (Brazil)
PTBNIDT/SIMP (Poland)
SSNDT (Slovakia)
AAENDE (Argentina)
BINDT (UK) and ICNDT General Secretary
AEND (Spain) and EFNDT
Turk NDT (Turkey)
HSNT (Greece)ÖGFZP (Austria)
AENDUR (Uruguay)
SAIW (South Africa), ICEC Chair and AFNDTCOFREND (France)
ISNT (India)
MAROVISZ (Hungary)
DGZfP (Germany)
CrSNDT (Croatia)
SDIBR (Serbia)
MSNT (Malaysia)
JSNDI (Japan) and APFNDTJSNDI (Japan)
ChSNDT (China)
RSNTTD (Russia)
CNDT (Czech Republic)
AINDT (Australia)
KINT (Netherlands)
KSNT (South Korea)

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C Almeida
FSEND-Relacre, Portugal
G Aufricht
ICNDT Treasurer
C BirdICNDT ICEC Secretary
Y Cho
KSNT/WCNDT President
J M Farley(ICNDT Past Chair)
B GhoseISNT (India)
P Grosser
AINDT (Australia)
G Kavagiannes HSNT (Greece)
Y-R Lee
KSNT (Korea)
P Milligan
AINDT (Australia)
A Mullin
WG1 Chair
B Muthu
NDTSS, Singapore
T Ogata
JSNDI (Japan)
S OokaJSNDI (Japan)
C Rizzetti
AIPND (Italy)
L SohnKSNT (Korea)
C Bailey
BINDT (Minute Secretary)

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Dr H Affum
M Ghaemi
M Johannes

IAEA
IRNDT (Iran)SAINT (South Africa)

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C Ardeleanu

ARoENd (Romania)

Welcome and confirmation of Quorum
S Babu welcomed all to the meeting and thanked everyone for joining the third virtual GA.
Hopefully this will be the last online GA and we will be able to meet physically next year during
the ECNDT. It was pleasing to see such a good representation at the meeting today.
A quorum for the meeting was confirmed. The Chair explained that we have a very tightagenda which includes updates from the various WGs as well as the ICEC and the Certification
WG. There will also be a slot at the end of the meeting for societies to give a short update of
their activities. Anyone who had not submitted a presentation would be welcome to give aquick verbal update. There will also be updates from the regional conferences taking placenext year (Asia Pacific and ECNDT).
We will also have an update from the Annual Meeting held on 10th February at which thebudgets and accounts were accepted. Various meetings have been held including IEC, WG1
and WG3 and the 20th WCNDT has been arranged for 2024. Terms of office will continue until
the WCNDT in 2024.
Roll Call
Participants introduced themselves and confirmed if they were a voting or non-voting member.
A quorum for the meeting was confirmed. The requirement for a quorum is at least one third of
the voting membership in attendance and there were more than sufficient numbers for today’s
meeting.
The Annual Report was approved at the Annual Meeting so there would not be any voting
required other than approval of the OPs which would be discussed later.

2.

Memoriam
None had been received.
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Membership roll call and voting rules
This had already been covered.

4.

Approval of Minutes of 42nd virtual meeting
The Minutes of the 42nd meeting and GA held on 19th July 2021 were unanimously approved.
Review of actions
Action Ref.
No.
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WHO

Look at WG objectives on
the new website and send
any comments to S Ooka.

WG Chairs

Update 15/06/22 – the new
website has been developed
and S Ooka is incommunication with all of the
WG Chairs.

5.

STATUS/COMPLETE BY
Ongoing.

Complete.

Note Annual Report and accounts for 2021
The Annual Report and accounts were approved at the Annual Meeting. G Aufricht reported on
the budget for 2022 later in the meeting.
S Babu asked all regions to complete their sections of the 2022 Annual Report promptly.

6.

ICNDT Strategic Plan – Workshop Update
M Farley reported that a Workshop was held on 1st October 2021, the objectives of which were
to explore the challenges and opportunities that emerged during the pandemic. Fifteensocieties were represented who were asked to report on innovations due to Covid.
There was a good presentation from the German Society who lead the SIG on NDT Reliability.
The German Society has made really good use of Zoom or Teams to kick off their group with
20-30 people at some of the meetings. This was a good example of people taking advantageof the new opportunities that have arisen. They were able to attract people to their meetings
who were not able to travel even before Covid so there has been much more activity in thisgroup as a result of online meetings. There are some disadvantages particularly with engaging
in all of the different time zones.
The summary of opportunities identified the following:•

Increased attendance at Branch/Chapter/Section meetings/specialist workshops held
online.

•Online board and committee meetings have generally proved to be shorter with notravel costs.

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Many societies held their annual conferences on line and, although this filled the gap,
online events are not as good as physical events.

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Larger societies have adapted to home working arrangements.
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ASNT has introduced a ‘continuous virtual work model’ for volunteer work. Previously
meetings were only held during a conference but a continuous virtual work model
enables committees to meet as often as needed. ASNT also had experience of an
online conference and exhibition. There was mixed success depending on the different
models of hybrid working.

Suggested actions by ICNDT:
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Branch meetings online – need to improve our guidance for new NDT societies. It is nolonger necessary to have the expense of offices or meeting rooms to house an NDTsociety.
Online meetings can reach many more people without the time and expense of travel.
Board meetings online – the benefit is that it is possible to have more frequent, shorter
meetings and ICNDT would encourage this in between physical meetings.
Need to build the frequency of our working groups and committees’ meetings into theTerms of Reference.
Online conference – would use where necessary but continue to have in person
conferences as soon as possible.
The success of the SIG NDE Reliability Group should be built it into our plan toencourage more SIGs based on this successful model.
Often, we think that we should only have a meeting when we have a regional
conference but we would encourage our SIGs and committees to meet more frequently
online.
In respect of online conferences and hybrid meetings, we should share good practiceguidance on how to run these successfully.

The next task is to build some of these things into the Strategic Plan. Each committee andworking group is requested to update their own action plans.
S Babu commented that we have seen a shift of needs as to what the ICNDT could do over thelast 2-3 years due to Covid. We will be reviewing this regularly before the next GA for the next
4-year plan. Any other comments should be sent to M Farley and S Babu.
7.

Presentation of Financial Report for 2022
G Aufricht presented the draft balance as of 3rd June 2022 which showed an allocation toreserves of €155k. The last donation was received in 2016 from the WCNDT held in Munich.
Because of the new fee structure, it was possible to settle the running costs for 2021 without
using any of the reserves.

8.

Approved Membership fees for 2022
The IEC has recommended no increase to the membership fees for 2022.

9.

Presentation of Approved Budget for 2022
The draft balance showed the values budgeted for 2022. One of the biggest incomes ismembership fees of €22,700 through the new structure.
We have had total expenditure of €48k which is around eight times more than in 2021. This isbecause of the website upgrade which is under construction which we had budgeted €25k for.
Among other things we will have to cover the disposals by the reserves but there will beenough reserves to cover all of the expenditure necessary.
Under the new membership structure, EFNDT will pay approximately 40% of the membershipfees and PANNDT will pay approximately 12%. We do not yet know about the other regions.

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S Babu thanked G Aufricht for his diligent work on the finances. The biggest expenditure wasfor the website which is now live but there are some more features being added to it. JSNDI
has also supported this, so it is a shared cost between JSNDI and ICNDT.
Following the report and recommendation of the ICNDT auditors, the financial report includingbalance sheet 2020 (and 2021) were checked and found to be in order.
The General Assembly voted unanimously to approve the 2020/21 balance sheet and givedischarge to the members of the Executive Committee, the Chair, the Secretary, the WCNDTChair 2020, the former Chair and the Treasurer.

It had previously been decided (ref GA 11/02/2021) that the current Officers, Secretariat andAuditors would remain in office until the GA is held at the 20th WCNDT. The decision of the
22nd WCNDT would also be postponed until the GA is held, likewise the presentation of ICNDTawards. This had been agreed unanimously, subject to an interim GA being held.

10.

Approval of revised Operating Procedures
A paper was presented highlighting the proposed changes to OP18 and OP20 and the revised
procedures had been circulated in advance of the meeting.
OP18 and OP20 were unanimously approved. C Bird will update the procedures to show thatthey have been approved. The final versions will be uploaded to the website.

11.

Membership report, approval of new members
J Conte presented the attached report.
The Membership Committee is made up of:Alexander MullinDavid Gilbert
Ferid Herelli
Les Dick
Matthias Purschke (to be replaced shortly)
Shoehi Ooka
J Conte thanked all for their continued cooperation and participation.
ICNDT currently has 64 member organizations, 55% of which are also members of EFNDT.
Challenges – Covid-19 and the problems associated with it. Countries wishing to form asociety but face several difficulties (e.g. Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Venezuela).
Economic difficulty to pay the annual fee, mainly by the smaller societies.
INDT Nigeria has been approved as a new member of the ICNDT.
If anyone knows of any countries that would like to apply for membership, we could approach
the regional federation for a combined application. It is important to note that it is also possible
for any members to move from Associate to Full membership.
S Babu closed the GA meeting at this point.

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12.

Regional Group Reports
12.1

APFNDT Report & 16th APCNDTN Ooka presented the attached report.
APFNDT currently has 14 Full members and 3 Secondary members. Unfortunately somesocieties have not paid their fees but we look forward to getting back to working with them inthe future.
The online membership system is still being developed so invoices for APFNDT/ICNDT
membership were sent out in February with most members having paid.
We continue to hold meetings online but hope to be able to meet face to face at future
upcoming events.
It is important to continue to support other organisations such as ISO/TC135 and AWF.
The 16th APCNDT will be held from 28 February – 3 March 2023 in Melbourne. Plans for the
event are progressing well.
The task group status was presented, and task group activities were highlighted.
APFNDT and AWF signed a MoU in 2019.
The APFNDT meeting schedule was presented.
P Grosser then gave an update on the APCNDT 2023 hosted by AINDT. The event originallyscheduled for November 2021 will now be held in February 2023. Due to some other things
happening in Melbourne around the same time, the event will run from Tuesday – Friday. The
event is hosted by AINDT and will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
We have a local organising committee with a lot of experience with this type of event.
Accommodation will be available to suit all budgets and delegates will be accommodated withina five minute walk from the venue.
The weather in February will be very good; Melbourne is an excellent venue and is a very safecity.
Around 80% of the sponsor packages have been sold and approximately 65% of the exhibitionbooths allocated. It is hoped to have in excess of 200 speakers. P Grosser encouraged all tovisit, to talk to their members and submit papers as soon as possible. Delegates will be goingto the major conferences beforehand to get some more support.
Y Cho asked for some complimentary booths to promote the WCNDT. P Grosser asked for an
estimate of the number of delegates that KSNT would be sending.
12.2

EFNDT Report

F Gomez presented the attached report.
The list of EFNDT members was presented together with the current BoD members. F Gomez
is the President and A Mullin is the Vice President.
EFNDT has 10 Working Groups and 3 Forums. WG10 (NDE 4.0) is very active. WG7 (Failure
Analysis) is also very active. The Aerospace Forum has held one meeting on the 13-14 June
2022.
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The list of WG convenors was presented together with the convenors of the forums.
Special projects and actions:
RIMA is going well.
NDE 4.0 – 2 meetings have been held as well as an international conference organised by
DGZfP with the support of ICNDT.
Brexit – 2 extraordinary meetings held regarding the European Pressure Equipment Directive.
ECNDT - new date in July 2023 has been approved by the EFNDT BoD. However, we need toknow whether the next WCNDT after 2024 will be held in 2028 or 2030.
The financial situation of the EFNDT is stable and fees have been paid to ICNDT.
Some societies have been suspended due to non-payment of fees.
ECNDT 2023
B Alves gave an update on the ECNDT.
The online system for registrations and abstracts has been reopened on a new platform.
Unfortunately, there was a cyber-attack on the website and we had to recover all of theinformation that had been submitted. B Alves warned other societies who are organisingconferences to be aware of this.
The website has been updated to include an interactive floor plan, updated sponsors online
application and updated sponsors logos. A new section has been added with uploaded content
on Save the Date, Cross promotion with DE Congress (Kassel) and a related events menu.
33% of the exhibition booths have been sold which is 41% of the total exhibition area. We
currently have a small number of sponsors because of the postponement but hopefully this will
increase.
The focus of our promotion is at in person events and cross platforms. The ECNDT leaflet has
been updated with important dates. We will have a small stand at the DE National Congress in
Kassal.
Next steps:

Social media campaign
Media tool kit available on the website.
Refocus on in person events promotion
Focus on abstract submission – deadline 31 July.
Papers indexation.

S Babu asked if the conference was planned as a full physical event or whether it would be a
hybrid system. It was confirmed that, at the moment, the event is planned as a full physicalevent.
With regard to the indexing, D Gilbert commented that there has been some progress in thisarea and we have managed to register the European conference as a series, i.e. we are able toissue an ISSN number as well as an ISBN number. The importance of having an ISSN number
is very high with regard to indexing. A lot of the major indexers have certain criteria and one ofthem for conferences is that they can only be indexed if they are of a series. We are able toapply this to all European conferences going forward as well as possibly going backwards. All
European conferences can use the same ISSN number as long as we fulfil certain criteria.
D Gilbert will discuss this with the ECNDT Scientific and Programme committee which will set abasis for the process going forward.
12.3

AFNDT

H Jansen reported on AFNDT activities (copy report attached).
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Membership – 54 countries and 5 sub-regions potential members. Three active countries andone could be included by default.
Meeting dates for 2021 and 2022 were presented.
Activities include IAEA and ARFA projects towards the end of last year and we are also looking
at a project with Cameroon starting next year.
The strategic plan and objectives were presented.
S Babu commented that it was interesting to see how they are trying to promote ISO 9712 in
the region. There is a growing need for NDT and personnel certification in South Africa so it isa good move to try and get those members in place. We could perhaps have a workshop to
promote the ICNDT and SANDT in the area.
12.4

PANNDT

J Conte reported on PANNDT activities (copy report attached).
The management board was presented. The new board will be elected from next August for
the four-year period. We have about 11 members who are considered active, 8 members areoperating, and 3 societies are not active at the moment. Four societies are in progress of being
implemented (Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela and Dominican Republic).
Main activities:
PANNDT Conference in June 2025 in Canada.
GA meeting held in January.
Three board meetings have been held.
Strategic plan has been prepared.
Member invoices for 2022.
2022 annual fees.

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Challenges:

Covid-19
Collection of fees from the smaller societies.
Support to the smaller organisations to create their own internal certification
schemes.

