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ICEC Report for IEC meeting on 26 May 2024

ICEC Report for IEC meeting on 26th May 2024
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ICEC online meetings
Six on-line ICEC meeting were held between 1 st April 2023 and the end of April 2024. The minutes of themeetings were circulated to the ICNDT secretariat.

1.1 Status of MRA Schedule 1••

There are forty-five (45) National NDT Society signatories to Mutual Recognition Agreement(MRA) Schedule 1. The latest schedule dated 14th February 2024, is available on the ICNDTwebsite.
Due to violating the MRA agreement in relation to the unauthorised use of the ICNDT logo,Lebanon has been removed from the Schedule 1 membership register.

1.2 Status of MRA Schedule 2••••••The 2023 annual continuity checks were completed successfully for all twenty Schedule 2registered PCBs.
There were seven (7) OP19 re-registrations during 2023 which included NDTSS (Singapore), UDTCERT (Poland); NCB-NDT (Sri-Lanka), ISO (Finland), BINDT (United Kingdom); and KSNT (Korea).
AINDT (Australia) and TWI (United Kingdom) UK are in the process of being re-registered.
China (ChSNDT) originally re-registered under OP 19 but incorporated the ISO9712:2021
transition via a OP20 assessment process.
The ICEC has decided to remove Ukraine from the Schedule 2 register due to the lack of any
communication or interaction since March 2023.
Due to the European trade sanctions imposed by the European Union resulting from the Russia –Ukraine conflict, RTC Russia has also been removed from the Schedule 2 register.
There are nineteen (19) Personnel Certification Bodies (PCBs) registered under MRA Schedule 2.
The latest schedule dated the 14th March 2024, is available on the ICNDT website.
oOf the nineteen (19) Schedule 2 members, ten (10) have fully transitioned to ISO
9712:2021.
oICEC has been informed that most of the remaining members have updated their operatingprocedures to ISO 9712:2021 and are awaiting accreditation to the new issue of thestandard. Transition to ISO 9712:2021 must be completed within five years of the last
revision published date meaning that all PCBs must be compliant with ISO 9712:2021 by nolater than 2026 – 12.
oIn this report, the ICEC uses 2021 as the issue date but are aware that a number of countries
have not incorporated the standard into their own language or system and may use later
dates for incorporation.

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Revisions to OP 19••

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OP19 has been revised to accommodate delays in audits due to unforeseen events as in the caseof the COVID-19 pandemic.
OP19 has been revised by the ICEC to include the requirement for the audit of PCBs to include
auditors with NDT experience. However, there is a difficulty with respect to the IAF who did not
require specific knowledge of the client NDT technology and systems.
The ICEC now has representation into IAF via UKAS to encourage dialogue with ICNDT.
There is now an update to the guidance for IAF members requiring their members to provide
technically knowledgeable (NDT), auditors when providing audits on NDT certification bodies.
There is a further request into the IAF via UKAS that audits of PCBs should consider sample auditsof their AQBs.
OP19 has been revised to include checks on AQBs to ensure they are in compliance with theregistered PCB procedures and is awaiting approval by the IEC and the general Council.
Following difficulties with the management of AQBs the ICEC is considering requiring PCBs who
have AQB to provide evidence of audits of their AQBs to the ICEC as part of the OP19 reregistration process.

ICNDT Certification Executive Committee (ICEC) Operating Procedure(OP18)
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ICEC Report for IEC meeting on 26 May 2024

The General Assembly approved the changes to OP18 to reflect the change in size and make upof the ICEC committee.
Currently Sajeesh Babu is acting as the temporary WG1 representative to the ICEC committee.
The ICEC are requesting that Glenn Tubrett is made a permanent member of the ICEC committee.
It is noted that the modification to OP18 providing additional members of the ICEC has enabled
the ICEC secretary to mitigate operational restrictions imposed by the global politicalenvironment.

Examination Question Bank (OP 23)

4.1 Status••

Harold Jansen has uploaded the current EQB to the on-line delivery platform. Eight users
successfully completed the Beta testing of the online EQB facility resulting in positive feedback.
The fee structure for the on-line delivery method were discussed during the September ICECmeeting.

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ICEC Report for IEC meeting on 26 May 2024

Two organisations in Canada CWB and CINDE are now considering buying the EQB. Currently thiswould be under the old delivery single purchase agreement but both are interested in the new
on-line delivery platform.

Colin Bird

On behalf of the ICNDT CEC

17th May 2024

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