Priorities:

Potential new members – Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

20th WCNDT – Progress Report(This item was taken out of sequence on the agenda)
Y Cho reported that the dates for the 20th WCNDT are confirmed as 27-31 May 2024, venue –Songdo Convention, Incheon. The venue is very close to the airport.
There is a new, revamped organising committee which has been restructured to carry out therelevant work more efficiently. The KSNT new President is chair of the organising committee.
Although the presidency will end next year, Y Cho will continue as the WCNDT chair.
Timelines:

Submission of abstracts – 31 August 2023.
Notification of abstract acceptance – 31 October 2023
Early-bird registration and payment of presenting authors – 31 December 2023
Submission of extended abstract or paper – 31 December 2023.
Preliminary programme – 31 January 2024
Booth application due dates – 30 June 2023
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Final programme – 30 April 2024
Pre-registration due dates – 10 May 2024.
It is planned to extend the exhibition hall by another 25% and all the original space has alreadybeen sold.
Registration:

306 full participantsStudents – 64
Retired/meeting – 15
Accompanying people – 18
Exhibitors (free) – 171
NDT societies (free) – 19
Total – 593 – around 400 people have completed and paid the registration
fee. KSNT has received approx. €40k in registration fees. The registration fees
have been increased to €1,250 full time rate if paid before December 2023.

Abstract submission status – total papers 1178 and the organisers have to work hard to convert
this number of papers to registrations.
Exhibition: Total number of booths booked – 343. The organisers are looking to have an additional
84 booths.
Y Cho suggested a meeting with the ECNDT and APFNDT Presidents to come up with astrategic plan. We should start to think about teaming up together to encourage our regional
exhibitors to travel to other exhibitions, perhaps with a good discounted deal. It is a very
unusual situation that, because of the pandemic, we have these three big events being held
over the next two years. Perhaps we should start to think about helping each other.
Sponsorship – we have a total of 25 sponsors with Olympus (Evident) being the main sponsor.
We need to get more sponsors from overseas NDT companies.
S Babu agreed that we need to have discussions with ECNDT and APFNDT. It is nobody’s
fault that the pandemic affected all our conferences. The shift of the cycle has helped tostabilise the cycle of events. WCNDT are in a good position because a few the sponsors andexhibitors are already signed up. APFNDT has secured some exhibitors so far and we need towork closely with the authors to update their presentations. We should keep the dates fixedwhich will help to make the regional conferences and the WCNDT a great success.
F Gomez congratulated Y Cho on his presentation and asked when the next WCNDT in
Argentina will be in 2028. We need to avoid conflicts with the dates of the ECNDT.
M Farley advised that in the previous 2020 WCNDT plan we had scheduled meetings for the
ICNDT, APFNDT as well as workshops and asked if we would be able to continue with thesemeetings in the new venue. Y Cho confirmed that this will be the case and all the meetings canbe accommodated.
13.

Working Groups and Committees
M Farley gave a summary – the work of ICNDT follows a hierarchy, i.e. the GA where there isone member from each society with voting rights, the GA leads the IEC which meets every 2-3
months and we have a series of working groups and committees. Each of the working groups
were invited to give a brief report.
13.1

Membership Committee

Covered earlier.

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13.2

WG4 – Communications/internet and journal

S Ooka reported that ‘promotion of the importance of NDT’ is the topic for the ICNDT journal
2022. The first issue was supposed to be in May, but this is still in progress. The next edition
will be issued in September and the last one for this year will be issued in December. Any
news from organisations and societies should be sent to David Gilbert or Zoe White.
Photographic competition 2024 has been planned since 2019 and details are on the website. It
is possible for societies to visit the website and download the poster to advertise on their own
website. The winner’s prize is a free registration to WCNDT. The deadline is 30th January
2024.
Update on the ICNDT website
This was in the Strategic Plan and was planned a couple of years ago. The new website ishosted by JSNDI. S Ooka introduced the updated home page and presented the membershipdirectory. He demonstrated how to edit national society information which can be edited on thehome page. A tutorial (which is available on YouTube) was presented. S Ooka thanked his
team who have worked on the YouTube tutorial.
SNS – Social Network Service
Our Facebook page has been open for about 7 years, but it is very hard to update. WG4
discussed this and it was noted that on Twitter we only have 7 ‘friends. S Ooka asked allpresent at the meeting to be a ‘friend’ on Twitter.
Next WG4 meetings are scheduled for APCNDT 2023, ECNDT 2023 and WCNDT 2024.
D Gilbert asked if the President field on the website membership directory was now working.
S Ooka replied that he would like the national societies to start filling in and editing theirpresident’s details. Log-in details for everyone will be sent out at the end of June.
M Farley commented that there were new people at this meeting today who may not be very
familiar with ICNDT. The website provides information on what the ICNDT is and what ouractivities are.
WG1 – Qualification & Certification
A Mullin reported as follows (copy report attached):
Membership – 22 members.
Colin Bird (ICEC Secretary) approved as new member.
A Mullin thanked all members for their continued support.
WG1 meetings are online, and a meeting was held yesterday,
The agenda and WG1 action plan were presented.
New item on the plan – need to update WG1 web page on ICNDT website and provide new
and interesting material on qualification and certification.
Review and update the ICNDT Guide and Recommendations on NDT Personnel Qualification
and Certification.
Further development of ICNDT Examination Question Bank (EQB).
Workshop programme – plan to have a workshop in the 2024 WCNDT.
Develop recommendation for Interpretation of ISO 9712:2021.
Develop an ICNDT Recommendation to Good Practice – Fraudulent Management by
Personnel Certification Bodies (including provision of impartiality to meet requirements of
IOS/IEC 17024:2012 and ISO 9712:2021).
Develop recommendation on recognition of certificates under ISO/IEC 17024:2012 andISO 9712:2021.

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Status report on ISO 9712:2021
ISO/TC135/SC7 is responsible for the standard and a history of meetings from 2017 waspresented. ISO 9712:2021 was finally published in December 2021 and we now have the newedition of the standard. F Gomez asked if there was a task group for penetrants. S Ooka
believed that a task group was set up and they will also be creating a WG under SC7. If you
are registered in your national standards bodies, you will be invited to that meeting. SC7 would
be more than welcome to invite a liaison from ICNDT to that meeting. They will be talking
about methods versus techniques and will talk about sectors later.
13.4

Certification Executive Committee

H Jansen presented the attached report and thanked Colin Bird for all his hard work incompiling the report and all of the work that he does with corresponding with the schedule
members.
47 societies have signed up to Schedule 1 and 21 PCBs are registered under Schedule 2.
Recent new registrants to Schedule 2 are Taiwan, Korea, and India. Recent renewals are
China, South Africa, and Brazil.
There are two applications in progress – Argentina and Czech Republic. All continuity checks
were completed last year.
OP20 – in cases where the PCB is not available, the process now allows for remote auditing.
Two EQBs have been issued to India and Mexico. We are currently looking at a new platform
for the EQB.
13.5

WG3 Report

J Kurz reported on behalf of Toni Erhard. Two workshops and conferences have beenarranged, one is an international conference on NDE 4.0 which will be held from 24-27 October
this year in Berlin. It will be a face to face conference and the programme is almost ready. The
conference home page will be available very soon.
The SIG NDT Reliability Group decided that they will have a workshop on international NDT
reliability topics in 2023 which will be in the frame of the SPIE conference held in March in
California. M Farley asked if T Erhard was willing to continue with his ICNDT activities but wasadvised that the membership activities have been passed to J Kurz who will check on the otheractivities. If T Erhard is not willing to continue then we would be looking for a volunteer for therole. J Kurz will check with T Erhard.
Action Ref.
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Check with T Erhard
whether he will continue withany ICNDT activities.

J KurzSTATUS/COMPLETE BY
Ongoing.

With regard to committee and WG chairs, M Farley pointed out that the chairs are appointed for
four years at a GA (normally held at the World Conference). The OP states that WG chairs
have to be reviewed after two years so two years before the next WCNDT is the right time for areview. We believe that all are willing to continue until 2024 but we need to solve the issue of
whether T Erhard is continuing or not. Anybody who wants to join one of the WGs is invited tocontact either D Gilbert or the WG chair.
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Progress report on 20th WCNDT, Korea
Covered earlier.

15.

Associated Bodies Reports
15.1

ISO TC 135 Report

N Ooka advised that he has now retired from the position of Chair of ISO TC 135 and Dr Ogata
was introduced as the new Chair.
N Ooka thanked all countries who were involved in the new edition of ISO 9712 and thanked
everyone for their support over the years.
On behalf of ISO TC 135, Dr Ogata expressed gratitude to everyone for their continued support
in ISO activities. Last year ISO TC 135 made progress in standardising and making
amendments to ISO 1972. This year we will be begin discussions on the next issue of ISO
9712, including an introduction on new technologies.
Dr Ogata reported that this year the ISO TC 135 will begin discussion on the next issue of ISO
9712 which will include an introduction to new technologies. We will also begin work on
harmonisation with EN standards etc.
S Ooka then gave a brief report on the activities of TC 135. ISO is now talking about thesustainable investment goals and the target items were presented. We have 93 published ISO
standards under TC 135 and 12 standards under development. We have 36 participating
members and 32 observing members. The last meeting was held in August 2021 over 9 days
and the major items taken as ISO TC 135 resolutions were:•••To reactivate WG1 – a meeting will be happening soon. Anyone interested inattending this meeting would be more than welcome.
To establish a task group to review methods, techniques, and sectors so as these areconsidered in the next revision of ISO 9712.
Agreement that the Certification Manager will investigate with the ISO secretariat how
to best action the ISO 25107 and ISO 25108 technical specifications which are to be
developed as an ISO standard.

Next meetings planned for 2023 in Lisbon and in 2024 and WCNDT.
15.2

IIW Report

A Mullin presented the attached report.
ICNDT and IIW signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2017.
IIW was founded in 1948 by welding institutes or societies of 13 countries. Membership today
comprises welding associations from 49 countries with more nations indicating interest. The
vision is that IIW is the leading global community linking industry, research, and education to
the advancement of welding and joining for a safer and sustainable world.
The next GA is scheduled for July 2022 and will be organised as a physical meeting with theoption of joining remotely.
Casper Wassink is leading a working group that is trying to develop standards for eddy current
array testing. The draft is nearly complete and will be submitted first to the IIW GA who will
decide at that meeting if it will go to the ISO committee for management or if it will be kept
under the management of the IIW. In both cases C Wassink will keep all parties informed.
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15.3

IAEA Report

D Gilbert gave a brief presentation on the activities of WG5 (see attached). He introduced a
new Technical Officer from IAEA, Dr Hannah Affum who introduced herself to the GA
participants. We look forward to further collaboration between our organisations.
16.

Forward Plan
M Farley reported on the following planned meetings:
WG1
WG3
APCNDT
PANNDT
EFNDT
WCNDT

June 2022 (online meeting)
October 2022 (online meeting)
28 February – 3 March 2023.
ICNDT Annual Meeting, IEC, WG3, WG4, WG1 (hybrid?)
19-23 June 2023
WG6 meeting
ICNDT GA (physical)
WG1, WG3 (physical)
GA – physical
WG1, WG3, WG4, WG5 – physical
ICNDT workshops
ISO meetings

M Farley suggested the following four year plan for regional and world conferences:
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028

APCNDT & ECNDT
WCNDTPANNDT, Canada
Suggested ECNDT (half way between WCNDTs)
APCNDT
WCNDT, Argentina

Then consider a five-year cycle to accommodate the AFNDT conference.
F Gomez proposed that the date of the next ECNDT conference be discussed by the EFNDTBoD tomorrow.
M Farley pointed out that ICNDT needs to have a physical GA every two years.
S Ooka advised that the next APCNDT is scheduled for 2026 in Hawaii.
D Gilbert said that his personal opinion was that the programme suggested by M Farley looked
good and would get us back to the correct cycle of events. However, if plans have alreadybeen made, it would depend on whether ASNT would consider changing the date of the
APCNDT. S Ooka will check with ASNT if they have secured the venue and paid for it and willobtain this information in time for the EFNDT BoD meeting.
M Farley pointed out that we do not want to have two regional conferences in the same year. If
we want to have a physical GA between the World Conferences, then the ECNDT would giveus the most members present. If we had a GA in Hawaii, the chance of having a large number
of ICNDT members present would be much less.

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17.

Presentations by member societies
Presentations were given by the following societies:
Argentina
BrazilCroatia
Greece (verbal)
India

Italy
Japan
RussiaSingaporeUK

Meeting closed.

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MF slides for GA June 2022
Item 6
ICNDT STRATEGIC PLAN –IAC WORKSHOP UPDATEThanks to
The British Institute of NDT- For continued
support1

WORKSHOP TO EXPLORE IDEAS FOR THE NEXT ICNDTSTRATEGIC PLAN
Objective was to explore the challenges and opportunities
which have emerged in the Covid era and to look for new
areas of action for ICNDT
1st OCTOBER 2021

2. Invite attendees to share innovations that have been necessary
because of COVID

Pre –arranged–David Gilbert/ Karen Cambridge Branch/Section meetings on-line–Gara Liming (planned for 12.00 UK time) – ASNT innovations–David Gilbert/ Karen Cambridge Conferences on-line–Daniel Kanzler/Marija Bertovic Specialist international Group meetings online–Iain Baillie Board meetings on-line

Other ideas–Ferid Herelli – Specialist group to focus on expertise inmediation and arbitration–Ferid Herelli - Create a database of the main defects and damage detectedby each NDT method which could constitute a reference for users by
explaining in the form of technical sheets the main causes and advice to betaken into consideration.

Daniel Kanzler and Marija Bertovic
Joint Chairs of ICNDT Specialist international Group on NDT

Reliability
Meetings were previously limited to international conference
events and workshops
COVID prevented theseAlternative on-line meetings are proving to be a success anda model for other similar groups??

How to establish a new SIG during Covid

Who are we:We want to define approaches toevaluate the capability and the reliabilityof NDE testing systems

Since the 1st European-American

Workshop “Determination of Reliability
and Validation Methods on NDE”, Berlin,
1997, there were different workshops,
tutorials and discussions in the topic (thelast was the 7th EAW in 2017)

With the SIG “NDT Reliability” thesuccessful series of workshops about
the reliability of NDE should continue

And an NDT Reliability Guideline shouldbe publishedSource: Müller, et al, 2014: “Conclusions of the 5th
European-American Workshop on Reliability of NDE

The next workshop is planned to be partof WCNDT

Advantages of the online meetings

The continuity of the regular

discussions could be retainedParticipants from over the world

could join, even from institutions withstrict traveling restrictions:– USAF– NIST– NRC

Even interested people, which are

working right now outside of the field
could join

The timeslot for the meeting was
effectively filled with discussions

Disadvantages of the online meetings

Due to the different time zones, it is not possible toinclude all interested people in the discussion

To include new people and new regions is hard
The personal talk and the informal discussions are
missingThe beer and whiskey are missing
The need to fill your time with out-of-the-box
discussions is not there.

Summary of opportunities identified

Who

What

Comments

David Gilbert

Branch/Chapter/Section meetings/
workshops on-line

1. Societies reported big increase in “attendances” for on-line
meetings
2. Avoided time and expense of travel

Iain Bailie

Board /committee mtgs
on-line1.Meetings have proved to be shorter and travel avoided

David Gilbert

Annual Conferences on-line

Has filled the gap but not so good as physical conferences andExhibitions

DanielKanzler/Marija
Bertovic

Specialist International Group
meetings on-line

1. Reliability group has been very successful –online mtgs,
bigger attendance, (inc people not able to travel)

Gara Liming

Home working arrangements/changed facility needs ( “teamspaces”)

Applicable only to larger National societies“Continuous virtual work” model forvolunteer work

Previously all committees were restricted to mtgs at
conferences

Conferences on-line

Mixed success with different odels

How to address these opportunities in the Strategic
Plan
Who

What

Suggested action by ICNDTDavid Gilbert

Branch/Chapter/Section meetings
on-line1. New guidance for fledgling NDT Societies – no longer is it
necessary to have the expenses of offices or meetingrooms to host an NDT society
2. On-line meetings can reach many more people without thetime and expense of travel

Iain Bailie

Board /committee mtgs
on-line1.Encourage more frequent shorter meetings to maintaincontinuity of action eg ICNDT Executive Committee, WG1 etc
2. Build frequency of meetings into terms of referenceDavid Gilbert

Annual Conferences on-line

1. Use on-line conferences where necessary but continue inperson World and regional conferences as soon as possible

DanielKanzler/Marija
Bertovic

Specialist International Group
meetings on-line

1. Kick –start more SIGs based on the successful model of the
Reliability group
2. Broaden the scope of SIGs to include non-technical topics (inc a new SIG for specialists in mediation and dispute
resolution)

Gara Liming

Home working arrangements/changed facility needs ( “teamspaces”)

n/a“Continuous virtual work” model forvolunteer work

1. Encourage committees /WGs to adopt this approach

Conferences on-line

1. Share practical guidance on how to run hybrid meetings
successfullyNext task is for us to draft an update of the Strategic PlanIn due course the revised Strategic Plan will go to the ICNDTExecutive committee and then the Annual Meeting for
approval.
Each committee/WG is requested to update its own Action
Plan (WG1 started this yesterday!)

Item 16 Plan for future meetings

2022–WG1 June on-line–WG3 on-line mtg - October

2023
APCNDT 28Feb - 3 March– ICNDT Annual Mtg, IAC mtg, WG3 mtg, WG1 hybrid?

PANNDT 19-23 June
–WG6 mtg

EFNDT–ICNDT GA -physical mtg–WG1, WG3 – physical mtgs

2024
WCNDT–GA – physical mtg–WG1, WG3 – physical mtgs
–ICNDT Workshops–ISO mtgs

www.icndt.org

Draft Balance 03.06.2022 with Budget
2022

Opening balance
Donation from Austrian Chamber of Commerce
Donation from WCNDTMembers fee (new fee structure)
Bank account Nr.: 290-317-99501 interest
PCB CA service: OP 20
MRA Service: OP19
EQB Product: Application fees OP23
EQB update fees OP23
Meeting expenses/Go to meetings
Bank account Nr.: 290-317-99501 cost
Bank expenditure for incoming fees
Printing costs
Office costs
PCB CA service costs: system administration,
insurance, OP20
MRA/PCB: Auditorpayment OP19
EQB Service costs: OP23
Administration and overheads, contingencies (CB)
Professional Service
Preparation of ICNDT Monographs
Supplies (ICNDT badges, flags, a.o.)Miscellaneous (shipping, conference calls)
Website upgrade
Total
Allocation to reserves

Budget 2022

€

€

€

Income 2022

Expenditure 2022

138.572,95
0,00
0,00
13.259,00
3,45
0,00
2.620,00
7.500,00
0,00

162.110,4

0,00
107,28
96,60
0,00
0,00
760,00138.572,95
500,0000,00
22.792,00
30,00
1.000,00
5.400,00
3.750,00
600,001.500,00
300,0050,00
2.000,00
2.000,00
2.000,00

1.600,00
309,466.400,00
2.500,00

4.000,00
0,00
0,00
0.00
0,00
6.873,34
155.237,06

3.840,00
0,00
2.000.00
500,0025.000,00
48.090,00
124.554,95

Gerhard Aufricht, treasurer, Vienna, 2022.06.10
Registered office: The Austrian Society of NDT, Jochen Rindt Straße 33, 1230 Wien/Austria
Email: office@oegfzp.at; Email: treasurer@icndt.org
Secretariat: The British Institute of NDT, 1 Spencer Parade, Northampton NN1 5AA, UK
Tel: +44 1604 630124 Fax: +44 1604 231489 Email: icndt@bindt.org

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ICNDT Operating Procedure OP18:
ICNDT Certification Executive Committee (ICEC)
Executive Summary

This procedure provides the terms of reference and method of working for an ICNDT Certification
Executive Committee (ICEC).
This document is a strategic level Operating Procedure and is subject to approval by the ICNDTExecutive Committee and the ICNDT and the International Committee.

Disclaimer

ICNDT accepts no liability for the use of documents or services provided by the ICEC. In accordancewith ISO 9712 (Non-­‐destructive testing – Qualification and certification of NDT personnel) the
responsibility for the quality of NDT rests with the employer of the certificated person.

Jurisdiction

The operation of the ICEC is subject to the jurisdiction of Austria.

Secretariat: The British Institute of NDT, Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road,
Northampton NN1 5NX UK
Tel: +44 1604 438300 Email: gensec@icndt.org
The ICNDT is registered as a legalised Association with its seat in Vienna, Austria.
ICNDT Registered Office: 1230 VIENNA, Jochen-Rindt-Straße 33
Chair: S K Babu Email: chair@icndt.org

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Revision and Approval Status
Issue / Draft
Draft G

Date
10/12/2012

Details
Draft distributed for review and comment by
ICNDT Chair, WG1 Chair and ICEC Chair

Draft H

24/04/2016

Changes to format and content; draft
Draft
distributed for review and comment by ICEC
members
Incorporates comments from ICEC members;
to IEC for approval
Approved by PGP replaced with approval by For PGP Approval
the International Committee. Version 1
Incorporates ICEC committee members for
For GA Approval
special circumstances and re-election of chair

Draft IOP18
15/02/2017
Revision 3
OP 18 Draft 14/03/2022
Revision 4

Status / Approval
Draft

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1 Background
Clause 8.3 of the ICNDT Constitution states “the ICNDT Executive Committee (IEC) may nominate
Working Groups and Committees to execute specific tasks. They shall report on their work to the full
ICNDT”.
The ICNDT Certification Executive Committee (ICEC) is established to implement and manage
processes developed by ICNDT Working Group 1 (WG1) which, according to its terms of reference, isestablished to achieve specified objectives, detailed in the ICNDT Strategic Plan, covering the fieldsof qualification and certification. In addition, the ICEC may carry out other tasks prescribed by theIEC.
In order that a functional working relationship is established and maintained, the constitutions ofboth WG1 and the ICEC include the participation in the meetings of each committee by members of
the other.

2 Scope
The ICNDT Executive Committee (IEC) delegates specific responsibilities to the ICNDT Certification
Executive Committee for the management of activities relating to NDT personnel qualification andcertification, including but not limited to:
1. an ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA),
2. conformity assessment of Personnel Certification Bodies (PCBCA) against specified standards orcriteria, and3. the management and administration of an ICNDT Bank of Examination Questions (EQB).

3 References
OP 6
OP 19
OP 20
OP 23
OP 24
ISO 9712

Approval of ICNDT publications
ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement
Personnel Certification Body Conformity Assessment
Management of the ICNDT Examination Question Bank
Procedure for Complaints and Appeals relating to services provided by the
ICEC
Non-­‐destructive testing – Qualification and certification of NDT personnel

4 Abbreviations
EQB
GA
ICEC
ICNDT
IEC
MRA
OP

Examination Question BankICNDT General Assembly
ICNDT Certification Executive Committee
International Committee for Non-­‐Destructive Testing
ICNDT Executive Committee
Multilateral Recognition Agreement
Operating Procedure

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PCBCA
WG1

Personnel Certification Body Conformity Assessment
ICNDT Working Group 1

5 Responsibilities
5.1 ICNDT Executive Committee (IEC)The IEC holds the following responsibilities with respect to the work of the ICEC:
1. Approval of policy;
2. Nomination of ICEC Chair and ICEC Members for appointment by the ICNDT General
Assembly;
3. Appointment of ICEC Secretary;
4. Approval of budgets and fees;
5. Ensuring ICEC activities are indemnified by adequate liability insurance.

5.2 ICNDT Certification Executive Committee (ICEC)The ICEC shall be responsible to the IEC for the management and administration of the processes
detailed under Scope (§2 above).
The ICEC shall maintain close liaison with the Chair of WG1 on the technical aspects ofpersonnel qualification and certification.

5.3 ICEC Chair and Vice-­‐Chair
1. By agreement of the IEC, the ICEC Vice-­‐Chair may take on the responsibilities of the ICEC
Chair in the event of the unavailability of the Chair.
2. The ICEC Chair is responsible to the IEC for planning the work of the ICEC, taking into accountthe ICNDT Strategic Plan and the requirements of the processes within the scope of the ICEC.
3. The ICEC Chair is responsible for all actions taken by the ICEC Secretary.

5.4 ICEC Secretary
In carrying out the responsibilities herein the ICEC Secretary shall consult the ICEC Chair (or Vice-­‐ Chair if
appropriate), seeking approval for actions where necessary. Responsibilities are as follows:
1. Administering day to day work of the ICEC including, but not limited to, the administration of:
1.1. The ICNDT MRA (OP19).
1.2. The ICNDT PCBCA (OP20).
1.3. The ICNDT EQB (OP23).
2. Providing reports on the work of the ICEC to meetings of the IEC and WG1 and others as
required.
3. Attending meetings of WG1 and IEC as required.
4. Producing, or managing the production of, Operating Procedures and Work Instructions related
to the work of ICEC. This comprises:
4.1. Preparation and circulation of initial drafts.

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4.2. Incorporating comments raised and maintaining a record of comments and their resolution.
4.3. Arranging publication on the ICNDT website.

6 Membership
1. Under normal operating circumstances the ICEC shall comprise seven members: the ICNDTTreasurer, the Chair of ICNDT WG1, a chair, and four further members who are representativeof the ICNDT Regions (each preferably, but not mandatorily, from a Signatory to the MRA).
Although participating in all the activities of the ICEC, the ICEC Secretary is not a formal voting
member of the ICEC.
2. The IEC may propose one of the four additional members to take on the role of Vice-­‐Chair (see§5.3 above).
3. Other than where ICEC membership is automatic (that is, the Treasurer and WG1 Chair), theMembers and Chair (and, if necessary, Vice-­‐Chair) of the ICEC are proposed by the IEC forappointment by the GA.
4. ICEC Members shall be appointed by the General Assembly (GA) for a term of office lasting two
years until the subsequent GA, with the potential for renewal thereafter.
5. Interim appointments, where a member becomes unavailable or where a change ofmembership is deemed necessary by the ICEC or the IEC, an additional member shall be madeby the IEC.
6. It is proposed that the position of Chair is to be considered as a rotation post, the chair
returning to either a regional representative or vice chair as appropriate.

7 Method of Working
1. The ICEC is responsible to the IEC for planning its work, taking into account the ICNDT Strategic
Plan and the requirements of the MRA, PCBCA and EQB.
2. The ICEC shall not normally hold physical meetings, with business being conducted by email andelectronic conferencing. The ICEC Chair and Secretary shall ensure that other members are
consulted on significant matters and members shall be provided with regular progress reports.
3. The IEC and any member of the ICEC shall have the right to call for a physical meeting of the
ICEC. To minimise travel costs, these may be held in association with a GA meeting, ICNDT
regional conference or the World Conference on NDT.
4. The ICEC shall ordinarily work by consensus. If required, voting shall be by simple majority with aquorum of 50% of the membership. In the case of a tied vote the Chair shall have a casting vote.
5. The ICEC shall draft, for approval by the IEC, an annual income and expenditure budget covering
the management and administration of the processes detailed under Scope (§2 above).
6. The ICEC Chair and/or Secretary (or a member of the ICEC nominated by the Chair) shall:
6.1. Provide reports on the activities of the ICEC to the IEC, attending these meetings whenappropriate by arrangement with the IEC Chair;
6.2. Publicise the activities of the ICEC on the ICNDT website and in the ICNDT Journal;
6.3. Report on the work of the ICEC to ICNDT Working Group 1;

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Due to the confidential nature of the processes managed by the ICEC, correspondence and draft
documents shall be limited to the members of ICEC and the ICEC Secretary. With the agreement of the
ICEC Chair, the Chair of WG1 (who is an automatic member of ICEC) may consult WG1 members on
specific relevant points.
7. Recognising that ICEC members may themselves be associated with Personnel Certification
Bodies, all members shall respect the confidentiality of any information gained as a member
of ICEC and shall absent themselves from any discussions or decisions where they have an
overriding personal interest.

8 Finance
1. Proposed charges for services provided, including administration charges by the ICEC Secretariat,
shall be agreed in advance by the Treasurer and the IEC.
2. Any expenditure not covered by firm ordered income shall be agreed in advance by theTreasurer and the IEC and included in the ICNDT annual income and expenditure budgets.

9 Publications
9.1 Official ICNDT Publications
Where the ICEC produces or contributes to official ICNDT publications (that is, publications carrying
the name and endorsement of ICNDT), this shall be done in accordance with Operating Procedure
OP 6.

9.2 Operating Procedures
Operating Procedures shall be approved for issue by the IEC. Operating Procedures shall bear:
1. A disclaimer stating that the ICNDT accepts no liability for the use of the procedure noting that,in accordance with ISO 9712, the responsibility for the quality of NDT rests with the certificatedperson.
2. A statement that the process covered is subject to the jurisdiction of Austria.

9.3 Work Instructions
Work Instructions shall be approved by WG1 and the IEC. These shall be subordinate to an Operating
Procedure and shall amplify or clarify details of the Operating Procedure but shall not conflict withthe broad principles of the Operating Procedure. In general, there are two types of Work Instruction:
1. Those providing step by step instructions on the process. These shall usually be marked ‘ICEC
Internal Use Only’.
2. Those providing additional technical guidance on aspects of the Operating Procedure. These
shall be publicly available.

10 Complaints and Appeals
The procedure to be followed in the event of complaints and appeals connected with services
provided by the ICEC is set out in Operating Procedure OP24.

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ICNDT Operating Procedure OP20: Personnel
Certification Body Conformity Assessment
Executive Summary

The Members of the International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing have recognised the needfor a peer review system for Conformity Assessment of NDT Personnel Certification Bodies as asupplement or alternative to the accreditation provided by national and international accreditation
bodies. This is needed to support the ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement for NDT personnel
certification.
The work of developing the conformity assessment system is based upon the principles enshrined in
ISO/IEC 17040 (Conformity assessment – General requirements for peer assessment of conformity
assessment bodies) and was initially undertaken by ICNDT Working Group 1 on Qualification andCertification. The administration and implementation of this system is managed by the ICNDT
Certification Executive Committee.
This document is a strategic level Operating Procedure as defined in Operating Procedure OP18 andis subject to approval by the ICNDT Executive Committee and the International Committee.

Disclaimer

ICNDT accepts no liability for the use of certification awarded by any Personnel Certification Body
assessed under the conformity assessment system. In accordance with ISO 9712 (Non-destructive
testing – Qualification and certification of NDT personnel) the responsibility for the quality of NDTrests with the employer of the certificated person.

Jurisdiction

The ICNDT Personnel Certification Body conformity assessment scheme is subject to the jurisdictionof Austria.

Secretariat: The British Institute of NDT, Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road,
Northampton NN1 5NX UK
Tel: +44 1604 438300 Email: gensec@icndt.org
The ICNDT is registered as a legalised Association with its seat in Vienna, Austria.
ICNDT Registered Office: 1230 VIENNA, Jochen-Rindt-Straße 33
Chair: S K Babu Email: chair@icndt.org

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Revision and Approval Status
Issue / Draft Date
Issue 1
15/05/2013

Details
Previous issue

Issue 2

18/12/2015

Major revision consistent with OP19

Revision 3

15/02/2017

Revision 4

20/02/18

Approval by PGP replaced with approval by
the International Committee.
Issue 2 changed to Revision 3.
Revised to include learning from audit.

Revision 5

06/05/22
06/05/2022

Revised to include as a minimum remote
on-line audit

Status / Approval
Approved by ICEC,
IEC, PGP & GA.
IssuedApproved by ICEC,
IEC, PGP & GA.
IssuedFor PGP approval
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1 ScopeThis Operating Procedure covers the operation of the ICNDT PCB conformity assessment scheme(PCB CA). The Operating Procedure is supported by one or more lower level Work Instructions undercontrol of the ICEC.
This document sets out the process for carrying out the PCB CA and provides guidance to applicant
NDT Personnel Certification Bodies (PCB) prior to conformity assessment by an ICNDT appointed
audit team. Assessments will be carried out for compliance with ISO/IEC 17024 and ISO 9712, asappropriate. It is recommended that the applicable standard(s) and this document are read carefully
by applicant organisations in order to avoid unnecessary effort and delay in the assessment process.

2 References
OP 18
OP 19
OP 24
ISO 9712
ISO 17011
ISO/IEC 17040
ISO/IEC 17024

ICNDT Certification Executive Committee
ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement
Procedure for Complaints and Appeals Relating to ICEC Activities
Non-destructive testing – Qualification and certification of NDT personnel
Conformity assessment – General requirements for accreditation bodies
accrediting conformity assessment bodies
Conformity assessment – General requirements for peer assessment ofconformity assessment bodies
Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating
certification of persons

Note 1. Any requirement for conformity with the above documents means conformity with thecurrent edition (up to 12 months will be allowed between the issue of a revision andimplementation of a referenced document).

3 Abbreviations
CA
IAF
ICEC
ICNDT
GA
MRA
OP
PCB
PGP
WG1

Conformity Assessment
International Accreditation Forum, www.iaf.nu
ICNDT Certification Executive Committee
International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing
ICNDT General AssemblyMultilateral Recognition Agreement
Operating Procedure
Personnel Certification Body
Policy & General Purposes Committee
ICNDT Working Group 1

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4 Objective
The ICNDT conformity assessment (CA) system is intended to facilitate participation in the ICNDTMultilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA) by Personnel Certification Bodies (PCB) in the following
cases:•

Where suitable national accreditation is not available;•

Where it is necessary to supplement national accreditation, particularly in ensuring that an
NDT expert participates in the accreditation in order to ensure compliance with the current
ISO 9712; NOTE ICNDT allows a 12 month transition period where the ISO is updated
to allow the PCB internal systems to be updated to comply with any changes within theStandard.

•

If, for any other reason, the PCB prefers to undergo conformity assessment by ICNDT.

See OP 19 for details of the ICNDT MRA.

5 Process5.1 Criteria for Assessment
The criteria for compliance are:••

ISO 9712, Non-destructive testing – qualification and certification of personnel;
ISO/IEC 17024, Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating
certification of persons.

A PCB may apply to be assessed for conformance with ISO 9712 for any of the industry or productsectors defined in the standard, and for those NDT methods and techniques defined in the standard,as listed in Section 1 (Scope).
The system specified in ISO 9712 can also apply to other NDT methods or to new techniques within
an established NDT method, provided a comprehensive scheme of certification exists and themethod or technique is covered by International, regional or national standards. A PCB wishing toinclude new methods or techniques in its scope of assessment shall contact the ICEC Secretary, whowill seek guidance from ICNDT Working Group WG1.
Only those for which it is judged to be satisfactory will be included in the ICNDT certificate ofconformance. It should be noted that, the wider the scope applied for, the more time will be
required for assessment.

5.2 Application
An ICNDT CA will only be carried out to support an application for registration under Schedule 2 ofthe ICNDT MRA (see OP19). There are two cases where this will occur:•

It will usually occur where an application for Schedule 2 registration under OP19 has failed
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presented for the original MRA application together with the results of the assessment by
the ICNDT Certification Executive Committee (ICEC) shall form the basis for proceeding with
the OP20 process.
•Alternatively, the PCB may wish to proceed directly to a compliance assessment, inparticular when there is no accreditation body in the country of the applicant or theiraccreditation body is not a member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). In thiscase, the PCB shall provide an application for MRA Schedule 2 registration under OP19 on aform available from the ICEC Secretary. This form shall be completed as far as possible,
including supporting documents, and this package shall form the basis for proceeding with
the OP20 process.

In both cases the ICEC Secretary shall arrange for the applicant PCB to be invoiced for the applicationfee (see 6.1 below). On receipt of payment of the application fee, the ICEC Secretary shall assess theapplication for completeness and eligibility, consulting the ICEC Chair if necessary. The ICEC
Secretary shall also confirm with the ICEC Chair the required scope of the assessment: whether it
covers the full scope given in 5.1 above or if, depending on the assessment of an MRA application, apartial assessment is considered adequate. Where the application includes NDT Methods notcovered in the scope of ISO 9712 or new techniques within an established NDT method (see 5.1), theICEC Secretary shall seek guidance from Working Group WG1.
If there are any impediments to proceeding with the application, the ICEC Secretary shall liaise withthe applicant PCB in an attempt to resolve them. Where issues cannot be resolved the application
fee, which has been set to cover the costs associated with the review and processing of theapplication, will not be refunded.
When a certification body wishes to renew or extend the scope of its ICNDT certificate ofconformity, the process to be followed is similar to that for the initial certificate of conformity. See
5.7 below for further details.

5.3 Audit Preparation
On confirmation of the eligibility the ICEC Secretary will consult with the ICEC Chair and appoint an
ICNDT Approved Lead Assessor, informing the applicant of this appointment. When selecting anassessor, account shall be taken of the first language of the applicant organisation, and any possible
conflict of interest of the assessor related to the applicant.
Where a remote or hybrid audit is required this shall be confirmed during this planning stage.
Where warranted by the scope and extent of the assessment and in consultation with the proposed
ICNDT Lead Assessor, one or more ICNDT Support Assessors may also be selected from the ICNDT
register of Approved Assessors.
Note 2. The selection criteria for ICNDT Assessors are set out in Appendix A.
The applicant PCB shall have the right to reject any of the assessment team members assigned by
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accepted.
An ICNDT Lead Assessor, who is fully responsible for liaison with the applicant PCB and forgenerating all documents relating to the assessment procedure, shall carry out an initial desk-top
review of the applicant’s quality management system documentation. In carrying out this review,and for the remainder of the assessment, the ICNDT Lead Assessor and any ICNDT Support Assessors
shall make use of an audit check list provided by the ICEC Secretary.
On the basis of this document review (which shall be recorded), the ICNDT Lead Assessor will form
an initial opinion as to the extent that the proposed systems and procedures meet the applicable
scope. The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall notify the applicant PCB of any ambiguities or requiredelements that are not addressed, or that are addressed incorrectly. The application will not beprocessed further until these matters have been addressed to the satisfaction of the ICNDT Lead
Assessor.
Note 3. The ICEC Secretary shall advise the ICNDT Lead Assessor of the time allowed for this review.
If the ICNDT Lead Assessor cannot complete the review within that time they shall advise
the ICEC Secretary either giving an estimate of the additional time required or stating thatthe applicant’s quality systems are not an adequate basis for carrying out a conformity
assessment. The ICEC Secretary will then contact the applicant giving them the option ofeither paying an additional fee or of withdrawing the application.
If it is agreed that the assessment should continue, the ICNDT Lead Assessor shall provide the ICEC
Secretary with an estimate of the time required (in man-days or man-hours, and including the time
taken for the desk-top review) and the travelling and subsistence costs in order to carry out thecompliance assessment. (It is noted that where there are governmental travel restrictions apply
there will be no travel and subsistence expenses). This should include recommendations for and thecosts of any Support Assessors. Guidance on the time required for assessment is given in Appendix
B.
Note 4. The estimate of time and expenses will not be binding but should be sufficiently accurate toallow the ICEC Secretary to advise the PCB of the likely cost of the assessment.
At this point the ICEC Secretary shall arrange for the applicant PCB to be invoiced for the assessment
charge (see 6.2 below). When this has been paid the ICEC Secretary shall authorise the ICNDT Lead
Assessor to continue with the process.
The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall then contact the applicant to establish a mutually agreeable date forthe mandatory on-site assessment, ensuring that the current quality documentation is on-hand, andshall publish an audit program not later than 14 days prior to the agreed date (to be sent to theapplicant PCB, the ICNDT Support Assessor(s) and the ICEC Secretary).
Note 5. Where possible, the Applicant Certification Body shall assist the ICNDT Lead Assessor byproviding advice on suitable arrangements for travel and accommodation. But this shall in
no way compromise the independence of the Assessor(s).

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5.4 Audit Procedure
Within in the agreed scope, the purpose of the assessment covers, but is not limited to, two mainareas:•

To determine the suitability of the general administration of the organisation in respect of
the quality management system, procedures, records, security arrangements, facilities,
infrastructure, impartiality and management structure;•

To carry out a technical assessment of the organisation with regard to procedures for
examination, decision making and certification, and examination specimens, equipment andexamination staff qualifications in the particular qualification examination(s) which are thesubject(s) of the application.

•

In the first instance all assessments shall be undertaken face to face. Where there aregovernmental travel restrictions preventing face to face assessments, the assessments
may be held via ICEC approved digital means that would facilitate the exact same rigor
and compliance to the relevant standards as would a physical site assessment.

•

The cost of providing the requested documents is to rest with the auditee.

•

Relevant records and documents required as part of the assessment process may besubmitted via secure electronic means agreed upon by both the audit team and auditee.
In most cases assessments may be performed via a hybrid approach where physicalpresence and approved electronic platforms may be utilized to complete the assessment
without reducing any of the assessment requirements or criteria.

•

All relevant documents shall be copied to the ICEC for storage in the ICEC archive.

5.4.1

Introductory Meeting

The assessment will begin with an introductory meeting between the assessment team andrepresentatives of the Certification Body. At this meeting the ICNDT Lead Assessor will stress thatany and all materials and facilities reviewed will remain confidential to ICNDT and the applicant. The
assessor will then introduce the assessment team (where there are one or more ICNDT Support
Assessors) and confirm pre-arranged details of the audit programme, including the details ofreporting and emphasizing the fact that findings are only categorised as non-conformances where
there is a clear non-conformity with the applicable criteria. Arrangements will be made for amember of the PCB staff to accompany the assessor(s) during the assessment in order to confirm thecorrectness of written findings.
The assessment shall include witnessing the conduct of written and practical qualification
examination(s).
5.4.2 Recording Findings of the Assessment
Each assessor will review the activities and/or areas of operations to which they are assigned.
Findings of apparent failure of arrangements to comply with the PCB’s quality management systemor with the requirements of applicable criteria shall be recorded on Detail Report forms. These shallbe the objective evidence upon which the ICNDT Lead Assessor bases their recommendations to the
ICNDT.

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A Detail Report Form shall be completed by the assessor at the time of the finding and witnessed by
the accompanying PCB representative. The signature by the PCB representative is required to verify
the factual nature of the finding. There is no attempt to designate the category of any finding at thistime.
The information recorded on the detail report form will contain the following:••••

Date and type of assessment;
Name and location of assessed organisation;
Reference to the criterion against which the report is raised;
The particular activity or area of operation concerned;•

Any documents or records involved, including serial numbers etc.;•••

A record of the finding (usually phrased in the precise words used in the applicable criteria);
The name of the person with whom the matter was discussed;
The signatures of the assessor and the PCB representative.

5.4.3 Preparation of Summary Report
After the ICNDT Assessors have completed their individual assignments, they will hold a private
meeting to co-ordinate the assessment findings. Prior to presenting findings to the PCB
management, the Assessment Team (ICNDT Lead and Support Assessors) shall categorise findings as
Non-conformance or Observation. These are defined thus:••

Non-conformances require mandatory improvement action within a defined timescale(which could be immediate or prior to the issue of an ICNDT certificate of conformity).
Examples would be:o Lack of a documented internal audit or management review procedure;o Inadequate stock of suitable practical test specimens or serviceable NDT equipment;o Absence of a satisfactory system for security of examination material(s) or records.
Observations may be raised for an isolated failure to comply with requirements, and would
normally require non-urgent corrective or preventive action to be taken. Examples wouldbe:o A single occurrence of the examination questions set for a candidate not recorded;o Failure to correct a non-conformance within the timescale set by the PCB’s internal
audit.

The ICNDT Lead Assessor will prepare a Summary Report with the agreement and bearing thesignatures of all Assessors showing the categorisation of the findings into Non-conformances or
Observations. The Summary Report will not reiterate statements on the detail reports but shouldpresent an overall impression of the PCB.
5.4.4 Final Meeting
A Final Meeting shall be held at which the ICNDT Lead Assessor and the assessment team will
present the Summary Report to the PCB representatives. The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall emphasisethat the assessment has not necessarily covered every aspect of the requirements and, therefore,where no non-conformances were reported it does not follow that none exist.

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The PCB authorised representative shall indicate the intended corrective actions for each
non-conformance and propose the latest date for completion of such actions.
The ICNDT Lead Assessor and the PCB authorised representative shall agree on a time scale forcorrection of all non-conformances, if applicable. The PCB shall be provided with copies of the detailreports and the Summary Report.

5.5

Final Report and Recommendation

The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall submit a Final Report to the ICEC Secretary. This shall comprise theSummary Report (see 5.4.3), a list of the intended corrective actions and timescales agreed at the
final meeting (see 5.4.4) and a recommendation on the issue or otherwise of a certificate ofconformity.
In general, there are four possible cases:
A. No corrective actions are required, or any necessary corrective actions were taken at thetime of the assessment.
The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall submit Detail and Summary reports, plus audit
programme and checklists to the ICEC Secretary, with a recommendation to issue a
Certificate of Conformity.
B. A time scale has been agreed for all corrective actions to be completed and it will be
acceptable for the evidence of such completion to be provided to the ICNDT Lead
Assessor by email.
The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall submit a copy of the Summary report to the ICEC
Secretary and provide an estimate of the time required (in man-days or man-hours) toreview the evidence for completion of corrective actions (see Note 6 below). The original
Detail Reports and checklists will be retained until the PCB provides satisfactoryevidence of correction of the non-conformances, upon receipt of which the ICNDT Lead
Assessor shall submit the signed-off Detail Reports and checklists to the ICEC Secretary,with a recommendation to issue a Certificate of Conformity.
C. A time scale has been agreed for all corrective actions to be completed and some or allof the non-conformances are of a level where a follow-up assessment visit will be
required to provide evidence of completion.
The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall submit a copy of the Summary Report to the ICEC
Secretary and provide an estimate of the time required (in man-days or man-hours) andthe travelling and subsistence costs in order to carry out the follow-up assessment visit(see Note 6 below). A follow-up assessment will be arranged by the ICNDT Lead
Assessor, with the help of the ICNDT Support Assessor(s) when required. Uponsatisfactory completion of this assessment, the ICNDT Lead Assessor shall submit afurther Summary Report together with completed Detail Reports and checklists to the
ICEC Secretary, with a recommendation to issue a Certificate of Conformity.

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D. It has not been possible to agree a corrective action programme.
The ICNDT Lead Assessor shall submit all documents to the ICEC Secretary with arecommendation not to issue a Certificate of Conformity.

For cases B and C above, the ICNDT Lead Assessor will immediately advise the ICEC Secretary if itappears that the agreed program of corrective action is not likely to achieve its aims. The ICEC
Secretary, in consultation with the ICEC, will advise on the further course of action.
Note 6. The estimates of time and expenses in cases B and C will not be binding but should be
sufficiently accurate to allow the ICEC Secretary to advise the PCB of any additional costs
needed to complete the assessment.

5.6

Issue of Certificate of Conformity

Upon receipt of the ICNDT Lead Assessor's report and recommendation, the ICEC Secretary shallreview the documentation for compliance with the applicable requirements. If all is in order, thefinal report and recommendation (together with the full audit documentation) shall be submitted to
the ICEC. After due examination of these documents, the ICEC shall decide on the issue of an ICNDT
certificate of conformity to the PCB concerned (cases A, B and C) or advise the PCB that it has been
decided not to issue a certificate of conformity (case D). Where a certificate of conformity is issued,
ICNDT may reserve the right to carry out surveillance audits at the cost of the applicant during theperiod of validity.
The formal notification of conformity, which is subject to payment in full of any fees due, will be in
the form of an ICNDT Certificate of Conformity with details of the scope of conformity and any
limitations. The certificate will detail the standards and criteria complied with, the issue and expiry
dates, and bear the signature of an authorised representative of the ICNDT. The Certificate ofConformity will be issued when all fees are paid (see 6 below). An example certificate is shown in
Figure 1.
All audit documentation will be retained by the ICNDT for a minimum period of seven years.

5.7

Renewal and/or Extension of Scope

The ICNDT certificate of conformity is valid for 3 years from the date of issue or until (a) an
application is received for an extension of scope or (b) issues are identified during a surveillance
audit. Validity of the certificate is subject to continuing compliance with the applicable standards
and specifications and the ICNDT Code of Practice for NDT Personnel Certification Bodies – see
OP19.
Approximately 90 days prior to the expiry of the ICNDT certificate of conformity, the PCB seeking
renewal will apply to the ICEC Secretary using the same form as for initial applications. The processof reviewing the application and supporting materials, selection and appointment of assessors andthe conduct of the renewal assessment will be identical to that for initial assessment.

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PCBs wishing to extend the scope of their certificate of conformity will be assessed to ensure thatthey have appropriately qualified examiners, sufficient specimens containing relevant defects,
sufficient appropriate NDT equipment and examination questions to conduct examinations for the
expected throughput of candidates. The quality system will not be re-assessed except insofar as
control of personnel, specimen security, master specimen reports, equipment maintenance andcalibration and generation and security of questions is concerned. All aspects of the additional
certificate of conformity must comply with the requirements of the applicable standard(s).

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Fees

Fees are set by the ICNDT Executive Committee and confirmed at the annual meeting of ICNDT. The
current fees for the Compliance Assessment service are available on the ICNDT website.
Fees and charges published on the website are shown in bold in the following sub-sections.
Note 7. Certain of the fees are necessarily based on estimates, as described below. The ICEC
Secretary will keep the PCB informed in the event of any significant departures from theestimated costs.

6.1 Application Fee
The Application Fee is payable initially, at three yearly reassessment and for applications to extend
scope. This covers the costs associated with the review and processing of the application (See 5.2
above) and is not refundable in the event that eligibility for a PCB compliance assessment cannot beestablished. Note that ICNDT reserve the right to request an addition to the application fee if anexcessive time is required for the review (see 5.3 above).

6.2 Assessment Charge
The assessment charge is payable before the assessment. This is estimated following the preliminary
desk-top review. The charge is based on the Assessment Charge per Man-day and the ICNDT Lead
Assessor’s estimate of the time required for the assessment (including the desk-top review) – seeAppendix B for guidance. The assessment charge will also include, (where applicable), an
estimate of the assessor’s travel, subsistence and accommodation expenses.
A further assessment charge may be necessary to cover the time required by the ICNDT Lead
Assessor in reviewing the resolution of corrective actions. The PCB will be provided with an estimateof the cost and the final cost will be recovered as part of the balancing payment (see 6.3 below).

6.3 Balancing Payment
A balancing payment is payable at the end of the assessment and before issue of the Certificate ofConformity. This will reconcile any differences between estimates of assessors’ time and expenses
and the actual values.

6.4 Certification Fee
The Certification Fee is payable on successful completion of the assessment and before theCertificate of Conformity is awarded.

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Completion of MRA Schedule 2 Process

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As noted above, a conformity assessment will only be carried out in support of an application forregistration under Schedule 2 of the ICNDT MRA. If the OP20 process set out here is successful, thiswill result also in registration under the MRA, as set out in OP19.

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Complaints and Appeals

The procedure to be followed in the event of complaints or appeals is set out in OP24, available on
the ICNDT website or from the ICEC Secretary.

Appendix A: Selection Criteria for Approving ICNDT Assessors

ICNDT assessment teams shall comprise a Lead Assessor supported, where necessary, by one ormore Support Assessors such that the team qualifications are appropriate to the audit in hand. At
least one member of the ICNDT Assessment Team shall hold valid ISO 9712 Level 3 certification
relevant to the scope of the audit in hand.
The register of available Assessors shall be confirmed by the ICNDT Certification Executive
Committee (ICEC) and shall be maintained by the ICEC Secretary. The Register shall state for eachindividual whether he or she may be appointed Lead Assessor or Support Assessor.
All ICNDT registered Assessors shall have satisfactorily completed ICNDT recognised management
system assessor training, and shall have verifiable experience in the conduct of quality management
systems and NDT technical audits. ICNDT appointed Lead Assessors shall be familiar with the ICNDT
documentation related to the assessment and PCB approval process. This may be achieved by:•Lead Assessor workshops or briefing sessions conducted by an approved ICNDT Lead
Assessor;•

A Support Assessor assisting an ICNDT Lead Assessor during an assessment.

The Lead Assessor will be appointed directly by the ICEC Secretary for the specific assessment, while
Support Assessors may be selected by the Lead Assessor and confirmed by the ICEC Secretary fromthe register of qualified Assessors maintained by the ICNDT.
It is highly desirable that at least one member of the ICNDT Assessment Team be fluent in the first
language of the assessed NDT PCB.
All ICNDT Assessors are bound by conditions of confidentiality, having signed statements ofacceptance of conditions of appointment, including the preservation of impartiality and the freedom
from vested interests.
Any contract between ICNDT and an Assessor, whether verbal or in writing, shall be a contract
subject to the jurisdiction of Austria.

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Appendix B: Guidance on the Time Required for Assessment

Man days spent on initial and renewal assessment will vary, as will the audit team strength,
according to the scope of certificate of conformity held or applied for, and the size, complexity andgeographical dispersal of the certification scheme. The assessment team will be selected to combine
quality system experience with commensurate levels of NDT and industry sector expertise, as well as
fluency in the first language used by the PCB.
The following is an EXAMPLE of a typical time on assessment for an ICNDT PCB
Certificate of conformity audit.
Task
Man days
Preparation (documented system familiarisation)
1
Travel (depending on origin and destination)
1-2
Time on assessment (depends on scope)
4-5
Reporting
1
Total
7-9
The following is an EXAMPLE of the estimated time for extension to scope or triennial reassessment.
Task
Preparation (familiarisation)
Travel (depending on origin and destination)
Time on assessment
ReportingTotal

Man days
½
1-2
1-2
½
3-5

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Secretariat: The British Institute of NDTMidsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK
Tel: +44 1604 438300; Fax: +44 1604 438301; Email: icndt@bindt.org

ICNDT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY & 43th MEETING
2022, June 15th
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
11 am London UK time
07 am Brazil timeJoão ConteMembership Committee
Chair: João Conte
Members:➢ Alexander Mullin;➢ David Gilbert;➢ Ferid Herelli;➢ Les Dick;➢ Purschke Matthias (to be replaced) ;➢ Shohei Ooka

Status: 2021

Challenges:- Covid 19 pandemic- Countries wishing to oficialize a Society but facing several difficulties (e.g.
ACHISEND – Chile; ASENDEC – Ecuador; ASOVEND – Venezuela; CONENCA –Dominican Republic)- Economic difficulty to pay the annual (joining) fee; mainly by the smaller
societies

NEW MEMBER:- INDT NIGERIARegional Report for the ICNDTGeneral Assembly

APFNDT Report

Asia-Pacific Federation for Non-Destructive Testingwww.apfndt.org

Dr. Norikazu Ooka
President of APFNDT

15 June, 2022 Web Meeting1Members of APFNDT Primary Full Members, 14 societies
 Secondary Full Members, 3 societies
 Regional Representative Group One - Western
Asia, Central Asia, South Asia- 2 members
 Regional Representative Group Two - East
Asia, South East Asia- 4 members
 Regional Representative Group Three - Pacific,
Oceania 2 members

2Members of APFNDTFull Members, 17 Societies (2022)
Including Secondary Full Members
AINDT - The Australian Institute for Non Destructive Testing
ASNT - The American Society for NDT
AUTRI - Asosiasi Uji Tak Rusak Indonesia
BSNDT - The Bangladesh Society for Non Destructive Testing
ChSNDT - The Chinese Society for Non Destructive Testing
CINDE - The Canadian Institute for Non-Destructive Evaluation
ISNT - The Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
JSNDI - The Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection
KSNT - The Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing*Full Members*Secondary Full Members

3Members of APFNDT(Continued)

MSNDT - Mongolian Society for Non Destructive Testing
MSNT - The Malaysian Society of Non Destructive Testing
NDTSS - Non-Destructive Testing Society (Singapore)NZNDTA - New Zealand Nondestructive Testing Association Inc.
PSNT - Philippine Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc.
RSNTTD - The Russian Society for Non Destructive Testing andTechnical Diagnostics
SNTCT - The Society for Nondestructive Testing and Certification of
TaiwanSNDT - Society for Non Destructive Testing, Sri Lanka*Full Members*Secondary Full Members

4Potential APFNDT Members
IRNDT - Iranian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
PASNT - Pakistan Society for Non-Destructive Testing
TSNT - Thai Society for Non-Destructive TestingAZNDT - Azerbaijan Society for Non-Destructive Testing
VANDT - Vietnam Society for Non-Destructive Testing(Under Formation) - KAOFD Kazakhstan Association of Flaw Detection(Under Formation) - Myanmar

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APFNDT Report
General Business The online membership system is still being built, so invoices for APFNDT/ICNDT
membership were sent out in February, with most members having paid.

 The APFNDT Executive Committee (AEC) also plans to hold online meetings throughout
the year and if possible in person meetings at the WCNDT or regional events. Of course
this will depend on the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

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APFNDT Report
General Business Promote other organizations, such as ISO/TC 135 standardization activities, IAEA’s
NDT projects and continue working with the Asian Welding Federation (AWF) inregards to the NDT/Welding field.

 The 16th APCNDT will be held February 28th to March 3rd, 2023 in Melbourne,
Australia. All reports from the organizer, AINDT, indicate that the event preparation
is progressing well.

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Report of APFNDTMain Task Group Activities for APFNDTTG 1 Membership
TG 2 APFNDT Journal
TG 3 Communications and website
TG 4 Education and Training
TG 5 Certification
TG 6 Standards
TG 7 NDE 4.0 (Formed in 2020)

8APFNDT Task Group Status

TG 1 Membership: Kevin Smith (ASNT)• Finalizing new Membership Operation
Procedure for AEC/Board approval.
• Developing a membership financial
support system for current and newmembers.

TG 4 Education: Dr. B. Venkatraman (ISNT)• Working to convert the, “Anniversary ofRadiation” into a TG activity.

TG 2 Journal: Prof. Jung-Ryul Lee (KSNT)• Working to develop an approved project tocollect technical/academic NDT articles from theAsia-Pacific region.

TG 5 Certification: Paul Grosser (AINDT)TG 3 Communications: Mr. Shohei Ooka (JSNDI)• Developing the online member system.
• Publishing and distributing the APFNDT
newsletter.
• Facilitating online meetings for Task Groups.

TG 6 Standards: Dr. Takamasa Ogata (JSNDI)•

Progress made in the latest edition of ISO
9712:2021 which has been released.

•

Review of existing ISO standards.

•

Planned distribution of ISO 9712 to members
based on results from last years survey.

TG 7 NDE 4.0: Pranay Wadyalkar (AINDT)• Holding regularly scheduled online
meetings to disseminate NDE 4.0
information from various groups• Focused discussions on the ICNDTNDE 4.0 Roadmap.

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APFNDT Task Group Activities

 TG 1: Membership - developing a new Operation Procedure for Membership. In
addition, a program to help current members and potential new members financiallythrough regional support is being developed.
 TG 3: Communications, continues its work with ICNDT WG 4 and will be able toimplement the long awaited online system. Also, has released the newest edition of
the APFNDT newsletter in January with plans to distribute more throughout the year.

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APFNDT Report TG 6: Standards distributed a survey to gain insight into the Asia-Pacific region withthe hope of using this valuable information for future projects and to distributestandards to APFNDT Members.
 TG 7: NDE 4.0 has been holding online meetings at regular intervals with the nextscheduled for May 16th, 2022. Due to the robust nature of the subject, recruitmentof various experts is ongoing.

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APFNDT and AWF

 The 75th IIW Annual Assembly and international Conference will be held inTokyo, Japan on 16 – 22 July, 2022 . Because an MOU was signed between
the Asian Welding Federation (AWF) President Mr. Sze Thiam Siong and
APFNDT President Dr. Norikazu Ooka in 2019, a meeting will be held
between to further cooperation.

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APFNDT Report
NDT Events in APFNDT

Year

2022

2023
2024
2026

Event

Date

Society

Malaysia International NDT Conference andExhibition 2022 (MINDTCE’ 22)

August 16 -17

MSNT

7th US-Japan NDT Symposium

August 23 - 26

ASNT/
JSNDI

3rd World Congress on Condition Monitoring (3rd
WCCM)
Singapore International Non-Destructive
Conference and Exhibition (SINCE 2022)

October 25 – 28

The 16th Asia Pacific Conference for NonDestructive Testing (APCNDT 2023),
Melbourne
The 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive
Testing (WCNDT 2020)
The 17th Asia Pacific Conference for NonDestructive Testing (APCNDT 2026), Hawaii

ChSNDT

November 7 - 8

NDTSS

February 28 March 3

AINDT

May 27 - 31

KSNT

May 11 - 15

ASNT

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APFNDT Meeting Schedule(AEC, Board Meeting, General Assembly)

Year

Event
APFNDT
Meetings

AEC

Board
Meeting

GeneralAssembly

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Melbourne

Yes

Yes

Yes

Korea,
Incheon

Yes

Yes

No

Hawaii

Yes

Yes

Yes

Place
Online2022 Singapore International NonDestructive Conference and Exhibition
Singapore(SINCE 2022)
2023
2024
2026

16th APCNDT
WCNDT
2024
17th APCNDT

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Thank you for your kind attention.
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EFNDT REPORT TO ICNDTGA
New challenge for NDT world through EFNDTMEMBERS OF EFNDTCountry
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
FinlandFranceGermany
GreeceHungary
Italy
LatviaLithuania

Society
Austrian Society for NDT – ÖGfZP
Belgian Association for NDT – BANT
Bulgarian Society for NDT – BGSNDT
Croatian Society of NDT – CrSNDTCzech Society for NDT – CNDT
Danish Society for NDT
Finnish Society for NDT
French confederation NDT - COFREND
German Society for NDT - DGZfPHellenic Society of NDT - HSNT
Hungarian Association for NDT - MAROVISZ
Italian Society for NDT - AIPnD
Latvian Society for NDT
Lithuanian Society for NDT and Technical Diagnostics - LNBD

President
Wolfgang Schützenhöfer
Aldo Gressani
Zoran Markešić

Mr. Libor Topolar
Bo Bosson
Mr Juha Toivonen
Ettiene Martin
Dr.Ing. Anton Erhard
Antonatos Alexandros
Prof. Dr. Peter Trampus
Ezio Tuberosa

Prof. Rymantas Jonas
Kazys
Moldova
Moldavian Society on NDT and Technical Diagnostics
Diagnostics
Netherlands
Dutch Association for Quality, Inspection and NDT Techniques - KINT Mr. Andre Blaauw
NorwayNorwegian Society for NDT- NSNDTRune Kristiansen
PolandPolish Society for NondestructiveTesting and Technical Diagnostics Dr. eng. Tomasz Chady
SIMP
Portugal
Associação de Laboratórios Acreditados de Portugal - RELACRE
Dr. Bento Alves
Republic of Belarus Belorussian Association for NDT and Technical Diagnostic / BANDTProf Dr Valeriy
Vengrinovich
Romania
Romanian Association of NDT - ARoENd
George Nicolescu
RussiaThe Russian Society for NDT and Technical Diagnostic- RSNTTD
Vladimir Syasko
SerbiaSerbian Society of Nondestructive Testing - SDIBR
Mr Mladen Mladenovic VP
Slovakia
Slovak Society for NDT- SSNDT
Ing. Erich Eckhardt
Slovenia
SSNDT-Slovenian Society for NDTProf. Dr. Janez Grum
Spain
Associacion Espanola de END - AEND
Mr Emilio Gonzalez
Alvarez
SwedenSwedish Society for NDT - FOP
Mr Johan Muhren
Switzerland
Swiss Society for NDT - SGZPPeter Fisch
TurkeyThe Turkish Society for NDT - Turk NDTProf Dr Cemil Hakan GürBOD OF EFNDTBoD Members

President

Fermin Gomez Fraile

Spain

Vice President

Alexander Mullin

RussiaFrederic Schaditzki

FrancePeter Fisch

Switzerland

Anton Erhard

GermanyDavid Gilbert

UK

Michele Carboni

Italy

Pavel Mazal

Czech Republic

Bento Alves

Portugal

Gerhard Aufricht

Austria

Treasurer
Ex-Officio Non-voting members

René Klieber

Switzerland

Past presidentPeter Trampus

Hungary

Auditor

Casper Wassink

Netherlands

General Secretary

Emilio Romero

Spain

President ECNDT 2023

Bento Alves

Portugal

Co-opted Non-voting members

Overview
1. The EFNDT has been working in this very complicate times and follow working indifferent subjects
2.

Since 2020 the EFNDT has travelled a complicated path with 4 situations that haverequired extraordinary actions

3. After the first three situations Pandemic, Brexit, Modification of Statutes, the EFNDT
achieved a stabilisation and a new path of growth.
4. The fourth situation, perhaps is the most complicated and that is currently developing
and that is the Russia-Ukraine situation
5. Even so, the EFNDT continues to work, particularly in several of its WG and Forums,
hoping for a new stabilisation that will allow us to reach an optimal level of
effectiveness and achieve new opportunities.
6. The EFNDT has updated its statutes to include the possible actions andconsequences of the COVID pandemic and the possible ones that may appear as aresult of extraordinary conditions (e.x. wars, etc.)
7. The EFNDT has updated its own financial operations that were stagnant due to thepandemic and the choice of the new BoD. It is pending to conclude an agreement with
the TIC-CEOC to provide administrative and operational support with the bank and theBelgian authorities.
8. The EFNDT needs to take a position in line with the ICNDT on the requests requested
by Poland (PTBNiDT SIMP) on the expulsion of Russia and Belarus (the UE hassuspended the Rusia and Bielorussia of all of projects)
9. During the year 2021 until today the EFNDT has had 8 BoD and 2 GA

WORGING GROUPS AND FORUMSThe 10 Working Groups and three Forums of EFNDT are still working through virtual
meetings and conferences. These ten groups and fórums are as follows:•l WG1 – Education•l WG2 – Radiation Protection and ADR•l WG3 – Condition Monitoring•l WG4 – Laboratory Accreditation•l WG5 – NDT for Public Safety and Security•l WG6 – NDT on Additive Manufacturing•l WG7 – Failure Analysis (Risk Analysis)•l WG8 – Human Factors•l WG9 – Ethics•l WG10 – NDT 4.0•l Forum for European National Aerospace NDT Boards (NANDTBs)•l Forum for Railway Industries•l Forum for Marine.
Additionally, a Working Group with the European Welding Federation (EWF) is still working
to complete the European NDT Engineer proposal.

EFNDT Working Groups convenors

WG1 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH(Fermin Gómez /Alexander Mullin)

WG6 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING(M.PELKNER)

WG2 RADIATION PROTECTION AND ADR
WG7 RISK ANALYSIS (FERMIN GOMEZ)(D.GILBERT)WG3 CONDITION MONITORING (PAVELMAZAL)WG8 HUMAN FACTORS (ETIENNE
MARTIN)WG4 LABORATORY ACREDITATION(B.ALVES)WG9 ETHICS (MICHELLE CARBONI)WG5 NDT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND
SECURITY (RODOLFO RODRIGUEZ)

WG10 NDE 4.0 (J VRANA)FORUMS AND SPECIAL PROJECTSFORUM AEROSPACEHEMULTH HOLLER

FORUM RAILWAYS

ARNIM PERREYFORUM MARINELUIS GARCIA

EUROPEAN NDE ENGINEER PROJECTBENTO ALVESPROJETS AND ACTIONSEuropean NDE Engineer Project• The EWF-EFNDT joint committee has had 5 meetings in the 2020-2021 period

RIMA• As we indicated in previous reports and ICNDT knows, RIMA is a 4-year H2020 projectaiming to establish a network of 13 Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) on robotics sharing
best practices and providing services to facilitate uptake of I&M technologies.
• RIMA network encompasses leading research organizations supporting one DIH perregion aligned with regional policies and industry sectors and sectorial associations
wich will make a bridge with end users and industries• EFNDT has been sent a several letters of our Associations to participate in this project ,but the answer has not been, until now, very important

DICE• The EFNDT is participating in a new project, funded by the EU within the HORIZONEUROPE Programme. This project is part of the European Open Science Cloud(EOSC) portal and consists of DATA INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY FOR EOSC
• The function of the EFNDT will be to disseminate the project among all the European
Partnerships.

Other matters• The EFNDT has been hold the general assembly this year divided into two parts.
• On 10th June by internet, the first part to approve the financial results and the second
part in December 2021 and in it a new BoD was elected, whose mandate extends until
the ECNDT in 2023 in Lisbon
EFNDT has updated its statute. At the moment and after its translation into French, it isbeing sent to a Belgian lawyer for legal review and sent to the Belgian authorities.

PROJETS AND ACTIONSNDE 4.0• The WG10 has held 2 meetings and the NDE 4.0 has made an International conference called by the
DGZFP and with the support of the ICNDTWG 10 has attended the AEROEND 4.0 Congress in Spain where it has given a conference

Brexit• The EFNDT has had 2 extraordinary meetings to analyze the situation due to Brexit in relation to
the European Pressure Equipment Directive 2014 /68/EU.
• A harmonization is sought within the EFNDT for the recognition of the certificates issued by the PCN /BINDT.
Finally the PCN/BINDT certificates have been recognized by one Irish organization.

ECNDTThe next ECNDT will be held in July 2023
This new date has been approved by the BoD of the EFNDTFINANCIAL ASPECTS

The financial situation of EFNDT is considered stable.
•

Fees paid to ICNDT on 3/16/2022•

Some national associations have been suspended due to non-payment since 2017.

••

KAZAKSTAN SOCIETY FOR NDT•LATVIAN SOCIETY FOR NDT (LNTB)•MOLDAVIAN SOCIETY ON NDT AND TECHNICAL DIAGNOSTICS (AN NDT)•BELORUSSIAN ASSOCIATION FOR NDT AND TECHNICAL DIAGNOSTIC (BANDT). Pending
suspension since it has not paid for the years 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021

Several payments are also pending from associated companies:•

ISRAELI NATIONAL SOCIETY OF NDT (ISRANDT)•

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR NDT•ABENDI

•

KOREA

•

CHINESE SOCIETY FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (CHSNDT)•SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR NDTEND OF REPORT

Thanks on behalf of EFNDTQuestions?

ECNDT 2023
Status Report- 15 June 2022

GENERAL MANAGEMENT & PLANNING
ACTIONS TAKEN – 2022
! Re-opening of Online Services to new platform: Registrations & Abstracts. Recovering of submitted information (Registrations);. Resubmissions of Abstracts underway! Website Update:. Updated Interactive floorplan. Updated sponsors Online Application. Updated Sponsors Logos. News section – uploaded content on: Save the Date, Cross promotion with DE
Congress (Kassel), pics from Opening Ceremony. Related Events Menu: updated info from Melbourne and Berlin conferences

AIM Sponsorship collectDate
Dec 2021
8 june 2022

Dec 2021
8 june 2022

Number booths total
131

Exibition Area total (m2)
1800

sold

%
34
43

26
33

635
730

35
41

Sponsorship collected (€)
Dec 2021
8 june 2022

69
64

CONFIRMED SPONSORS FOR ECNDT 2023

CONFIRMED EXHIBITORS FOR ECNDT 2023

Ether NDE (Shared sponsor & Exhibitor)
Fujifilm Europe GmbH (&Exhibitor)
Helling GmbH (&Exhibitor)
Shanghai CHiNDT Systems & Services Co. Ltd (&Exhibitor)
WayGate (Pending €)NOVO DRNDT Italiana SRLXARIONJME Ltd
SOCOMATEDÜRR NDT GmbH & Co. KG
Sciaps inc.
GULMAYELOP AS
Cygnus instruments LTD
3E NDT
MODSONIC INSTRUMENTS MFG CO PVT LTD
GUIDED ULTRASONIC (England)
LABINO AB
TELEDYNEPEAK NDTSTATICE INNOVATIONTRUEFLAWNOVOSOUND (Scotland) (Pending €)JIREH INDUSTRIESHEBEI ULSO TECH CO., LTD
VISICONSULT X-RAY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS GMBH

VMI NDT (Pending €)OLYMPUS IBERIA
LUKE NDT (Pending €)OSERIXTHERMO FISHER (Pending €)FRAUNHOFER IKTS (Pending €)SONATEST (Pending €)CARERAY DIGITAL MEDICAL TEC. CO.LTD. (Pending €)Promotion! Refocusing on In-Person Events & Cross Promotion! Updated ECNDT2023 Leaflet with Important Dates
DE National Congress – Kassel:" Stand" Roll Up" Leaflets" Speaking slot in Opening Ceremony

GENERAL MANAGEMENT & PLANNING
NEXT IMMEDIATE STEPS" Kick Off Social Media Campaign" Media Toolkit available on website for all stakeholders" Refocus on In-Person Events Promotion" Focus on Abstracts Submission – DL: 31st July
" Papers Indexation

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Regional Report from the African
Federation of Non-Destructive TestingCompiled & presented by: Harold Jansen
AFNDT Executive Secretary

Content

 Membership Meetings
 Activities
 Strategic Plan

MembershipPresident :Dr Sahaimi Kamal Morocco
Centre National de l’Energie des Sciences & des Techniques Nucléaires

Secretariat:

Harold Jansen

South Africa

SAIW



Founding Members
Algeria;

Cameroon; Egypt; Ghana; Congo; Libya; Mauritius; South Africa; Tunisia;

Tanzania; Zambia



ICNDT Membership (Active):
Egypt; South Africa



Signatories to Current Constitution (2014):
Algeria; Angola; Cameroon; Egypt; Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Libya; Mauritius; Morocco;
Nigeria; South Africa; Sudan; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Country (Active) Representation:
Cameroon; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; South Africa; Sudan; Tunisia;

MembershipCurrent membership:
54 Countries

All countries are included by default unless written confirmation of non-participation
as a result of limited to no NDT activities within a country(as per agreement during meeting dated 7 Dec 2021)



Sub-regions:North Africa

Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt

East Africa

Sudan,

Burundi,Djibouti,

Kenya,

Rwanda,Ethiopia,

Eritrea,

Somalia,

Uganda, South Sudan
Central Africa Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tomi and Principe, Gabon

West Africa

Ghana; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau;
Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone, TogoSouthern Africa
South Africa; Angola; Botswana; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali, Mauritius;
Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; Swaziland; Union of Comoros; Tanzania; Zambia,
Zimbabwe

Meetings


7 December 2021

AFNDT (11 Participants)

ICNDT; Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa,
Sudan



16 December 2021

AFNDT (12 Participants)

Kenya; Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa,
Sudan, Tunisia

20 December 2021

AFRA + DMRE (SA)Regional Project Concept discussion

3 February 2022

AFNDT (9 Participants)

Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, South
Africa, Sudan

Outcomes







Final draft constitution

Pending adoption

AFNDT ‘renewal’ / rejuvenation

Agreement

Participation

Agreement

Membership & Communication

54 countries & establish communication channels

Strategic plan

Concept pending funding

OutstandingOperating procedures

June 2022

AGM & Election of dignitaries / representatives

July 2022

Action plan, Activities & Website

July 2022 - ongoingActivities



IAEA - AFRA

Triangular Project

IAEA, Cameroon, SA

Level 3 Workshop - Completed 2021

National Project

Cameroon

AQB & PCB establishment 2023 - 2026

Visits (2022)


SAIW to Hydrac (Cameroon)

ATB renewal + AQB audit



SAIW to Sudan

New ATB compliance audit



IAEA - AFRA delegation to SAIW

20 to 25 June 2022
Workshop + Regional project proposal discussionWebsite & Digital platforms
A formal AFNDT Website is being developed and shall be linked to the ICNDT website once
completed and approved by the AFNDT Board



AFNDT LinkedIn group initiated

META (Facebook) group to be initiatedCommunication


Database initiated with 63 e-mails

Strategic PlanObjectives

National NDT Liaison / NDT Society in 54 countries



ICNDT MRA Schedule 1 signatureAt least 1 Approved Training Body per country

Sustainable Personnel Certification Body (and Authorised Qualification Body) per country

ICNDT MRA Schedule 2 registration – via National Accredited Body or ICEC OP 20 process(Discourage the use of external accreditation bodies to ensure autonomy and mitigate risk based on international / crossnational events with reference to Brexit & conflict in Ukraine)

Funding (IAEA - AFRA delegation to visit SA during 20 to 25th of June 2022)


IAEA – AFRA Regional Project

Combined AFRA Anglophone (SAIW) & Francophone (Cetime)
Regional Designated Centre proposal to realise objectives in
54 African countries



Regional Economic Communities of the African Union (AU) to be contacted should the first option not
be viable. These include:
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA); Southern African Development Community (SADC); Economic Community ofCentral African States (ECCAS); Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Community of
Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD); Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); East African
Community (EAC); Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Strategic Plan

Process
Regional Project: 2023 to 2026 (SAIW Certification to assist & facilitate based on criteria compliance)

STEP 1: Assist Cetime in ICNDT MRA 2 Registration (Cetime to co-assist)

STEP 2: ICNDT MRA Schedule 1 signature in 5 subregional ‘lead’ countries i.e.
Tunisia, Cameroon, Sudan, Ghana



STEP 3: ATB + PCB (AQB) in 5 subregional ‘lead’ countries



STEP 4: ICNDT MRA 2 Registration for national PCB’s

STEP 5: Identify subregional NDT Academia / Research and promote networking

STEP 6: Promote regional networking and collaboration

Triangular Projects: 2027 to 2030


STEP 7: Subregional leads to establish ATB + PCB (AQB) within subregion



STEP 8: ICNDT MRA 2 Registration for national PCB’s

STEP 9: Promote subregional networking and collaboration

National Projects: 2031 to 2034


STEP 10: Expand ATB & AQB Activities established

STEP 11: Promote national networking and collaboration

THANK YOU – Any questions?

ICNDT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY & 43th MEETING
2022, June 15th
11 am London UK time
07 am Brazil time

MANAGEMENT BOARD- President: João Conte (ABENDI - Brazil)- Vice President: Dave Bajula (ASNT - USA)- Treasurer: Jorge Amsler (AAENDE - Argentina)- Secretary: Glenn Tubrett (CINDE – Canada)Main activities▪ Next PANNDT Conference:
VIII Pan-American Conference for Nondestructive Testing ( VIII PANNDT)
postponed to 2025 June (Canada);▪ General Assembly: 2022 Jan 27th
▪ Board meetings: 2021 Oct 5th; 2022 May 3rd and June 8th▪ Strategic Plan
▪ 2022 Membership invoices (ICNDT & PANNDT) sent
▪ 2002 annual fees: AAENDE, ABENDI, ASNT and CINDE

Challenges▪ As in other sectors, Covid 19 pandemic impacted the business;▪ Collection from smaller societies regarding 2022 annual fee;
▪ Support to the smaller societies to create their national certification
schemes.

Opportunities▪ Future new members:❑ Bolívia
❑ Chile❑ Costa Rica
❑ Dominican Republic❑ Ecuador❑ Peru❑ Venezuela

20th WCNDT Progress ReportReporting of Situation UpdateConference New Dates

Date

Before Postponed

After Postponed

30 May-3 June 2022

27-31 May 2024

As the world has been still heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic led by the resurgence of new variants,
20th WCNDT Organizing Committee has decided the postponement of the Conference to the new date for 27
to 31 May, 2024.

Venue

Songdo Convensia, Incheon

Official Website

https://www.20thwcndt.com

3Homepage Renewal
The official conference website has been renewed and opened after major updates have been made.
(conference date, important dates, exclusive sponsor logo, etc.)4Newly Revamped Organizing Committee
With the postponement of the 20th WCNDT to 2024 and the inauguration of new president of the KSNT,
Dr. Dong-Jin Yoon, the Organizing Committee has been restructured to carry out all relevant works more
efficiently.

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Important Timelines

Abstract Submission Due Dates 31 August 2023

(D-270)

Notification of Abstract Acceptance 31 October 2023

(D-209)

Early-bird Registration and Payment of Presenting Authors 31 December 2023

(D-148)

Submission of Extended Abstract or Paper 31 December 2023

(D-148)Preliminary Program 31 January 2024

(D-117)

Booth Application Due Dates 30 June 2023

(D-332)

Final Program 30 April 2024

(D-27)

Pre-registration Due Dates 10 May 2024

(D-17)

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Registration
Registration Status (As of 8 June )※Excluding cancellation and non-payment

Category of Conference Fees

Number of Registrants

Participants (Full)

306

Students

64

Retired/Meeting

15

Accompanying Person

18

Exhibitors (Free)

171

NDT Society (Free)

19

Total

593

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Registration Fee! Inevitably, the registration fee will be raised about 8~12.5% from the pre-existing fee as the conferenceis postponed for four years.
! All participants who have already registered for the conference to date are eligible by default for theregistration fee prior to the increase.

Registration Fees
Until
31 December 2023

From
1 January 2024 to
10 May 2024

On-Site27-31 May 2024

USD

USD

USD

Participants (Full)

1,250

1,350

1,400

Students/Retiree

750

800

850

450

500

550

Category

Conference

Accompanying Person

Rate ofincrease
Approx.
8~8.5%
Approx.
6~7%
Approx.
10~12.5%

Online Registration! Online registration system should be operational from October 2022.

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Abstract Submission
Abstract Submission Status

Abstract Submission Status by Main Topic (As of 8 June)

Division
Topic 1.
Topic 2.
Topic 3.
Topic 4.
Topic 5.
Topic 6.
Topic 7.
Topic 8.
Topic 9.
Topic 10.
Topic 11.
Topic 12.
Topic 13.
Topic 14.

Ultrasonics (UT)Infrared Thermography (IR)
Eddy Current & Electromagnetics (ET)Digital Radiography & Computed Tomography (RT)Power Plants (PP)
Structural Health Monitoring & Prognostics and Health Management (HM)
Optics & Vision Systems (OT)
Civil Infrastructures (Smart NDT for Bridges and Buildings) (HM)Terahertz (TZ)
Transportation (TR)Aerospace & Defense (AD)Acoustic Emission & Acoustic Method (AE)
Additive Manufacturing (AM)NDT Industry 4.0(IoT,Al etc.) (AI)
Biomedical Technology (BT)Material Characterization (MC)Vibration & Condition Monitoring (CM)
Certification & Qualification (CQ)
Etc.
Oil & Gas (OG)NDT Reliability (RE)
Sensor & Materials (SM)
Etc.
Special Sessions
Academia
Total

Oral
199
40
69
85
38
28
15
27
37
24
29
42
20
31
7
21
5
18
25
22
8
9
89
12
900

Poster
33
12
37
35
15
9
4
7
17
20
2
21
2
8
2
11
2
4
5
7
5
15
5
0
278

Total
232
52
106
120
53
37
19
34
54
44
31
63
22
39
9
32
7
22
30
29
13
24
94
12
1178

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Exhibition
Status Quo of Booth Contracts(Based on A-sized booth)
Total number of booths

343

Number of contract completed

339(*99% contract completed)

Number of remaining booths

4(Based on A-sized booth, *1 C booth)Number of exhibitors

185

Number of countries

25

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Exhibition Floor Plan
Expansion of the Exhibition Area
! The exhibition floor plan will be upgraded as below by adding 84 single units (3mx3m) which will enable more potential
exhibitors to book exhibition booths.
Number of additional booth84(Based on A-sized booth/About 20%
booth increase)
Number of booths by size
- A size (3m x 3m)

32- B size (3m x 6m)

12- C size (6m x 6m)

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Exhibition Rates! The booth fee after January 2023 will be raised as the conference is postponed for four years as below.
! Rate of increase: Approx. 12.5%/4year(based on 2020)

Booth Fees

Booth TypeUntil
31 December 2022

From
1 January 2023

Shell-Scheme

Raw-Space

Shell-Scheme

Raw-Space

A (3m x 3m)

USD 7,900

USD 7,300

USD 8,900

USD 8,200

B (3m x 6m)

USD 15,800

USD 14,600

USD 17,800

USD 16,400

C (6m x 6m)

USD 31,600

USD 29,200

USD 35,600

USD 32,800

Booth Application! To book selected exhibition booth"#download exhibition application form at the conference website
and complete and send it to the secretariat by email (exhibition@20thwcndt.com) with a paymentof the 50% booth fee.

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Sponsorship! As of 10 June total 25 sponsors including exclusive sponsor confirmed their participation.
! 20th WCNDT Organizing Committee will undertake multi-faceted efforts to attract more sponsors tocontribute overall income

Exclusive Sponsor

Other Sponsors(19)

Supporting
Organizations(5)

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ICNDT General Assembly & 43rd ICNDT Meeting
Wednesday June 15th, 2022, 11:00 – 15:00 UK Time (BST=GMT+1)
Chair, WG 4, Shohei Ooka (JSNDI)

Promotion of the Importance of NDTAs a branch of engineering that is valuable worldwide, ICNDT would like tomake the public aware of what Non-Destructive Testing is and why it issuch an important component for public safety. ICNDT mostly focuses on
fostering cooperation between NDT Federations, Societies, or otherorganisations, but public awareness will also play a role in the future of
NDT.
ICNDT WG 4, Communication, aims to utilize a diverse range of tools forcommunication through social media, email, and other multi-media. It is
our aim to deliver and receive information effectively, swiftly, andconveniently to benefit the ICNDT as well as the NDT community aroundthe world.

◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
Members of ICNDT WG 4

Members of ICNDT WG 4, Communications
Chair
Past Chair
MemberMemberMemberMemberMemberObserverObserverMr. Shohei Ooka
Mr. David Gilbert
Ms. Sharon Bond
Mr. Stefan Cullmann
Ms. Garra Liming
Mr. Don Andrews
Mr. Antonio Aulicino
Dr. Mike Farley
Dr. Sajeesh K Babu

JSNDI
BINDT
ICNDT
DGZfP
ASNT
CINDE
ABENDI
ICNDT
ICNDT

Japan
UK
CanadaGermany
USA
CanadaBrazilUK
Singapore◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
Adoption of Agenda

1. ICNDT Action Plan
2. ICNDT Journal – Schedule for 2022
3. ICNDT Photograph Contest – “NDT Stories in Pictures”
4. Update on ICNDT Website
5. Update on ICNDT Membership System
6. Other Items – SNS tools
7. Next ICNDT WG 4 meeting◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
2. ICNDT Journal

Schedule for ICNDT Journal 2022

◆ May (End of March)
In Progress◆ September (End of July)◆ December (End of October)Thanks to Mr. David Gilbert and his team of BINDT for the contributions.

◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
3. ICNDT Photo Contest❖ ICNDT Photograph Competition 2024
“NDT Stories in Pictures”
Win the prize of “One Free Full Registration”
to the WCNDT 2024 in Korea
Deadline: 30 January 2024
More information Visit ICNDT homepage!!!

◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
4. Update on ICNDT website❖ Renewal of ICNDT Homepage

Hosted by The Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection (JSNDI)

◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
5. Update on ICNDT System❖ Update on ICNDT Membership System✓

ICNDT Membership Page Basic Tutorial (YouTube)◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
6. Other

SNS – Social Networking Service(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.)◼ ICNDT Working Group 4
7. Next ICNDT WG 4 Meeting❖ Plan for next ICNDT WG 4 Meeting (Draft)➢ APCNDT 2023
28 Feb – 3 March 2023
Melbourne, Australia➢ ECNDT 2023
3 – 7 July 2023
Lisbon, Portugal➢ WCNDT 2024
27 – 31 May 2024
Incheon, Korea

◼ ICNDT Working Group 4

Thank you so much for your contributions to ICNDT WG 4.
Your involvement is very important.

Any Questions?

ICNDT Working Group 1 on Qualification
and Certification
Report to GA
15th June 2022
Alexander MULLIN
WG 1 Chair

WG 1 Membership

Currently – 22 members
representing thefollowing countries:
Austria, Australia, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, China,
Germany, France, Japan,
Iran, India, Republic ofKorea, Russia,
Singapore, Spain, South
Africa, Turkey, Ukraine,
UK, USAWG 1 Meetings

2018 – Gothenburg, Sweden - 13 June 20182019 – Mexico-city – 22 October 20192020 – Seoul – 07 June 2020 – cancelled
2021 – on-line – 21 April 2021
2022 - on-line – 14 June 2022

WG 1 Meeting, 21 April 2021

WG1 Action plan

Action plan.
Part of ICNDT Strategic plan
Last update – 14 June 2022

WG1 Action plan

New items.
A7. Update WG1 webpage on ICNDT website.
Provide new and interesting material on qualificationand certification in order to keep the WG1 webpage
updated.
B1. Review and update the ICNDT Guide andRecommendations on NDT personnel Qualification andCertification
B2. Further development of ICNDT Examinationquestion bank (EQB)

WG1 Action plan

New items.
B5. Develop recommendation for Interpretation of
ISO 9712:2021
B8. Develop an ICNDT Recommendation to Good
practice - Fraudulent Management by Personnel
Certification Bodies (including provision of impartiality
to meet requirements of ISO/IEC 17024:2012 andISO 9712:2021).
B9. Develop recommendation on recognition ofcertificates under ISO/IEC 17024:2012 andISO 9712:2021

Workshops on qualification and certification2014 – Prague

2016 – Munich

2017 – Singapore

2020 – Seoul – cancelled
2024 – Incheon - planned

ICNDT Recommendation to Good practice - Fraudulent
Management by Personnel Certification Bodies

ICNDT Recommendation to Good practice - Fraudulent
Management by Personnel Certification Bodies

Background
ICNDT WG1 Task Group is developing theserecommendations to prevent unfair delivering ISO 9712
Personnel Certification and reduce the risk for
Certification bodies.
Members who are part of Schedule 2 of ICNDT MRA
shall extend their best efforts to minimize occurrencesof any deviations from both ISO/IEC 17024:2012 andISO 9712:2012 during the operation.
The purpose of this document is also to provide
guidance note for Certification body operations withrespect to training, examination & managing
impartiality.

ICNDT Recommendation to Good practice - Fraudulent
Management by Personnel Certification Bodies

Recommendations provides the bestpractice in regards to:
1. Structure of Certification Body
2. Outsourcing
3. Application process
4. Examination Question bank
5. Practical Examination
6. Instruction writing / Procedure writing
7. Decision on certification
Appendix A. Sample Risk RegisterWG1 webpage on ICNDT web site

Content of WG1 webpage
Public area:• Composition of WG1• Objectives of WG1• Tasks of WG1• Terms of reference (latest revision).
• Folders:• Agendas of WG1 meetings• Press release from WG1 meetings
Members area
• Documents for WG1 meetings

ICNDT Working Group 1 on Qualification and Certification

Thank you!

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
Report to GA
15th June 2022
Alexander MULLINISO TC 135 SC7ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
16-17 November 2017, Singapore
SC7 physical meeting! Consideration of more than 400 comments! Creation of 7 Task Groups on the main aspects of thestandard
16-19 June 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden
SC7 physical meeting! Continuation of consideration of comments! The work of Task Groups in their areas of concern! Discussion of the work of the Task Groups

WG1 participation in ISO 9712 revision process

Representation of
ICNDT WG1
in TC 135 SC7 Task
Groups.

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
28-30 October 2018, Huston, Texas, USASC7 physical meeting!Continuation of consideration of comments!The work of Task Groups in their areas!Discussion of the work of the Task Groups

4-6 March 2019, Munich, Germany
Physical meeting of Task groups Chairs
CD ISO 9712 (Committee Draft)

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
17-19 June 2019, Edmonton, Canada
SC7 physical meeting!Request to ISO to increase the standard development timefrom 36 to 48 months!Consideration of the first version of the CD ISO 9712
prepared by the Task Groups

15-16 October 2019, Paris, France
Physical meeting of Task groups Chairs!Review of CASCO comments!Development of the final edition of CD ISO 9712

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
January 2020
!Voting on CD ISO 9712
March 2020
!Received 392 comments on ISO 9712 CD!Comments received from CASCO
24 and 30 June 2020
Physical meeting of Task groups Chairs!Consideration of comments on CD ISO 9712
!Review of CASCO comments

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
22 - 24 September 2020
SC7 Оn-line meeting
Development of the final version of DIS ISO 9712

30 October 2020
Оn-line заседание руководителей Рабочих групп ипредставителей CASCO!Alignment of DIS ISO 9712 with CASCO comments

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
May 2021
Development of FDIS ISO 9712
August 2021
Voting on FDIS ISO 9712
December 2021
Publication of ISO 9712:2021

ISO 9712:2021 Status and Adoption
Resolutions taken at the 23rd meeting of ISO/TC 135/SC 7,
Virtual Meeting (Zoom) October 18, 2021
ISO/TC 135/SC 7 agrees to establish Task Groups to review
Methods, Techniques and Sectors so that current technologies
are considered in the next revision of ISO 9712 and otherrelated standards. Guidelines will be created to harmonize thevarious TG activities.
TG1 – Sectors
TG2 – Eddy Current Testing (ET)TG3 – Leak Testing (LT)TG4 – Magnetic Testing (MT)TG5 – Radiographic Testing (RT)TG6 – Ultrasonic Testing (UT)

Thank you!

Report from the ICNDT Certification
Executive Committee (ICEC) for
GA Meeting in June 2022
Compiled by Colin Bird. Secretary ICEC
Presented by Harold Jansen, Chairman ICEC

Contents! ICNDT MRA Schedule 1 Members! ICNDT MRA Schedule 2 Registrants! Certification Bodies which are under renewal process! New Certification Body Applications! PCBA status! Updates to OP18 and OP20
! EQB Progress and New Owners

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA) Current Status of Schedule 1
47 National Societies/Institutes, which are
Members/Associate Members of ICNDT have signed the
ICNDT MRA Schedule 1:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
China, China Taiwan, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India,
Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico,
Morocco Netherlands,New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa (SAINT &SAIW), South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey,
Ukraine, UK and Uzbekistan.

They have thereby agreed to promote the recognition of thecertification awarded by the Personnel Certification Bodies(PCBs) which are registered with ICNDT under Schedule 2.

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA) Current Status of Schedule 2
21 Personnel Certification Bodies (PCBs) are registered with
the ICNDT MRA Schedule 2

IRAM Argentina,
AINDT Australia,
ABENDI Brazil,
ChSNDT China,
IMENDE Mexico,
Inspecta Sertifiointi Finland,
ISNDT India
KSNT Korea
DoS Malaysia,
NDTSS Singapore,
NCNDT Sri Lanka.

PCN UK,
RELACRE Portugal
RTC Russia,
SAIW Certification South
Africa,SECTOR Cert Germany,
NDT Society Taiwan
TUV Nord Czech, s.r.o.
TWI, UK
UDT-CERT Poland,
Ukr-SRINDT UkraineICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA)Recent Changes to Registrations
Recent new registrations to MRA Schedule 2 (Personnel
Certification Bodies)!
!
!

TaiwanKSNT Korea
ISNT India

January 2021
February 2021
August 2021

Recent renewals of registration to MRA Schedule 2 (PCBs)! China! South Africa! ABENDI Brazil

July 2021
January 2022
January 2022

2021/22 was a good year for ICEC MRA review teams.
THANK YOU for your hard work and dedication

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA)Other activities
Schedule 2 Applications in Progress! IRAM Argentina! TǕV NORD Czech
Schedule 2 Continuity Check (Form C)! All MRA Schedule 2 members have completed form C and have registered
their continuity of registration.

ICNDT Conformity Assessment of Personnel
Certification Bodies (OP20)! In situations where independent accreditation of PCBs is notavailable or considered sufficient, ICNDT may offer aconformity assessment to support an application forregistration under the MRA Schedule 2.

! China used the OP20 route during 2021.
! RTC Russia is currently using the OP20 Route! OP20 has been amended to take into consideration remote
audits where international travel has been restricted.

ICNDT Examination Question Bank (OP23)! A further two Examination Question Banks have been issued.
! ISNT India! IMENDE Mexico! The current EQB delivery method via the sale of a complete!

memory bank is being considered by the ICEC.
Two considerations are being made.

– The replacement of the single delivery in digital format todelivery via an on-line platform.
– The renewal and updating of the current questions to keep
pace with updated and new inspection methods

International Institute of Welding
Report to GA
15th June 2022

Alexander MULLINMoU with IIW
ICNDT has signed the Memorandum of Understanding with
International Institute of Welding in 2017 at the IIW Annual
Assembly in Shanghai, China

What is IIW?
The International Institute of Welding (IIW) was
founded in 1948 by the welding institutes orsocieties of 13 countries that considered it
crucial to make more rapid scientific and technicalprogress possible on a global basis.
The IIW membership today comprises welding
associations from 49 countries worldwide, with ever morenations continually indicating interest.
VisionThe leading global community linking industry, researchand education to the advancement of welding and joining
for a safer and sustainable worldWhat is IIW?

IIW Commission V
C-V NDT and Quality Assurance ofWelded Products
Terms of reference
Commission V has the challenging task ofmonitoring, reviewing and contributing to allinternational standardization activities
related to non-destructive testing (NDT)
and evaluation of welded structures.
Recent successes of the Commission
include: publication of ISO standards in theareas of phased array calibration block
design, metal magnetic memory and guided
wave testing; publication of digital reference
radiographs; publication of Booklets in theareas of validation of NDT simulation,model assisted probability of detection
studies and structural health monitoring.

2022 IIW Annual AssemblyThank you!

ICNDT WG5:
Radiation Protection &SafetyISEMIR-IR!ISEMIR is the acronym for the Information System on

Occupational Exposure in Medicine, Industry and Research.

!ISEMIR-IR is a web-based tool for non-destructive testing

companies carrying out industrial radiography (IR). ISEMIRIR is developed as a tool for regular data collection andanalysis of occupational doses for individuals in IR, and forthe use of this information to improve occupational radiation
protection.

!It assists IR facilities in benchmarking their arrangements inradiation protection and safety, and hence in promoting of,
implementation of optimisation of occupational radiation
protection.

WG5: Radiation Protection & Safety! New impetus in promoting ISEMIR-IR and encouraging
completion of the surveys.

! WG5 basically consists of the ISEMIR WG members:
David Gilbert (UK); Charlotte Kaps (Germany); Richard
van Sonsbeek (Netherlands); Francisco Da Silva (Brazil),
Alan Brady (Canada) and Xiaotao Wang (China)
Others are invited:
Dr. Erik Malta (Netherlands); Ezio Tuberosa (Italy)More please! Hope to hold meeting at WCNDT.

! A consultancy meeting was held 16 - 18 May 2022 at
IAEA in Vienna. D Gilbert was assigned chair.

Consultancy Meeting May 2022

Objectives of the Meeting:! To review the activities of ISEMIR-IR in 2021
! To propose the work plan for ISEMIR-IR in 2022
! To review the questionnaires and approaches for the Global
survey on ISEMIR-IR in 2022

! To discuss on the upgrade on the ISEMIR-IR system! Administrative arrangements and guidance on COVID-19

Current Status and Annual Progress Report

Result of the Second Global Survey: Responses from:! 46 Regulatory Bodies! 284 NDT companies from 42 countries
Based on the responses, 5 common shortcomings identified:! No proper use of survey meters;! No proper warning system to prevent entry to the work site;! Poor emergency preparedness;! No proper use of alarm systems;! Dose rate at the boundary for the work site not within limits set.

Other topics discussed and Conclusions! ISEMIR-IR database – Current Issues and Challenges! National Contact Person (NCP) Status! ISEMIR-IR Global Survey 2022
! Group member presentations! Upgrading ISEMIR-IR! Promoting the use of ISEMIR-IR! Discussion of the Company Dataset! Discussion of the Personal Dataset! Future Actions and Workplans
Overall Conclusions! The upgrade of the ISEMIR system is a large project within the IAEA and possible
adjustments have been proposed regarding the questionnaire and the database.
! The global survey questionnaire was reviewed and updated, approaches identified,and deadlines were set.
! Issues with the registration process were discussed and recommendations weremade.
! Promotion remains a challenge, cooperation with experts is needed to promote thesystem, and the action aims to drive the progress forward.

Conclusions! Almost two-thirds of the responding NDT companies are interested in free software
provided by the IAEA.

! More needs to be done to raise the awareness and promote the benefits of ISEMIRIR.

! The majority of the responding NDT companies are willing to share information with

the IAEA through ISEMIR-IR, and about 50% of the companies would like the IAEA tocreate an ISEMIR-IR account for them.

3rd International Conference on Occupational Radiation Protection
5 – 9 September 2022, Geneva!First conference in 2002 – International Action Plan on Occupational Radiation
Protection (IAPORP) – beginning of the ISEMIR platform

Objectives:! To develop a proposal for actions leading to an improved global occupationalradiation protection system! Exchange information and experience! Review technical and regulatory advances, challenges, and opportunities! Formulate conclusions and recommendations
Programme and status:! 12 Topical sessions with poster viewings, 5 Round Tables! Young Professionals Round Table

ICNDT WG5:
Radiation Protection &Safety:Workshop at WCNDT 2024
Thank you